Rigged our Penobscot 14 ST. JACQUES for sail today, she sports a sprit sail rig. We chose the rig for simplicity, small size of the spars, ease of use and ease of storage. We added a brailing line to collapse the sail while we are on the beach and while we are rowing. We consider it a hasty reef as well.
Skipper's ensign.
Longleaf pine oars nestle under the breasthook when underway, ready for use. The kine on the starboard belaying pin is for the snotter line, that holds the bottom of the sprit spar. The mast thwart is removable, but we have found that it makes a nice backrest when rowing from the forward seat.
The snotter line has a second purpose, it holds the mast in the thwart in the event of a capsize.
The cypress centerboard is not weighted, so we added a downhaul line with cleat, and another line to hold the centerboard up on land.
The padook worked great to paddle away from the seawall and fend off, then there was room for the oars.
The line traveler for the spritsail ties onto a belaying pin on each quarter knee. The jam cleat under the tiller is for the rudder uphaul, primarily used on land. The jam cleat on the inner transom is for the rudder downhaul line, otherwise it is free to float vertical in shoal water.
Skipper's tilt tiller design has been working great, she specified Sunfish tiller straps. My design(s) broke every time!
The Penobscot 14 has a nice 1 inch keel from the bow to just aft of the centerboard trunk, then if flows into a sizable deadwood. Arch designed the centerboard to be offset, a side benefit to that is the centerboard trunk stays clear of debris when beaching. We also added a sacrificial strip of pine along the bottom of the oak keel.
Sunbrella cover holding up great, it's covered in pine pollen vs the boat being slimed.
Log of ST. JACQUES
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