Dan I'm with you on the more time and $$ - I too would be at the summer classes up in Maine. You've hinted at what boat you have with the sprit and no boom but can you say more? I fought with putting a sprit tent up on my Crawford MS back when I had it. It can be down with running a line under the boat to hold it at the gunwales, just has to be ideal conditions to deploy.
I'm hoping the image above IS NOT AI - then I can admire the person and his or hers water color abilities - delightful! thanks Rob
Hi Rob. Thanks for your nice note. The dory in question is also from Roger Crawford: his Swampscott Dory. What great boats he builds! I’ve thought about using the strategy of lines under the boat to secure the tarp tent, but it seems like a lot of hassle and effort. I’ve also thought about attaching some eye screws or clips of some sort underneath the gunnels, but I really don’t like the idea of screwing anything in there. So maybe a freestanding pop-up tent on a platform. Looking forward to doing some experimenting in the spring. And the illustration for the article came from a photograph I submitted. Josh Colvin used some sort of fancy photo editing tool. I was just down to Boston for the Museum of Fine Arts Winslow Homer exhibit, and saw some of his absolutely stunning watercolors of boats. The real thing! Cheers,
Dan I'm with you on the more time and $$ - I too would be at the summer classes up in Maine. You've hinted at what boat you have with the sprit and no boom but can you say more? I fought with putting a sprit tent up on my Crawford MS back when I had it. It can be down with running a line under the boat to hold it at the gunwales, just has to be ideal conditions to deploy.
I'm hoping the image above IS NOT AI - then I can admire the person and his or hers water color abilities - delightful! thanks Rob
Hi Rob. Thanks for your nice note. The dory in question is also from Roger Crawford: his Swampscott Dory. What great boats he builds! I’ve thought about using the strategy of lines under the boat to secure the tarp tent, but it seems like a lot of hassle and effort. I’ve also thought about attaching some eye screws or clips of some sort underneath the gunnels, but I really don’t like the idea of screwing anything in there. So maybe a freestanding pop-up tent on a platform. Looking forward to doing some experimenting in the spring. And the illustration for the article came from a photograph I submitted. Josh Colvin used some sort of fancy photo editing tool. I was just down to Boston for the Museum of Fine Arts Winslow Homer exhibit, and saw some of his absolutely stunning watercolors of boats. The real thing! Cheers,
Dan