Published On Feb 27, 2023
We unpack all the items needed to set up our Portland Pudgy for Sailing and come up with a system to minimize the set up time. We also make some modifications to the dagger / lee boards, Cunningham, reefing system and traveler to make it easier when launching from our 1974 Gulfstar motorsailor. We go through setting up the rudder and tiller, dagger/lee boards, mast and boom, sail and control lines.... on and off the water (ok, it was a pool... but still water!)
0:00 Make a Sailing Dinghy
0:37 Really Good Manual
2:18 Rudder & Tiller Assemble
4:53 Dagger / Lee Boards
5:46 My Dagger board Mod
8:40 Rudder Storage
9:24 Boom, Mast, & Sail Setup
12:35 Boom line rigging
16:53 Outhaul line setup
17:16 Bowline knot
18:43 Cunningham line
20:18 Sail store system
21:06 Water Simulation
22:18 Pull down sail system
26:50 Roll the sail around the Mast
30:15 Slide into red cover
33:03 6 Minute Install Sail
39:50 Pull onto the Beach
41:20 Sail and Line Mods
52:11 Mod Testing
57:57 Reefing the Sail Mod