I don't pretend to be an expert by a long shot, by the way. I began studying yacht design a little more than a year ago after leaving my motorcycle in Newfoundland before it came to a complete stop. Facing the dark of winter with a shattered shoulder, I needed something to occupy my mind.

The Mariner 19 is closely based on the Rhodes 19 -- it's the same hull with slightly plusher accommodations. Philip Rhodes had a heck of a lot more experience in yacht design than I can ever hope to have. However, he also had a racing bias where the 19 was concerned.

 Racers like to have a lot of sails. So far as I can determine, there were at least 4 different sizes of main (at least I have 4, all of which are completely unadorned by reef points), a 155% and 135% Genoa, standard and storm jibs, and various spinnakers. It make's one's head spin!

My boat is a "2+2," or capable in theory of sleeping four people. I suspect that's a subterfuge. We all know that a V-berth is not intended for sleeping, but sail storage. The crew is supposed to wedge themselves in the coffin-like quarter berths. Luckily, in my example, there is a lazerette over the foot of each quarter berth. My size 12 feet would never fit otherwise.

Hi Tim

Your link didn't work - I've edited it to have the right link.

Chris

So despite how elegant a high-aspect rig may appear, this one will need to be designed for torque, not speed. Stowing spars on the canals is a burning pain in the arse. A few weeks ago, some boats came down from Canada. They were big sexy Beneteaus, the like of which my sort will never be able to afford. After they had their masts and booms stowed for the canal passage on a bunch of lumber that may have been better used to make a hog pen, they didn't look so racy. I hate moving about on a boat with stowed spars. There's always something to hit your head on or trip over.

The junk rig may be on hold for a bit. I drew up what I feel is a pretty good balanced lug configuration as a cat yawl last night in a fit of insomnia. I'm pretty sure the numbers are right, and this rig allows for short spars. I'm on Lake Champlain in the US. To get off the lake requires dismasting and remasting to the south to clear bridges for anything much over 13', and there's a 26' clearance to the north to access the St. Lawrence. My design brief for this one was to keep the timber under 12', which can be quite a challenge. First, here's the conventional rig for this boat, which has quite a lot of air draft for a 19' vessel. It would need to be dismasted, and there's a lot of spaghetti to that, as well as a $3/foot charge on either end, as well as the inconvenience. I shattered my shoulder in a motorcycle "off" in the wilds of Newfoundland, and can't do the job single-handed.

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Hi Timothy, and welcome.

Sounds like you have a lot of fun in prospect.

I have taken the liberty of reducing the size of your image somewhat - if they are too wide, they cause the text to spill over the right hand side of the frame and become unreadable.

Good luck with your projects!

Chris