Dear Pocketship forum,
Hi to all from Greece. I'm Athan and I'm considering a relativery easy to build, budget, seaworthy trailer sailer for small trips of 15-20 miles around the Greek islands during summer weekends, with good sailing performance and week-end camping accomodation for me and my girlfriend.
Sailing around the Greek islands though might get tricky sometimes, because of the NE summer wind gusts of F6 or more (meltemi).
In small passages between islands the waves might not that big but the blow is very strong.
So, good stability and overall good sailing performance - especially upwind - is a must.
I have no experience with gaff rigs. I hear that "a square rigged boat cannot operate well in the close reach position, as the maximum deflection offered is typically 45 degrees off the running position". So is this type of rig is any good for upwind sailing performance?
Would Pocketship be a solution for me? or a 15 footer is simply out the qustion anyway?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Athan