sources for skipjack design

[kweaver]

I am doing some initial investigations / planning for building a sailing
boat. I am particularly interested in a scaled down version of the
Chesapeake Bay Skip Jack (in the range of 20 to 25 feet). Could anyone help
point me in the direction of some study designs.

Thanks...

Kevin Weaver. kwe...@cyberlink.bc.ca

[Ron Ginger]

kweaver wrote:
>
> I am doing some initial investigations / planning for building a sailing
> boat. I am particularly interested in a scaled down version of the
> Chesapeake Bay Skip Jack (in the range of 20 to 25 feet). Could anyone help
> point me in the direction of some study designs.
>

If you can find a copy of SIMPLIFIED BOATBUIDING, The V-Bottom Boat by
Harry Sucher you will have more sharpie plans than you ever though
existed. Very nice book, published in 1973. by W.W.Norton.

He shows many sailing sharpies, in several sizes with considerable
detail. You could well build them right from the book.

No, my copy is NOT for sale :-)

--
Ron Ginger
my web page is now at http://plsntcov.8m.com please update any links to
the old Ultranet site.

[Bill J]

Ron, I know of several small steamboats that use a skipjack hull - - I take
it this is a sailboat minus the centerboard? I've found several sites that
refer to skipjack races, but none with design detail. I'm looking for a
hull design that will be easy to push through the water, seaworthy in light
swells and chop, and traditionally good looking. If the skipjack fits those
criteria, I'd also be interested in looking at plans.
Last time I saw your site I somehow missed the reference to RF HasBrouck.
I'm glad I checked back, because I've been looking for a source of engine
plans.

Bill J

Ron Ginger <gin...@acunet.net> wrote in message
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[bde...@mindspring.com]

Try the museums at St. Michael's, and Solomon Islands,MD, or the one in
Beaufort, NC. Also the book store is Mystic Seaport would be another
source. They all have web sites.

The model club a St. Michael's sells plans for a radio control skipjack that
is about 50" long. I am going to build one of these.

Bill Denes

kweaver <kwe...@cyberlink.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> I am doing some initial investigations / planning for building a sailing
> boat. I am particularly interested in a scaled down version of the
> Chesapeake Bay Skip Jack (in the range of 20 to 25 feet). Could anyone
help
> point me in the direction of some study designs.
>

> Thanks...
>
> Kevin Weaver. kwe...@cyberlink.bc.ca
>
>

[Tom & Rita Hunter]

There is a book called "The Sharpie Book" by Reuel Parker that you ought to
buy. I recall some discussion of Skipjacks in the book and there are other
designs that you will find appealing. Also once your done building his chapters
on sailing them will be helpful.

Tom Hunter

[lostin...@my-deja.com]

In article <Wp4e5.4986$t5x3.8...@news.randori.com>,

"kweaver" <kwe...@cyberlink.bc.ca> wrote:
> I am doing some initial investigations / planning for building a
sailing
> boat. I am particularly interested in a scaled down version of the
> Chesapeake Bay Skip Jack (in the range of 20 to 25 feet). Could
anyone help
> point me in the direction of some study designs.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Kevin Weaver. kwe...@cyberlink.bc.ca
>

> Of course there's always Howard Chapelle's "American Small Sailing
Craft".

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Before you buy.

[Lou Germani]

Kevin,

Try WoodenBoat online at http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/wb.htm
This is the WoodenBoat magazine site. In their catalog "Thirty Wooden
Boats" they list a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack designed by Joe Gregory, called
Calico Jack. The plans are also available through WoodenBoat store. I'm
not sure if they can supply study plans - worth an ask. They list the
following information on the Calico Jack: (my comments)
LOA: 32'
LOD: 24'8
LWL: 22'6
Beam: 8'1.5"
Draft (cb up): 2'2"
Draft (cb down): 6'
Displacement: 4900lbs
Sail Area: 316sq'
Construction: Traditional Chesapeake bateau
Headroom Cabin: 4'
Suitable for somewhat protected waters (seems to mean coastal cruising)
Intended Capacity: 4-6 daysailing, 2 cruising
Trailerable: with difficulty (may be an understatement)
Propulsion: sail (there's one skipjack in Baltimore that converted the
"cabin" into an engine room for power)
Speed: 3-6kn
Skill needed to build: Intermediate
Lofting required: Yes
Plans: 7 sheets, average detail

Some other sources:
Chapelle's Boatbuilding (covers bateau construction techniques)
Smithsonian Institution: You can get their catalogue of designs for
around $10. The plans are fairly
inexpensive and include Chapelles plans including several
bateau/skipjacks. They are online, but I don't
remember their address.

Good Luck,
Lou

"kweaver" <kwe...@cyberlink.bc.ca> wrote in message
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[David Carnell]

Chapelle is the authority. Check his books.

[Bob]

I'll second the reccomendation for Calico Jack; I've seen several
articles on this boat over the years and it's probably exactly what you
are looking for.

As others here have mentioned, Howard I. Chapelle is the authority on
skipjacks. His books _Boatbuiding_, _American Small Sailing Craft_, and
_American Sailing Craft_ all have info on skipjacks in them. _American
Sailing Craft_ has a chapter featuring skipjacks that shows several
Yacht adaptations of the type around 30 feet. There is also his
pamphlet _Notes on Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks_.

All of these can usually be gotten through the interlibrary loan system.

Bob

[macnaughton.com]

Please read everything Chapelle wrote on Skipjacks. His American Small
Sailing Craft has the information. Somewhere he gives rules of thumb almost
sufficient to design your own.

Remember that these boats were sailed by professionals who really knew what
they were doing. You can turn these babies over. They are very shoal hulls
with no outside ballast and a large amount of sail.

Tom MacNaughton
Naval Architect
http://www.macnaughtongroup.com

David Carnell wrote in message <39798A09...@worldnet.att.net>...

[Rich Hampel]

go to: http://www.cbmm.org/ URL of Chespaeake Bay Maritime Museum. The Museum has a very active
wooden boatbuilders group and I'm sure they can help you to get in touch with the group. In fact
today I helped 'launch' a 25 foot skipjack 'pirate' with a fractional bowsprit built by some of the
group at CBMM.
If you contact cbmm and don't get the info you need, eMail me back and I'll get you some contacts.
:-)

[demdat...@gmail.com]

On Monday, July 31, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Rich Hampel wrote:
> go to: http://www.cbmm.org/ URL of Chespaeake Bay Maritime Museum. The Museum has a very active
> wooden boatbuilders group and I'm sure they can help you to get in touch with the group. In fact
> today I helped 'launch' a 25 foot skipjack 'pirate' with a fractional bowsprit built by some of the
> group at CBMM.
> If you contact cbmm and don't get the info you need, eMail me back and I'll get you some contacts.

To Rich Hampel, I found this old thread regarding the skipjacks. Joe hasn't been with us for quite a while. I have had some correspondance with his son shaun., but lost his address. Do you know anybody who has plans on the ann series of skipjacks? I am familiar with howard chappelle. Clyde on this end. Thank you very much