The balanced lug works splendidly on this boat, too. We chose that rig for our take-apart version because of the ease of setting and striking the rig when switching between sailing and rowing. We were very pleasantly surprised to find that she sailed much better than the lug rig's somewhat negative reputation would suggest, including upwind. When that rig is properly understood, the sail well shaped (Doug Fowler's as supplied by CLC are amazing), and set and trimmed to best advantage, ours has proven surprisingly fast in a decent breeze for such a short, beamy, curvy creature. Good looking, too!
Does the vang help much? Mine doesn't have one. I also have rigged it with the jib sheets outside of the shrouds, they should be inside? Shrouds seem to be a little slacker than on mine. Dosen't matter, but mine was pictured in your gallery as a dinghy to a Morgan that circumnavigated. An early build I believe. Weird thing about mine, it has finger joints on one side, and scarf joints on the other
The boom vang keeps the mainsail powered up when reaching or running. The sails in the video are 19 years old so they needed all the help they could get... That's the only time I've run that boat with a vang. The shrouds do need to be snugged up on that boat, too.
Scratches head...tough one! I think that in light and moderate air the two boats would be closely matched. In heavy air, the Jimmy Skiff II, with its taller rig and longer waterline, would start to pull away. The Passagemaker is more stable in heavy air, however.
@@ChesapeakeLightCraftBoats You could have copied it, but I know, John is not able to reduce the number of planks down to the mirror - standard ^^ BTW, ist there any CLC boat that has planks wider than 8 ''?
Is that a new mast for the Passagemaker? Is that going to be offered by CLC? Would there be plans available? Seems to be a much easier setup. Nice work.
That's a wooden mast substituted for the aluminum mast. The hardware required-t-track, two goosenecks-make the option very expensive, so we haven't been in a rush to roll out a wooden mast option for sloop rigs. I do have a drawing of the wooden mast I can send along should anyone want to build one. Send a note to info@clcboats.com
The balanced lug works splendidly on this boat, too. We chose that rig for our take-apart version because of the ease of setting and striking the rig when switching between sailing and rowing. We were very pleasantly surprised to find that she sailed much better than the lug rig's somewhat negative reputation would suggest, including upwind. When that rig is properly understood, the sail well shaped (Doug Fowler's as supplied by CLC are amazing), and set and trimmed to best advantage, ours has proven surprisingly fast in a decent breeze for such a short, beamy, curvy creature. Good looking, too!
Got any tips for setting up and trimming the lug rig? I’m building mine now!
Looks like a fun sailboat! 👍
Wow what a great little sailer
Looks great, very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Does the vang help much?
Mine doesn't have one. I also have rigged it with the jib sheets outside of the shrouds, they should be inside?
Shrouds seem to be a little slacker than on mine.
Dosen't matter, but mine was pictured in your gallery as a dinghy to a Morgan that circumnavigated.
An early build I believe.
Weird thing about mine, it has finger joints on one side, and scarf joints on the other
The boom vang keeps the mainsail powered up when reaching or running. The sails in the video are 19 years old so they needed all the help they could get... That's the only time I've run that boat with a vang. The shrouds do need to be snugged up on that boat, too.
Nice boat, how tall is the helmsman please. I'm trying to judge the amount of space onboard
6'0" in this case.
Nice! Is this boat better at sailing in light, medium, or heavy winds than the Jimmy Skiff II?
Scratches head...tough one! I think that in light and moderate air the two boats would be closely matched. In heavy air, the Jimmy Skiff II, with its taller rig and longer waterline, would start to pull away. The Passagemaker is more stable in heavy air, however.
Well done sir!
Would be interesting to compare it with the Mirror Dinghy :-)
Any resemblance to the Mirror Dinghy is absolutely intentional!
@@ChesapeakeLightCraftBoats You could have copied it, but I know, John is not able to reduce the number of planks down to the mirror - standard ^^ BTW, ist there any CLC boat that has planks wider than 8 ''?
Is that a new mast for the Passagemaker? Is that going to be offered by CLC? Would there be plans available? Seems to be a much easier setup. Nice work.
That's a wooden mast substituted for the aluminum mast. The hardware required-t-track, two goosenecks-make the option very expensive, so we haven't been in a rush to roll out a wooden mast option for sloop rigs. I do have a drawing of the wooden mast I can send along should anyone want to build one. Send a note to info@clcboats.com
Which furler is that?
That's a Harken Small Boat Furler.