Here my take on the Hogfish color scheme. 

More or less done below deck. 

next is installing hardware. 

Arne wrote:

Just a silly question:
Have you Paul T (or Annie) ever slept in a v-bunk with a mast at the centreline in between them? I have, several times, in my Malena and then in Johanna. Both had nice and dry spruce masts, which felt nice and warm to the touch. Ingeborg’s mast, on the other hand, is of aluminium. This has been dressed with two layers of bubble plastic and then a layer of pvc fabric. On top of that there is a knitted coat of wool, buttoned on almost like a cardigan. This makes the mast feel almost like a teddy bear  -  very soft, warm and comfy.
None of these masts have ever robbed any sleep from me.

(..the photo below was mainly taken to show Ingeborg’s unplugged air de-humidifier, but you can spot the mast behind it...)

Cheers (..in Old Danish Bitter Dram...)
Arne

Anonymous wrote:

Just a silly question:
Have you Paul T (or Annie) ever slept in a v-bunk with a mast at the centreline in between them? I have, several times, in my Malena and then in Johanna. Both had nice and dry spruce masts, which felt nice and warm to the touch. Ingeborg’s mast, on the other hand, is of aluminium. This has been dressed with two layers of bubble plastic and then a layer of pvc fabric. On top of that there is a knitted coat of wool, buttoned on almost like a cardigan. This makes the mast feel almost like a teddy bear  -  very soft, warm and comfy.
None of these masts have ever robbed any sleep from me.

(..the photo below was mainly taken to show Ingeborg’s unplugged air de-humidifier, but you can spot the mast behind it...)

Cheers (..in Old Danish Bitter Dram...)
Arne

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Not that I can recall.  But I am a chronic insomniac and one of the good things about sleeping alone is that I can sprawl like a starfish, get up and look at the moon, sit up and open the hatch wide, and roll from side to side without having to consider that I might disturb someone else's sleep.  A mast in fhe middle of my bunk would be a other of the many things that inhibit my being able to sleep.

It must also make it a bugger for finding sheets and a quilt!

Zpaul S wrote:

Paul T., I am very curious to understand why your experience shows that up to 4° forward mast rake the sail settles better when running? What do you mean, "better"? Are you referring to light winds?

On Ilvy we are reefing dead running with the sail squared out and under pressure, without any problems. Is that possible with forward rake, too?

Yes, I said as much, rake is just a tool for moving the CE around. The sail otherwise works exactly as any other sail and yes, it comes down on a run as well. There's no extra friction  that is entirely a product of Arne's imagination. Arne has no experience with forward rake, he just does not like it. That fine as far as it goes, it does not however mean that there are any issues with the sail behavior....

If you want your sail to come down easily, just don't usebfive part halyards, they really do add friction. 

Just a silly question:
Have you Paul T (or Annie) ever slept in a v-bunk with a mast at the centreline in between them? I have, several times, in my Malena and then in Johanna. Both had nice and dry spruce masts, which felt nice and warm to the touch. Ingeborg’s mast, on the other hand, is of aluminium. This has been dressed with two layers of bubble plastic and then a layer of pvc fabric. On top of that there is a knitted coat of wool, buttoned on almost like a cardigan. This makes the mast feel almost like a teddy bear  -  very soft, warm and comfy.
None of these masts have ever robbed any sleep from me.

(..the photo below was mainly taken to show Ingeborg’s unplugged air de-humidifier, but you can spot the mast behind it...)

Cheers (..in Old Danish Bitter Dram...)
Arne

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