Over the past year I’ve learned lot’s about yacht design, rigging forces, and boating in general.  There have been some bumps in the road, but overall its been a lot of steady progress.  I spent much of last winter reading every textbook I could get my hands on that even mentioned standing rigging.  Then I spent all spring designing and fabricating the chainplates and mast step before motoring down to Rhode Island to get the mast installed (more on that trip later).  After some hard work installing everything and a lot of help from my friends I’m proud to say that Creeky is finally a real SAILboat.

I’ll focus on the important details later (at risk of losing my audience) and focus on the finished product now.