Sailing Salty Heaven - 22/01/22 Rigging

Salty Heaven (aka SHI) is my 17' lug rigged yawl.
Conceived in Australia around 1999 by Mikey Floyd he built her by hand without using power tools (including hand sewing the sails).
Despite her traditional working boat lines and the emphasis on simplicity she is a true thoroughbred with sparkling performance and impeccable balance - even when hard-pressed the tiller never requires more than fingertip pressure - there's the required touch of weather helm but bearing away rather than rounding up in a gust of wind results in instant acceleration thanks to her light weight, slippery underwater shape and powerful rig.
In addition to the hand sewn sails she carries two sweeps (oars) for one of two rowing stations (plus a sculling rowlock) and an electric outboard (three batteries and an on-board charger in lockers double as trimming ballast and good for several hours of motoring or for powering nav/house lights and other devices), there is also an automatic electric bilge pump).
There are two foam blocks for buoyancy under the side thwarts. All bare wood is oiled rather than varnished for simplicity of maintenance. There are covers for trailering and for camp cruising and the floors can be lifted to provide a full-width sleeping platform.
You can read all about Salty Heaven in a 5-page article in the February 2004 issue of Wooden Boat Magazine.
This video is intended to show how quick and easy it is to set up and tear down Salty Heaven's rig for sailing/storage and to show off some of the features of this very special craft. I hope to upload some videos of actual sailing in due course.

[@Mark-vd4gg]

I like your boat, the shape and simplicity really appeal.

[@Stobb0]

Thanks. Agreed : almost perfect proportions!

[@ianboyce4276]

Great looking little boat, are there any others in NZ that you know of?

[@Stobb0]

I only know of two in existence: this one and another in Oz. The plans are available for free though so there’s nothing stopping you…!