L.O.A. 40′
L. EXT. 54′
L.W.L. 35′ 6 1/2″
BEAM 12′
DRAFT 4′ 2”
DISPL. 27,500 lbs. (13 U.S. tons) Laden
BALLAST 9,500 lbs. Lead (4,000 lbs outside; 4,000 lbs inside; remainder in tankage and trim)
SAIL AREA 914 sq ft working/1,254 sq ft total (light air)
TYPE Full-keel pilot schooner yacht based on early 19th-century
Virginia models (Baltimore Clippers). Hull Speed: 8 knots
POWER Inboard diesel, 25 to 50 H.P., under cockpit well
RIG Free-standing gaff rigged schooner with overlapping fores’l,
self-tending jib and optional fisherman tops’l. The jib may be set flying with luff tension provided by a downhaul; or may use roller furling. The traditional jib is lowered by luffing up, releasing the halyard and tack downhaul, and stuffing the sail and club-foot into the fore-hatch. The roller furling jib may have doubled sheets or may be sheeted to the boom shown. The mains’l clew may be seized to a ring which slides forward when the outhaul is slacked, bringing the mains’l on deck OR may be reefed/furled to the boom if full-length battens are employed (suggested). This rig is one of the simplest ever conceived; yet it has power, versatility, practicality and economy. Howard Chapelle felt it should be revived for use in cruising yachts because of these qualities, without modification. So do I!
ACCOMODATIONS Interiors (2) shown sleep five. Double cabin aft. Head/shower forward. This is a comfortable, practical vessel, capable of extended ocean cruising anywhere in the world. Water capacity is 100 gal assuming a water-maker. Fuel capacity is 200 gallons or 300 gallons (Alt. Plan).
CONSTRUCTION Cold-molded wood/epoxy/fabric: Hull — double diagonal 5/16″
marine ply or solid planks over 3/4″ tongue and groove lumber. Outside Xynole-polyester covered; two layers below boot top. Decks – 1/2″ ply over sawn beams, Xynole-polyester covered. Coachroofs — 3/8″ ply. Masts are hollow octagonal free-standing Douglas fir, booms and gaffs are solid Douglas fir. Interior — painted plywood trimmed with varnished hardwoods.
PLANS Complete plans include the construction manual THE NEW COLD MOLDED BOATBUILDING, From Lofting to launching.
DESIGN Reuel B. Parker 2020
