Mar05
Chappelle’s 14ft skiff - another candidate for the 2008 boatbuilding season?
Chappelle’s 14ft sharpie skiff has a distinctive clubbed
leg of mutton sailing rig
Talking of sharpies, I’ve just noticed this article at Duckworks. Edited by the excellent Craig O’Donnell, it provides all the drawings and information needed to build a traditional skiff of 14ft.
Chappelle called it a ‘sharpie skiff‘, and thought that the boat should be built heavily for easy maintenance. He also gave it a sizeable leg of mutton rig on its 18ft mast - though you may feel that the club at the end of the boom-sprit is aptly named, it does allow a good sized sail on relatively short spars.
Download article from Duckworksmagazine.com .
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Andreas Mar 5th 2008 at 11:26 am 1
Hello Gavin,
Nice one, but I´ve already chosen to build Karl Stambaugh´s
Catbird 16, which has now two different rig options.
keep your amazing site goin
Andreas
Gavin Atkin Mar 5th 2008 at 12:05 pm 2
Handsome boat that Catbird 16 - particularly the drawings with the yawl rig with the high-peaked lug main. Do I detect a little of Nigel Irens’ influence here, would you say?
Check the rigs for Irens’ Roxane and Romilly http://www.nigelirens.demon.co.uk/FRAMEcruising.htm
Then take a peek at Stambaugh’s Catbird 16 http://www.cmdboats.com/catbird16_yawl.htm?cart_id=2a2403d63b5e1f5061b5c619227c6bff
Which rig are you going for?
Gav
Andreas Mar 5th 2008 at 02:41 pm 3
Had a look at Irens website before answering, and I think your right.
I´m going for the lug yawl rig for two reasons:
First I like its particular looks and the freed cockpit area, and
Second, we have some not to high bridges in the area, and the lug yawl rig will fit better then
Andreas
Andreas Mar 15th 2008 at 11:41 pm 4
Dear Gavin,
in your comment you´ve mentioned the nigel Irens influence on the lug yawl rig of Stambaughs Catbird 16. Strolling through some designers website i stumled over Paul Gartside´s daysailer design #124. looks like Karl Stambaugh had a close look at the sailing rig of that one ;-). Looks really close to me.
Best Regards
Andreas
Gavin Atkin Mar 16th 2008 at 03:09 pm 5
Perhaps they’re both working from similar sources!
Wherever it comes from, it makes a good-looking rig.
Gav