Sailing a Jim Michalak designed Frolic2

[@FlatlandMando]

I really like that this video shows concretely that a single hander can move around freely in this design. I also get a pretty good idea of how high it points into the wind! Very NICE!😊

[@NeilMartinsenBurrell]

Love the hockey stick tiller extender. That is my kind of yacht!

[@77goanywhere]

Nice little day sailer. I have a Michalak Blobster and love the simple yet effective designs he comes up with.

[@garyblankenship9163]

Nice seeing a Frolic2 go through it's paces.

[@sailinginlandseas4026]

There is a moment in Jim's boats when that chine digs in and you feel it on the upwind, specially on the unleeboarded side. Doesn't seem to hurt the pointing none. Something I know I've noticed on my FatCat 2 more then once.

[@FlatlandMando]

going nicely in this fair breeze

[@jamesgood6065]

Very nice sail.

[@logstuff1]

Very nice boat. That's another one I would like to build.

[@PDSalling]

She goes ! You demonstrate another great use of a PDF, as padding, between your back and the rail ! What if a gust puts the rail down?

[@theWZZA]

Nice work! I envy you!

[@JenkinsBoatWorks]

looks fun! I was worried as you raised the sail that she was going to take off downwind and then jibe. Where the heck did you mount the camera??

[@tezcolby673]

Hey Peter. Nice Job. I'm building a Michalak Normsboat at the moment. Jim is not to specific about halyards and downhauls etc. at the mast. I'm about to start building the mast and researching as much as I can, so I (hopefully!) get it right first try... If I saw correctly, your halyard comes down the aft face of the mast? - and so the downhaul must be on the front face...? It would also be nice to know what you did at the top of the mast...! :-)

[@peterdguru]

I heated the end of an 5/16 eye bolt. I opened the eye and closed it around a simple pulley. Also I bent the eye-end of the bolt 45deg (on the plane where the eye would lay flat on your table). The bolt is then mounted through a hole on the mast and the block will dangle flat against the mast. Yard passes through the pulley before stepping the mast.

[@Antipodean33]

Interesting the offset mast, I've never seen that before with a mainsail, what is the reasoning for it and how does it affect it's sailing abilities?

[@geneberry7114]

It's offset so as to walk unobstructed through the slottop cabin. I've had 4 of Jim's boats with offset mast and I can't tell any difference from a center mounted mast

[@JenkinsBoatWorks]

the mast is off center? that's different.

[@peterdguru]

Jim Michalak designs most of his boats that way. It allows you walk up the center line.

[@dimkinazvezda]

Good retired hockey sticks go to sea like a tiller : )

[@peterdguru]

In Canada, broken hockey sticks are standard building material. They show up everywhere.😁

[@StrawberryGarcia]

Would have enjoyed seeing you reef it.

[@grahamparton1822]

Hey Pete, looks like a nice user friendly boat for single handing. How does she go upwind?

[@peterdguru]

With the lug sail it doesn't go upwind as well. Perhaps 110 degree tacks.