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I have a CS17 an been thinking about a light air sail and would be interested in a drawing also. tunalucy@netzero.com Thanks

After considerable debate I laminated fir into a Culler type oar of 11 ft. Built port in fwd bulk head at seat level with gasket that would keep out most water even submersed (I think). Second year I moved the oars to side deck with chocks/bungi loop for blades fwd an bungi loop at lock. This I'm happy with and fairly confident it will remain in place if roll yet can be pulling in just a few seconds. As it seems even the best leather will last me only a year or so and the lanolin gathers grime I tried a stiff dacron cord embedded ,slathered in epoxy-cabosil mix. Trouble is I must keep up varnish to prevent UV degration so I don't see as panacea. I'd guess the cord alone no more durable then leather. Would seem a FBG wrap at least faster and easier. As I'm now in the north and only row seasonaly can't yet judge durability. My desire was a craft that would do 2.5kt and after 2 years find I do 2.75(GPS average) with no sweat and 3.0kt for a few hours of light workout which I've come to prefer.

Thanks for advice Graham. I must have started with wrong CE 119. Salish Sea is derived from one of the native american names for the area Vancouver later named Puget Sound. I use both terms but like the older name for its poetic ring.

I built #68 and have been happyly wandering the Salish sea for the last two years. First time with this rig and really enjoy the way I can balance her and sail into a crowded 'foriegn' harbor without the least anxiety. Time to swing the lead and liesurely select a spot while returning greetings from those at anchor. The problem is these old bones have trouble moving the solid wood spars when the seas get big an square. So I've decided to try a horizontal, point reef system and outlined a dozen or two experiments to that end. But this must wait until spring as I've great diffaculty moving a 3D blow onto a sketch pad in a cozy study. At this time I need to decide what to tell the sailmaker. How much to reef each sail to reduce ~1/3 /reef while maintaining the CE total position. Simple enuf, yes? Useing the numbers on sail plan an simple geometric analysis I find the CE-t 22.2" fwd of centerline miz mast at thwart and reefs of miz23"/main37" ~maintain CE-t . Having reason to think this is wrong I looked again at sail plan to find it not agreeable with this 2D analysis. So I'm curious what you folks found and, maybe, where I got off course. Also very acceptive of empirical evidence. If your reefing schedule maintains the balance I'd appreciate your advise. Thanks

I had same desire after the first season but decided to go aft. Set up jump seat across cockpit with enuf room to put my back into it and brace feet on bulkhead. I was concerned with moving the station this far aft but seems to work fine. Check out Jay Benfords cat ketch. Somewhat similar and the row station well aft.