Last year I bought a sailing dinghi made of plywood. Lelantina is about 40 years old (as the previous owner told me) and is according to the papers a "Pirat" (I found out she is a "Schakel", a dutch dinghi class, see the emblem on the yawl sail).The last picture is how I bought her.

The rig was complete (a slup) but I want a junk rig and a coachroof as I like to sleep over night once in a while. So the mast has to stand well forward and the boat needs a yawl sail to ballance that. For the sails I used an old sail I had somewhere and for the battens I bought some bamboo sticks. The daggerboard and case in the centerline also had to go and I made a case on each side of the boat. I can change the new board from side to side or leave it while tacking when I am too lazy. 

She sails well and fast enough.

Alex

Hi Graham

I also like schooners. I had made her as a schooner first, but it turned out to be too complicated for a small boat like this and being singlehanded. Now II have two masts I can choose from. I took the mainsail and added some cloth there. From the rest I made the yawl sail.

Alex