Thursday, May 17, 2012

How to make a moderately successful sailing dinghy


Step 1:  Find a tree (preferably one that is dead already)

Step 2: Cut the branches off with an hatchet.  (We used a sharp rock, a chisel and a hammer - we don't suggest using these tools, unless you are unemployed and have a lot of time on your hands…..like us.)







Step 3:  Attach the now bare tree to your dinghy.  Hooray - it's a mast!


Step 4:  Take a break.  Drink a beer if you have one, cold works best.





Step 5:  Cut a sail.  *Hint - tarps work much better than bedsheets.  We found out the hard way, you don't have to.


Step 6: Duct Tape!  Put a strip down the leech of the sail.  Yellow works best.







Step 7:  Attach sail to mast and tie a line around the clew.  We used plastic tie-wraps for the mast and some light line as our main sheet.










Step 8:  Sail away, sail away, sail away.


Ooops!  Looks like we forgot the keel!  No sailing upwind, I guess.  See you later Matt!  Hope you brought lots of water.....

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