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[quote=hobieflier]Hi everybody,

I'm currently hoping to build a Westport 25  beachcat this fall and one of the things I want to incorporate is a canting bowsprit.  The only bowsprits I've ever seen are either short -fixed or canting, or really long and fixed. What I'm thinking is a long canting: to mount the base on the main crossbar below the mast (puts the aft compression load directly where you want it) and have it run out beneath the forward crossbar. There would be basically a traveler on the underside of the forward crossbar thats attached to the bowsprit thus holding it up as well as controlling the side to side cant. So your more Slewing the Tip than canting it. The way I see it, this would let you pull the tack of a screecher (or even a Code-0) clear over to the windward bow and into cleaner air!  I don't know exactly how far beyond the bows is ideal for a screecher or Code-0, but it seems to me that around 6 feet is a reasonable goal to shoot for. Any thoughts?

I also wonder (providing that the whole concept is sound) how much elevation the tip really needs. In pictures I've seen, it's quite high, but I think that may be to get a better angle for the guys. 
If it doesn't require a tube too thick to do the job (2 to 3"), it would be nice if it could be unstayed

What do you think??

Best Wishes, 
Roston

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