<div id='ygrps-yiv-1054709614'><html><head><style></style></head><div><font face='Arial' size='2'>John:</font></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><font face='Arial' size='2'>One of the first boats I ever built was a little 
pram with a sprit sail.&nbsp; I liked the sail because you could roll the whole 
thing around the mast and sprit, and it would fit in the bottom of the 
boat.&nbsp; It was easy to use, and safe, having no boom.&nbsp; This was good, 
as it was the boat I learned to sail in.&nbsp; The only drawback to the sail is 
it is hard to reef.&nbsp; I built it from sailcloth I got from 
Sailrite.</font></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><font face='Arial' size='2'>Chuck</font></div><blockquote><span title='qreply'><blockquote><div>----- Original Message -----</div><div><b>From:</b><a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='mailto:john_blake@...' title='john_blake@...'>John 
  Blake</a></div><div><b>To:</b><a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='mailto:bolger@egroups.com' title='bolger@egroups.com'>bolger@egroups.com</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b>Monday, June 26, 2000 4:04 AM</div><div><b>Subject:</b>[bolger] Japanese Beach 
  cruiser</div><div><br></div><div><font face='Arial' size='2'>i was thinking of building the&nbsp;japanese 
  beach cruiser in bolgers BWaOM and would like to hear from anybody who has or 
  who has given it some serious thought also if anyone has any experience with 
  spritsails pros cons etc i would be grateful to hear from them i gave the 
  micro some serious thought but it was more boat than i needed as i can only do 
  day trips at this stage but also want something i can run up on the beach as 
  there are a lot of shelving beaches here in tasmania.</font></div><div><font face='Arial' size='2'>thanks</font></div><div><font face='Arial' size='2'>John Blake</font></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><font face='Arial' size='2'><a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='mailto:john_blake@...'>john_blake@...</a></font></div></blockquote></span></blockquote></html></div>

Re: [bolger] Japanese Beach cruiser