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Greetings All,

I have followed your forum since meeting Graham and Fred at the Everglades Challenge in '05. I'll be building a Birder 2 soon and am in the process of replacing the rig on my Sea Pearl with one similar to that of a Core Sound design. I've no doubt that as questions arise this forum will be the place to find the best advice. Thank you in advance, Dave Combs aka DaveOnCudjoe

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Chris, The big differance is that the Sea Pearl has boom footed sails in place of the sprit rig the Core Sound series uses. The absence of a boom allows the sails to be carried lower and allows a down haul to tension the luff which can be simpler than tensioning a halyard. I think in these small boats changing snotter tension can provide better sail shape adjustment than the options of a conventional rig with a boom. Sea Pearls are relatively narrow for their length and have round chines which gives a fairly tender boat. The lower the CE the better for this design in my mind. Dave

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