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4th beam4

I made this catwalk to be able to get to the windvane, to put in and out of function and make adjustments.

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Comment by Hans Hammig on February 2, 2012 at 4:16pm: Living dangerously, hey! To give you credit, the row lock for wrigging is very good.

Comment by adriano meis on February 5, 2012 at 4:11am: i'm spending my snowing sunday morning on your building trip GREAT and a lot of great idea.

You think no engine, only row lock?

Comment by Ralf on February 6, 2012 at 7:55am: Adriano, I will put her into the water without an engine and try to learn sailing her like that. I have a number of reasons for that but mainly it is that engines ruin the aesthetic aspect of sailing for me. I dislike their sound, vibration and smell. Our home port is rather wide and it should be possible to move her in there with no engine. It is not a marina but a fishing harbour and I plan to put her on a mooring inside the harbour. If there is no wind and I need to move, I will use a long sculling oar out to the back of the boat through the oarlock which can be seen in the picture. I will also have a number of paddles on board for the crew to help get her moving. We have moved the Tiki 26 of our sailing club with 2 paddles quite well in calm waters.

I am also building an outboard bracket to be attached under the 3rd beam for those waterways where it is prohibitted to sail without an engine (like Panama & Suez canal...... smile... just kiding....) or for the case that the no engine sailing should turn out to be completely impractical which I do not think it will be.