: Beautiful, Dave
: I'm planning on doing one like this too, soon:)
: I wonder - what do you think of the stresses a sail rig would put
: on a SOF sailboat like this?
: Can a skin boat handle it? Would you beef up anything because of
: the sail? What and where? -without adding too much extra weight.
: I live right on Lake Erie, and my boat would see some choppy
: seas on occasion - I wonder how SOF will handle it...
: Tim

No reason a sailing rig won't work on a SOF, just have to upsize some of the members to compensate for the extra stresses. Also have to have a way to resist the twisting moment from the sailing rig that's not present in a rowed or paddled boat.

The sailing rig will though add weight, so it won't be really light like this one is.

Bill H.