This is the third video in the series detailing some of the features of the Longsteps. Designer John Welsford. Plans available from ... jwboatdesigns....
Surprised John didn't use the hollow boomkin to run the mizzen sheet back through, the sheet can wrap around the end of the boomkin meaning you get into all sorts of trouble. There's potential for retracting the boomkin all the way in to the cockpit so you can grab the clew of the mizzen and fuel it at night too?
As the after end of the mizzen boom is well behind the end of the boomkin, there is very little tendency to get the sheet wrapped around the end of it. I've done this before, several times on different designs, so have some experience on which to draw.
Surprised John doesn't use Sandforth type anchors, are they not as good as that plough design? The Sandforth stows flat, put them on edge and you could have one either side for balance?
The Danforth is good in sand or mud, not so good on a stony bottom or rubble, many of the places I intend to visit in Long Steps has that sort of bottom,
