Stan Robert

Rob, looks great I am trying to picture it a bit more.... What does your halyard attach to? To reef do you: - unclip the sprit - slacken halyard - pull downhaul - unzip and tie off foot - reclip sprit ?

Dr Rob if you get the aluminium stuff don't buy from a chandlery! I needed 8m for the putting a sail bag on the boom of our sloop. The price per metre at the chandlery was the same as the price per 6m length from the aluminium extrusion place (Ullrich metals - I think they are Australia-wide). If you use Al, you'll probably have to anneal it first so that you can bend it around the coaming.

Jeff - Thanks for pointing out Graham's dodger. For some reason I didn;t find that before when I did a search of the forum. Sorry to everyone for repeating a question that's been asked before. Rob - I haven't even started building yet (see above post) . Hope to purchase plans and start soon. Asking questions about the dodger was important a priori because my wife's not interested if it doesn't/can't have one. Stan

Thanks for the link. That one on Kittiwake 16 looks good and folds down realtively flat and unobtrusively. How far back are you going to extend the dodger? Back to the mizzen mast? And, if you make it low enough so that the clew end of the sprit on the main can clear it would there be sitting headroom or would you have to sit on the floorboards? Interesting to hear that you don't think sleeping aboard with the family would go that well. Maybe I'll sleep aboard with my wife and we can give the kids a tent and say "off you go...". Probably more fun for them. Stan

Hi, I've been lurking around for a few years. I spoke at length to Graham and Rob Blackburn about 2 years ago about cs20's. At the time I was building our house and couldn't build a boat as well. We bought a 33ft sloop and are thoroughly enjoying sailing her in the beatiful D'Entrecasteaux channel where we live. However, my dream hasn't changed. I still want a simple, safe, fun-to-sail camping boat for the 4 of us (2 young kids). Most people can't understand why we would contemplate going down in size and creature comforts! Well, the house is built and the workshop is almost done so boatbuilding is now going to be a reality. My wife doesn't want a cabin but would like to have a small bit of shelter for protection from wind and spray so she can knit sometimes and protection from sun (UV readings are very high here in summer). Has anyone built a dodger for a cs20 like the one shown in the diagram for cs17? Is it possible to build one that folds down flat (just for'd of the coaming) and that also connects up with a tent that can cover the rest of the cockpit? Has anyone done this? How about a pop-up foredeck, hinged for'd, with canvas sides. Could this work structurally on cs20?

Hi, Would it be possible to engineer more flex into the tops of the "masts" by changing to gunter-rigged sails - keeping the sail sizes and shapes the same. This would give, effectively, an articulated mast with the bonus of shorter masts for easier stepping and towing behind cars. Aside from having the complication of a "yard" and not being able to roller-furl, can anyone see why this would not be a good idea? I have searched the archives of this group and haven't found this question before. Sorry if you've answered this before! cheers, Stan