Since I shot the pix yesterday morning I have gotten the foresail furled and completed most of the foremast running rigging. Still have to do the foremast standing rigging, and the foreyard bowline and sheet.
I might explain the base is so wide because the oars will be displayed in the deployed position, and I wanted the base to extend to end of oars to protect them- they will be pretty fragile. In fact, I am planning a carrying case to get it to and from contests.