BucketEars - Finish up and go sailing
This is an actual dacron Bolger 59sqft Leg-O-Mutton sprit sail that used on many of my boats.
I am a bit of a boat-a-holic and do a lot of boat and part swapping with others, and got this sail in a swap deal.
I also make and use polytarp sails which work just as good as this one.
It is a 3, not a backwards E.
This is sort of my signature paint job, when building the flats rat I started with a plain white hull and then painted the frame and gunnel boards black.
It still looked boring, so just for the heck of it I added the black boxes on the corners to kind of make a white racing stripe down the middle.
It really grew on me, so when I finished my duck, I did the same thing.
Because ducks are custom boats that we each make our own unique version, just about every duck ends up with a very unique paint job.
Working on my secret weapon....
It is a spinnaker made from a leftover junk Dolphin Sr. Sail (that is like a sunfish).
I previously made a spinnaker by sewing together 2 bed sheets, but it wasn't big enough.
Launching and sailing a boat for the first time is a magical feeling!!
You can't describe it, can only be experienced first hand.
This picture is from my first trip, in my first puddle duck, just a few days before we held the first puddle duck race.
The boom shown here has jaws that hold against the mast.
I tried it for a while but then switched back to a conventional sprit boom.
