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For a single hander, how about making a waterproof storage box (epoxy ply perhaps) that neatly fills up the aft 50-60% of the footwell...

There's a chap on YouTube who built Wave Rover, a 21 ft ply boat, that has a flush deck with no cockpit. Purpose built for single-handed...

I agree - that would be a more efficient approach. Had I been starting 'from a clean sheet' I'd most likely have adopted that. However...

Yes. I LIKE wee wooden boats. Big ones, not so much. I have many reasons to be fond of 'La P'tite Trimaran Jaune', not least as my very...

Just a poor example.... Split pins do catch on things and slice them - f'r example, fingers. Should I chose to use bolts I'll use...

Now that's weird! The .JPG image, with code from Flickr as normal, renders just fine in the 'Edit' view and in the 'Attachments' mode...

I just want one that a flapping sheet can't flick free or a meandering errant sail can't tear itself on...

Ah, 'rogerthebodger'. Thanks for that. With that name, we must be related somehow.... ;)

I suppose if you arent comfortable reclining, or conning the boat from the main hatch, you couldmake yourself a very small recessed...

Thanks, guys, for all the above. It's helpful to this 'bear of little brain'. I DO have the kit to slice and dice that thickth of...

I fired up my unused 'Chrissy Present' Readly, opened up the relevant mag, and read Justin Morton's article on pilotage. Certainly, it...

A question for the tinkickers and mecheng'ers among us..... I'm looking hard at my split-backstay triangular link-plates and their...

Here's a thought. Some years ago I acquired and sailed a quite well-known 26' conventional sailboat a few hundred miles here and there...