A boom tent can easily be rigged. The main is prmanently threaded on the mast by a foot long wrapped around stitched pocket which creates a wing shape. The pocket merely bunches up around the mast on reefing or lowering. Gaff mains of this size and design have proved their mettle on James Wharram's cruising cats. Ebben Flo can be really pushed along by the intended working crew of two, as sails can be handled easily alone.
Manageable areas make sail and halyard winches optional.
The high prismatic coefficient, narrow beam, lack of overhangs, relatively low wet area and canoe-like line give a projected hull speed of 6 knots. This little ship ghosts well, yet will bash along in a force 5 blow before reducing sail. These characteristics enable daily distances in defiance of EF's apparently pedestrian performance ratios. Keels are fixed to long 300 x 25mm ply planks let into the bulkheads with another 25mm thickness between, creating an extremely rigid hull. Disp now a whopping 40.