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114 in light winds. asks $15000 built last year. Planking 1ΒΌ Was a [[image: drawing of 5 sided shape with right angle in lower left and quarter circle opposite and diagonal lines between]] section board at insertion of trunk cabin walls and deck so as to prevent water leaking in at joint. Has copper sleeve to line hole thru which passes rudder port so as to avoid teredo lodging in this hidden corner. Carries 1400(?) square feet of sail. Fore-main stay- & jib. Wants $40.00 a day for charter. Two men. I notice a good strong [[strikethrough]] rubber [[/strikethrough]] rub shake following the sheer line. No top masts, because engine renders them superfluous. Some observations on rig of sailboats: [[black underline]] Jibs or staysails [[/black underline]] For small staysails about size of those of Ion several dispense entirely with sister blocks or [[end page]] [[start page]] 115 [[annotation in top margin in red]] Florida [[/annotation]] with blocks at all on clew and simply tie [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] two sheet ropes by means of shackle, one shackle holding both. This does away with dangerous wipping of heavy blocks when sail is flapping in the wind [[image: drawing of sheets and shackle described]] The two sheets are run on [[strikethrough]] both [[/strikethrough]] ^[[each]] sides thru a single block, fastened on an eye bolt on deck or on top of cabin, and sheets run thru fairleaders to [[strikethrough]] hels [[/strikethrough]] helmsman, where they are tied to a cleat. [[image: drawing that shows how block, cleats and sail are laid out with block and cleats labelled]] (In my case it would be better to tie blocks to sail) Another advantage of this arrangement is that jib [[strikethrough]] ca [[/strikethrough]] when furled can be tied to take position as in sketch without swinging while boat is rolling [[image: drawing of sailboat showing sail furled]] In order to insure the latter
