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Originally Posted by cdragon
TomL,
So you are the fellow who bought Salt!? Congratulations, she is a very neat and unique boat, I looked at her but was not able to make an offer on her. Have you changed much on the boat? It seemed to me that the mainmast was very heavy (with the added standing rigging) and made her a bit tender. I also thought about converting her to twin rudders as I found she would heel in gust and the short, single rudder would loose grip. I was very very intrigued with her, the whole design just made so much sense-strong, fast, shallow-would love to hear what you have done with her and your sailing experiences with the boat
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Thank You, She is unique...I had a chance to sail her quite a bit this summer. She is a blast ...balance is the key and shes such an easily driven hull that there's no reason to load her up... "Reef early and often".
I have changed the rigging a bit, swept the spreaders aft, (putting in a nice prebend that the main was screaming for) and removed much stainless (weight aloft) I find I don't need to use the runners except offshore. I removed the top set of spreaders, baby stay and the upper jumpers so the top will twist off...these made a world of difference.
I am also redesigning the rudder...She had a skeg hung rudder that for some reason the rudder shaft was 7" aft (as if it where to be balanced)...every time the rudder was off center the balanced part stuck out causing drag and stalling in the heavy stuff. (loose grip
) I can't wait to sail her with the new rudder design...I also tossed the Lunenburg steering and put a conventional Edson CDI rack and pinion set up in.
As far as sailing she is just way to much fun, very easy to singlehand and fast! We had occasion this summer to run down and pass a J46 on a tight reach...in the right conditions she really goes.
If you ever want to sail her again let me know.