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4b Sailing Dinghy
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Streamline luff sleeve & minimum chine
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Sliding seats: lee stowed, windward ready
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Bench houses off-centreboard,genaker &
pole,oars,& (lowered) mast,boom, & sail
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The 4b (box bench beach boat) is fast but still practical and versatile.
- Beaches flat with oars. sails & spars retracted and LOCKED inside
- PLANES solo upwind, 2 people with genaker or 4 HP outboard
- Deep nylon LUFF SLEEVE streamlines econo round mast for low drag
- Genaker doubles reach speed in zephyr & hides with pole inside bench
- Genaker jibing downwind faster than unarig running and death rolling
- SLIDING HIKING SEATS very quick balancing, comfortable, and dry
- Aluminum MAST tubes telescope & sail reefs for kids or a gale
- HIDDEN off-centreboard can't hit bottom hard or splash or leak into boat
- ROOMY 8-foot cockpit without vang SELF-BAILS & sleeps 2 flat!
- DIY ply hull, no building frame & minimum joints,fitting, gluing, & sanding
- Easy-to-build cockpit ends. false floor, and bench of FLAT MDO PLY
- DRY Foredeck covers daytrip storage & track to lower mast, even at sea!
- Good pitch TRIM and VISION Steering OUTBOARD with offset rudder
- Mk 2 Prototype shown Can$5000 ready to sail (oars not included)
- For another wingsail skiff with more thrills, spills, & chills go Bucko
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