Where do you guys suggest to put a support to an anchor ? Is a boat cleat at the breasthook a bad idea ?
Thanks !
My thoughts exactly!! I'd be in Annapolis at the end of March in a heartbeat if there was an option to do theTenderly XP!
...Noticed it being painted on the shop cam today...
It's not impossible that it becomes a build-your-own class subject, but it won't happen in 2018.
The prototype was built in a class at the WoodenBoat School last summer, but it wasn't a build-your-own class. Instead, we had a dozen people all working on one boat as part of a composites-skills class!
It's not any harder to build than the stock Tenderly Dinghy, but the parts-count is higher, which translates into a really busy 5-1/2 days.
>>To help the crew manage the big rig, "Tenderly XP" has airtight bench seats, for hiking comfort---and quick recovery from a capsize!
With all that sail area a single-hander is going to want plenty of "hiking comfort," but in the sketches and the prototype there is a wide bench seat and then a small rise to a narrow rail. If I'm hiking, I'm going to be up on that rail and it won't be any more comfortable than the rail on my dory. If I were to build the boat, I'd be tempted to modify the design so I had a little bit of deck or a wide rail on which to perch my boney butt when hiking.
Overall, this version of Tenderly reminds me a bit of the lovely wooden Firefly that my dad owned as our first family racing boat -- 12' long, 56" wide, 90 sq. ft., mainsail and jib. If I remember correctly, it had a wide rail or narrow band of deck. It was a very fun sailboat.
John, can you share more photos of the XP version ?
Hey Birch, you bring up an interesting point. However, I'm not seeing this thing being sailed like a Laser where one sits on the side of the boat when hiking. One could lash some pool noodles to the beautiful and very convenient scuppered inwales to transition from the seat to the gunwale.
The XP development could not be more exciting!! I had already been considering the Tenderly has an ideal small sailing boat that I could build in my basement, take the wife and/or daughters out on the South River with, while also using it to teach the daughters up until they begin down the Optimist track. Having the sloop rig option with seating to closer match racing in a dinghy just ups the ante. This hull really does provide so much! Prior to the Tenderly coming available I was leaning towards a Spindrift model... and while they do provide a planing hull, in a multipurpose boat for the family, having a beautiful lapstrake hull to me provides a boat I will want to use and maintain for a lifetime. Thanks so much John and crew for working on this! I'll have to stop in the shop soon and check it out-