ericwilderness says:
BAY HEN
Gaffer – BAY HEN by Reuben Trane of Florida Gulf Coast, designed to camp cruise on a beach. www.peephens.org
Marine Concepts, builders of Sea Pearl 21, are current owners of Reuben Trane’s boat design molds.
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running backstays rather than permanent backstays.
The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular. A gaff rig typically carries 25 percent more sail than an equivalent Bermudian rig for a given hull design.
For a given sail area, a gaff rig has a shorter mast than a Bermudian rig. In short-ended craft with full body, heavy displacement and moderate ballast ratio, it is difficult to set enough sail area in the Bermudian rig without a mast of excessive height and a center of effort (CE) too high for the limited stability of the hull. Because of its low aspect ratio, the gaff rig is less prone to stalling if oversheeted than something taller and narrower.
SV Reliance, a competitor in the 1903 America’s Cup, was the largest gaff rigged cutter ever built
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tonesmt
That not sailing..he’s floating
aforgetfulman
Nice looking daysailer ?
ericwilderness
Washington Sailing Marina boat yard is full of different boats, & Sailing Clubs
ericwilderness
http://www.marine-concepts.com/sea-pearl-21.html