Captain Frederic Fenger sailed his Yakaboo through the West Indies from Granada, up through the Windward and Leeward Islands to Saba. Many of the passages between islands were 40-50 miles. Although I was unlikely to go to these extremes, I still wanted the boat to be capable of camp cruising, rather than just being good for racing. American E scows tended to tiny rudders, and Fenger's Yakaboo had no rudder at all. In the event, I went a little too small.
Current plans have a slightly enlarged rudder with a revised foil shape from the original.
Old fashioned sails with modern technology - I'd been brought up on modern high performance dinghies. In working out the sail area, all the antique racing canoe information I was able to find suggested sail areas of around 67 sq ft. I spent a long night making up the side and bottom panels and bulkheads. Advantages of the simplified hullshape. Building then slowed to a more normal pace as conventional decks were fitted, and slowed as six timber spars were tapered and rounded.