Category: Sailing cruisers

Sailing yachts used for cruising, or as cruiser-racers.

How to build a 1930s British sharpie

I’m going sailing, so you won’t hear from me for a day or two.

In the meantime, here’s a chapter from an old book describing how to build an old-fashioned British sharpie. Not many people would build a boat like this now, but I think it’s interesting, not least because it could so easily be a predecessor of the GP14.

This chapter includes instructions and plans for the hull and spars; see part II for sailmaking instructions:
How to build a 1930s British sharpie, part II

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Progress shots of the revenue cutter Alert

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Will Stirling of Cutters & Luggers has kindly sent us a fantastic set of pictures of his current project Alert, which he recently launched without the aid of a crane.

‘I made sheer legs, well stayed fore and aft with a wheel bolted on each. The boat unmasted and without ballast weighs about ten tons.

‘I jacked her down off her keel blocks on to short lengths of scaffolding pole, and then Continue reading “Progress shots of the revenue cutter Alert”

It’s wonderful to be appreciated, Part II…

The Truant Romance Keith Kendrick, singer of sea songs and concertina player

intheboatshed.net has been doing particularly well in the past couple of months, not least in terms of the numbers of people calling by to read our daily posts. As I write, we’ve had almost 34,000 hits, which I’m told makes us very successful for a weblog about a minority activity. While I would agree that we’re not doing too badly, I’d also suggest that perhaps the people who admire traditional boats constitute quite a large minority, as minorities go…

I’m particularly pleased today as we’ve had a delightful message of support from the great US writer and editor Peter H Spectre, as you can see at Continue reading “It’s wonderful to be appreciated, Part II…”