Lovely build and story. I have an old boom furler on my 24' bermuda rigged sloop, the sail shape is poor when furled, and furling is done forwards with a small crank handle by the goose neck, an unfortunate system. Your application of boom furling looks much better, the four sided sail looks much better suited. I really want to build a sharpie one day. I wish we had retained more sea culture here on the thames estuary. An organised mess around in home made boats sounds really fun. Cheers.
I have seen several boats with roller booms in our club. All of them are production boats. I attempted a roller mast on a trimaran I built several years ago but aborted the project for standard reef points. We’re lucky here in Texas that we have a long sailing season and also almost the entire coast of Texas is protected by barrier islands. It makes for some great small boat sailing and exploring.
It helped a little bit but it probably wasn’t worth it to install the leeboard. The chine runners were very effective. I wish I still had this boat, I gifted it to another club member here in Texas.
Don’t think I’ve seen a chine runner before. Very interesting. Can you share a little about the boat handling characteristics and what, if anything you might do differently? Thanks for sharing. The magazine cover is definitely cool!
@@timneely946 the chine runners along with the hull design act as a keel. It’s a concept that probably only would work with a small sailboat. The boat needs to be healed over to get the chine deep in the water. Of course you need speed to make it work. I don’t think would change anything about this boat except for I wish I still had it. Gifted it to another club member.
@willrobertson14 let me know if you want to cruise up this way...I'm a retired large sailing yacht Captain and after 44 years in the business, still have not seen it all.
I have been messing around with little sailboats for a very long time and I have to say I'm totally impressed by what you did especially considering you never built a boat before and you were new to sailing. I also liked how you put a lot of information in a short amount of time in your video. I am a very happy subscriber. Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.
I’m kinda bummed I didn’t get to sail in this lovely little boat named after my daughter! I do remember me and Kathy sending Tommy out to get you one TX 200 though! 😂
Back in the day, I did the 'lesser circle route' that Nathaniel Stone wrote about in his book 'On the Water' in a fiberglass Ghost 13' sailing dinghy with oars added. In hindsight, I should have used a rowing boat and added a sail because I actually ended up rowing nearly a third of the route and the Ghost didn't row particularly well. All in all it was a great 9 month trip in a small boat and the camping was fun and I got to experience some of America's waterways.
Mate what was that ply you used for the bottom of the hull, that piece with all the stamps on it at the 28 second mark? That is not certified marine ply, those huge knots tell me instantly that it's not proper marine ply. I've never understood why people would spend so much time and effort on something that their life will depend on and they cut corners by using inappropriate materials
Très belle embarcation . quel plan de fabrication 👍
It’s an Enigma designed by Matt Layden. It’s the little brother to the more popular Paradox.
Lovely build and story.
I have an old boom furler on my 24' bermuda rigged sloop, the sail shape is poor when furled, and furling is done forwards with a small crank handle by the goose neck, an unfortunate system. Your application of boom furling looks much better, the four sided sail looks much better suited.
I really want to build a sharpie one day. I wish we had retained more sea culture here on the thames estuary. An organised mess around in home made boats sounds really fun.
Cheers.
I have seen several boats with roller booms in our club. All of them are production boats. I attempted a roller mast on a trimaran I built several years ago but aborted the project for standard reef points. We’re lucky here in Texas that we have a long sailing season and also almost the entire coast of Texas is protected by barrier islands. It makes for some great small boat sailing and exploring.
What a wonderful little sharpie. I bet the leeboards help going upwind when the boat is lightly loaded.
It helped a little bit but it probably wasn’t worth it to install the leeboard. The chine runners were very effective. I wish I still had this boat, I gifted it to another club member here in Texas.
Don’t think I’ve seen a chine runner before. Very interesting. Can you share a little about the boat handling characteristics and what, if anything you might do differently? Thanks for sharing. The magazine cover is definitely cool!
@@timneely946 the chine runners along with the hull design act as a keel. It’s a concept that probably only would work with a small sailboat. The boat needs to be healed over to get the chine deep in the water. Of course you need speed to make it work. I don’t think would change anything about this boat except for I wish I still had it. Gifted it to another club member.
Nice one, Will. Very cool story and great photos.
Thank you. I may try to make more similar videos.
Great story and adventure...bring " the little boat to the Chesapeake...perfect, boundless cruising ...September/ October is best. Thanks for posting
Thanks for watching! I would love to visit that area of the country. I have heard it’s beautiful.
@willrobertson14 let me know if you want to cruise up this way...I'm a retired large sailing yacht Captain and after 44 years in the business, still have not seen it all.
I have been messing around with little sailboats for a very long time and I have to say I'm totally impressed by what you did especially considering you never built a boat before and you were new to sailing. I also liked how you put a lot of information in a short amount of time in your video. I am a very happy subscriber. Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you and your family too. I’ll try to make more videos like this in the future.
Very cool !!!
Merry Christmas from northern British Columbia Canada
Merry Christmas from Texas. Thank you
I’m kinda bummed I didn’t get to sail in this lovely little boat named after my daughter! I do remember me and Kathy sending Tommy out to get you one TX 200 though! 😂
We can ask Jim if we can take it for a sail.
Back in the day, I did the 'lesser circle route' that Nathaniel Stone wrote about in his book 'On the Water' in a fiberglass Ghost 13' sailing dinghy with oars added. In hindsight, I should have used a rowing boat and added a sail because I actually ended up rowing nearly a third of the route and the Ghost didn't row particularly well. All in all it was a great 9 month trip in a small boat and the camping was fun and I got to experience some of America's waterways.
@@ronkirk5099 that’s a huge trip! I would love to do an adventure like that. Well done. I will look up the book you mentioned. Thank you
Mate what was that ply you used for the bottom of the hull, that piece with all the stamps on it at the 28 second mark? That is not certified marine ply, those huge knots tell me instantly that it's not proper marine ply. I've never understood why people would spend so much time and effort on something that their life will depend on and they cut corners by using inappropriate materials
You are correct
Nice.
Thanks Michael.