Hull 20

Well, the weather finally turned nice enough for me to take some pictures of my just about finished PDRacer, hull #20. The boat is, as yet, unnamed. However, my six year old daughter has named it "Earless Elephant". I don't know if I can live with that.

The sail is an old windsurfer sail that was given to me for free by the buyer of my MacGregor 19 Powersailer that I sold last September. I really wanted to build a simple dipping lug rig...but since the sail was sitting there, who could say no?

I was hoping to build this quick and simple. Well...the quick part didn't work but it is simple. Anyone taking the time to look at these pictures will notice that I chose speed (of assembly) and simplicity over aesthetics every time.

Lawn sailing.

So simple even a 3 year old can sail it!

Kick up rudder mounted with two standard door hinges and a simple piece of threaded rod. I should have taken the picture from the other side.

Swinging leeboard mounted with a single bolt.

Freely rotating mast step made with two pieces of PVC (one inside the other) and two u-bolts. Note that the cleats are on the mast so that line tension does not change as the mast rotates.

Okay, sprits don't get any more basic than this. Yet another piece of PVC with some line running down the center and caribiners on each end. Simplicity over aesthetics...

Another shot of the mast step. Will it last more than one outing?

Top of a paint bucket glued into the bulkhead using some old 3M5200 I had sitting around.

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