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Clem Freeman:
Simon, she looks lovely. I see you have a tabernacle, do you have any details for it, it looks like a good mod. PS, a bit spooky looking at the picture, you could be my long lost identical twin from the back. And both got s17's.

Simon Holden:
Gentlemen,

Thank you very much for your kind comments. The sense of achievement is immense after such a lot of hard work. I still find it hard to believe that it's finally finished and feel a bit lost with nothing to tinker with of an evening!

All credit to Matt however for designing such a beautiful boat that sails SO well. Having read some comments I was worried that having an un-ballasted boat would prove to be something of a handful. However she seems to be light and responsive yet stable at the same time - her first outing was the day after the 'storm' when it was still blowing a healthy F4-5 in Norfolk!

Clem - sorry to disappoint but I'm the bloke standing on the jetty - your 'twin' is a friend who was helping out for the day.

The tabernacle works really well and saves a lot of rigging time.

The tabernacle itself is from a Bayraider 17 (about £90 I seem to remember). I measured everything up and cut the mast appropriately such that the lower portion of the mast fitted snugly under the kingplank. I fitted a blanking plate underneath the original hole in the kingplank and then screwed down into the lower section of the mast from above such that I could still remove it if needs be. I then filled the hole with a snug-fitting 'plug' of wood and then made up an angled deck plate (as seen in photos) onto which the tabernacle is screwed. I then strengthened the lower part of the upper mast section (with my previously mentioned 'off-cuts' of Douglas fir!) to ensure a snug fit in the tabernacle.
I then made up a support to carry the main mast, yard and mizzen whilst in transit which temporarily sits in the hole in the mizzen clamp. This seems to work really well, holding everything in place and preventing movement and damage once tied down.

Let me know if you need any further details

Cheers

Simon

Anthony Huggett:
So far my worst mistake was using regular shelving battens instead of the inner gunwhales supplied for the foredeck on the BR 17.

Having tortured the foredeck into place I then discovered that there was no way the temp screws were going to work. Had to unscrew the foredeck and then the shelving battens (with chisel, sandpaper and heat gun).

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