We know (and love) our St Ayles Skiffs as rowing boats, but on longer expeditions it is nice to be able to hoist a sail and take a break. Iain Oughtred, the designer of the Skiff, has come up with the sprit sail rig shown below. Rob Ayliffe points out the following virtues:
The thinking is that it's for raids and voyaging, and general around the club ‘mucking about' in boats: not for regattas.  |
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