Sailing Hatseflats
A 15ft Pram for Dinghy Cruising
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20240716

New boat tent for Hatseflats part 1

During the Covid pandemic of 2020 we bought a Jack Wolfskin tunnel tent for sleeping on board Hatseflats. It worked well but was a bit cramped. After the pandemic we preferred to look for a proper tent pitch on solid ground.
With the Baltic Sea Challenge in mind I decided to ask Marten-Jan Giesing of Oars en Sail to create a new boat tent so that I could sleep on board on solo trips. Marten-Jan and I decided to use the mast as the ridgepole to create more interior space.
I created a simple stub to lift the mast off the bow and used the boom crutch to create sufficient height in the aft part of the boat. Then I took the boat to Marten-Jan to make a mock-up for the tent.



Mast raised by stub and boom crutch.
The stub fits in the mast gate.
Marten-Jan in his workshop.
Using the mast as a ridgepole for more space in the tent.