There are many support items that you will find handy as you mobile about with your boat. You will work it out as the need arises. Don't forget the rubber boots!

Drawing Programs: This has been a major assistance in the shop. It allows the hobbyist to not only create but check the working size of a part and then print it out for a pattern. The drawings seen here are from a 14 year old program used for drafting simple structures for scope in scale. Today, programs like TurboCAD are easy to use and can take your horizons beyond the EC12. The oldest and simplest is v9.1 and is still available at retailers on the Internet. Drawing programs are a major tool in working with sheet aluminum like you will see in the Molded Deck pages in the decking section.

The cradle is essential. Construction cradle is highly recommended.

The newly designed boat lift is an absolute must.

The crate is handy for a lot of things besides shipping. It is a good place to keep the boat all the time, at home or in the vehicle. It stays clean and is less susceptible to damage.

A sail case is not needed by all as many hang the rig from rafters or on the wall for storage. They transport them in vans or trucks hanging from racks. Many cannot do this because of room at home or in the vehicle. A case does not have to be fancy, just do the job.

There are a zillion designs for a rig divider. Make one, you will like it. It is the only reliable means of centering the mast to the spreaders. From there to the mast crane are the eyeballs.

The tension meter takes some training as a lot of these charts floating around are not very accurate. Once you have one of these figured out you will be able to set the correct backstay tension quickly and repeat the setting when needed. Serious captains have one in their toolkits and a notepad handy.

You don't need a tank. We did because we had never built an EC12 and there was not another group within 800 miles of us. This tank construction got a little out of hand and ended up being a precision instrument that can measure a waterline down to 1/32" inch. It is presented here to show off. Some of you may want one and have a group need, this is the way to set one up. The Acrylic is pretty, strong and straight but very expensive. Using a T-Square to measure the waterline is far better than strings or an underwater mirror. This tank was built straight from the EC12 manuals available from the class store.