It may be a year or more after completing the rowing version of the E.P. before I can afford (time/$) the sail rig. Has anyone added the rig after the fact? Was it as simple as advertised? Any drawbacks to waiting?
Thanks again,
Dave
I’m in ‘home stretch’ of finishing the ‘rowing version’ now, and I too plan to add the sail rig at a later time. Yes, it does appear to be as easy as it’s advertised. There’s a hole in the forward seat (thwart) where the mast will pass through, and you also have to build a small mast step on the floor of the boat (under the hole in the fwd thrwart) to seat the bottom of the mast. You also have to cut a hole in the middle thrwart for the daggerboard and it’s trunk - all of which takes place during the building of the ‘rowing version’.
I am building a sail rig for my EP and would like some advise on attaching the halyard to the gaff. The intructions don't specify the best method for making this connection and I can't make out how other builders did it upon reviewing pictures posted in the photo gallery. I was thinking about drilling a hole through the gaff and running the halyard through it, but was concerned about weakening the spar.
Similarly, while the instructions say to just tie the sheet around the boom, I would like to attach a block near the clew and another near the middle of the boom to run the sheet through. However, I don't want to weaken the boom by drilling a hole in the middle of it.
Any thoughts? Or better yet, clear pictures showing these connections?