Some Discussion and Pictures of the Prototype Model

In making this model I have duplicated the hull I used as a model for Tuanella 3. As mentioned below things are not right. Nevertheless I shall continue with this hull for the time being just to work out things like sails which you will see are painfully small and the head sail in particular is badly cut.

[At the outset I sensed that the proportions of this hull were not quite as aesthetic and functional as I would have hoped. The hull length to beam ratio for its moulded depth(keel to deck measurement) needs refinement. Allowing that I shall aim to pursue the construction  of each hull from what is effectively a single sheet this will amount to no more than altering the length to breadth ration of that single sheet. 
I shall use Xray film in the first instance. This very accurately simulates sheet metal in its resistance to deformation and its 'wangi-ness'. Thence make it in thin aluminium with three ply decking.]

Both hulls of this model are of steel and it is quite a hefty item to lug around. In aluminium it will be half the weight. Despite the weight and rough sails she moved quite nicely on the Round Pond at Kensington Gardens in Hyde Park.
Some pictures show her being built.