Hi there, here is a random video I found. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbqDaax8ubzbn6c.html But also here is Roger's video where he explains it at 8:30. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5hzqZpiu6iUhqc.html

@@jasonstork9606 thanks so much Jason! Appreciate it.

Hi Robert, his mast came with the boat when he bought it, but I can tell you how I built the mast on my Argie 15. It's more or less the same as his. The Argie hull was 15'5" long so probably had a bit less sail area compared to a Hartley, but here goes anyway. The Argie plans called for a 6 metre length of 63.5mm x 3.18 mm aluminium tube (I guess that's some imperial equivalent of 2.5" x 1/8"). I used 60mm x 3mm without issue. I bought it at the local aluminium supplier. I bought tangs and stainless wire rope and various fittings from Whitworths to fit it out. I plugged the top and bottom of the tube with wood and screwed a piece of sail track onto it to slide the sail luff into. With a gaff you can live without the sail track. The shrouds were attached about 1 metre from the top of the mast. It's all pretty easy. Have a look at my videos on Kalliope with the bermudan rig and you'll see the details.

@@jasonstork9606 thanks so much for responding to my query. I can get that dimension easily but I discarded the option because I thought 3.18 wall thickness would be too heavy. My next option was to build one in carbon fibre. Ps watched Luna blu from the start and have to admit I love the look of catboat rigs. Even considering putting a mast step in the Hartley bow to see if it would work. Thanks so much again.

Unfortunately I was not the consumer of such delights. I certainly didn't hear any complaints from Andrew.

Good one Rob. Thanks for watching. You've got some nice boats there too.

Hi Ian, yes a shame more Tindarra Sailors didn't get there, but Alex was there too!

Thanks Josh, great to meet up. Next time we'll sleep onboard rather in a land base camp at Violet Hill.....mind you that was lots of fun too!!

Hi Phillip, great to sail in company with you!

Haha I'll tell him! Not that it was a race.....actually it was a race.....it's always a race!

He did a great job didn't he. Maybe that's my thing from now on.

Hi Tony, yes Day 2 was great! Unfortunately a big southerly buster came up the coast.

Thanks Paul, and thank your for the footage of Luna Blu. I have very little footage of my own boat....

Thanks Clement. That lake system is the spiritual home of dinghy cruising in Australia according to Paul from "Sailing Kate Louise". He's right.

Good on you Doug. That was a good little boat but I've moved onto something a little bigger with a cabin. Bigger and heavier is not necessarily better but it means I can get away for a few days at a time in relative comfort.

Yes the group is growing bit by bit. Not so many on the northside of Brisbane, but certainly on the southern bay islands and southern suburbs.

No worries!

Glad you like it!

Yep I agree!

Turned out it was totally fine but I'm still learning Luna's handling so I was a bit cautious. As you can see in the video, it looked leisurely.....just don't look backwards!

Yeah it's a solid design. I've not had a drop of water in those lockers, even after hosing the boat down.

Top one is Dinghy Cruising Association in the UK. Very well worth joining. Lots of friends I’ve made and lots of good info.

Hi Marco. Thank you. My dad is from Uitgeest!

haha, yeah that's what my wife said....so I built her a little step made from leftover boat timber. I call it "efficient use of space".

Hi Bruce, yeah I was very surprised to be honest.

Thanks Rob, yeah she looks better underneath than on top!

Yes I think I've been sailing very conservatively out of fear but clearly she can handle a bit more heel.

Check out the Sailing Wayfinder channel. Bruce does some epic voyages in his Oday.

Sorry Terry but it's not documented in plans. The yacht designer may have done sketches but the only the timber molds still exist at the Wooden Boat Association here in Brisbane. Once he built his own hull he donated the molds and two others were built. I'd love to 3D scan her lines and have them documented but it's beyond my skills.

@@jasonstork9606 thanks Jason. I'll look for something similar Enjoy her

Yeah isn't that something. It allows the mast to be on the centre-line where it should be...

Thanks Tom, hopefully Damian sees your comments here and plays around with it.

Hi Keith. The 125 sails fitted well. I just built the mast and boom to suit them rather than following Dudley's plans to the letter. If you have the 125 mast then you just have to work out how to mount it so the boom is at the right height. I think the 125 main is larger and the jib is smaller than Dudley's plans but I didn't notice any sail balance problems.

In terms of adding extra freeboard I simply extended the top side panel by 100mm as per the sketch below. Be aware of two things. A) it makes it much harder to climb into the boat and B) you have to rearrange the cutting plan layout because adding the extra 100mm pushes all the other pieces across the sheet further. I ended up needing an extra sheet of ply. I don't regret doing it though.

Sorry I can't add an image to explain better.

Thanks, that info appreciated. I'm going to add the extra height to keep a bit drier with our chop which is much tge same as Morten Bay.

@@user-ig7eh7dg4q One decision you need to make.....if you raise the height of the sheer line should you also raise the height of the bulkheads and seats??.......in my case I left the seats and bulkheads as per plan and what that meant is that I had a slightly higher backrest to lean against when seated. That seemed to work best. The one thing you do need to increase is the height of the transom to match the increased height of the side panels. I hope that helps. If I had my time again I would build the fully sealed side tank seats not just bench seats with space underneath. I found that I needed to reinforce the bench seats a fair bit to strengthen them up. I think tank seats would be much stronger.

Yeah sounds like a good idea. I'll do that next time.

Thank you!

Perfect for reading a magazine and drinking a beer. Barrie thought of everything!

The passion pop is in the fridge mate. Anytime.