New Boat 4 Tchoup

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An excellent resource for information about small boat access points is the BAY AREA SEA KAYAKERS (BASK) Trip Planner.
https://www.bask.org/trip_planner/6.4/?z=14

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The Emeryville boat ramp is public, open and free and has plenty of 24 hour parking.


The parking to the North, by the kayak launch, has a gate which closes at 10pm.

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First time swing keeler puts it up on the beach!

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I still had the ST1000 from Tchoupitoulas (Santana22) and figured why not. Already had a Victron 24v to 12v in the system.
Even better is the string steering that runs around the perimeter of the cockpit. It's going to take some muscle memory but works a treat!

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Although I'm less than concerned it's necessary, I had built a reinforced hole in the centerboard trunk, and a recessed socket in the centerboard to be able to pin the board in place.
Here's what I've come up with. A plastic 3/8" bolt would hopefully secure the board and it's 70 lbs of lead in a capsize, but shear off in the event of a high speed collision.

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Cabin/cockpit tent.

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One more time to turn the boat over!

JF Bedard* told me about the time he capsized his RoG in the Everglades Challenge. He was downwind with the board up and may have snagged the mainsheet on something during a gybe. The boat laid on it's side, he had to swim around to release the centerboard and throw a retrieve line over. The boat came back up with no water down below.

There is video of the french boat doing capsize tests at the dock.

Scoot's turn.

Here is how to secure the centerboard in down position.


This is how to remember to pull the pin and not spend so much time clearing the pin end out of the farking centerboard!


The magnetic latches in the cockpit lockers are a gentle click at best. The Santana 22s had a simple system of a line led through the aft bulkhead and secured in the cabin which I copied.




*JF authors the Sketchbook in Wooden Boat magazine these days.

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This might be handy. It's a semi-drysuit. I think that means the gaskets are neoprene instead of latex. Costs a lot less than that Kokotat I once had.

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Here is a 420 jib. Which has a wire in the luff. Kind of perfect!

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RS Feva spinnaker. I think I'd have to cut 8 or 10 inches out of the luff.