well have plenty of rod for booms i was thinking of permenantly mounting the 1st rod blank so its about 4 inches above the deck just the end part so i can just sit the mast on top of this as the mast will be the middle section of the rod,does that sound like a good idea?,thanks for the tips on everything else ,as for the plans no they dont show anything other than the hull ,sails etc.so i will probably need some help,any pics you have of youre build would be great.im also going to build everything i can myself.i think ill try the 2 oz cloth for the hull for added strength too thanks for the tip.what material did you use for the sails? i can get the rip stop stuff in nice colours on ebay pretty cheap.ill get the gf to do the stiching lol maybe, anyways lets see some pics of your build and thanks for the help mate.
mart