I really like that this video shows concretely that a single hander can move around freely in this design. I also get a pretty good idea of how high it points into the wind! Very NICE!😊
There is a moment in Jim's boats when that chine digs in and you feel it on the upwind, specially on the unleeboarded side. Doesn't seem to hurt the pointing none. Something I know I've noticed on my FatCat 2 more then once.
Hey Peter. Nice Job. I'm building a Michalak Normsboat at the moment. Jim is not to specific about halyards and downhauls etc. at the mast. I'm about to start building the mast and researching as much as I can, so I (hopefully!) get it right first try... If I saw correctly, your halyard comes down the aft face of the mast? - and so the downhaul must be on the front face...? It would also be nice to know what you did at the top of the mast...! :-)
I heated the end of an 5/16 eye bolt. I opened the eye and closed it around a simple pulley. Also I bent the eye-end of the bolt 45deg (on the plane where the eye would lay flat on your table). The bolt is then mounted through a hole on the mast and the block will dangle flat against the mast. Yard passes through the pulley before stepping the mast.
It's offset so as to walk unobstructed through the slottop cabin. I've had 4 of Jim's boats with offset mast and I can't tell any difference from a center mounted mast
