Sunday, January 18, 2015

Aussie 6-Footer as a Classic Singlehander?

Australian 6-Foot skiff.

A couple of years ago it occurred to me that, if you reworked the massive rig downwards, the Aussie Historical 6-Footer skiff, would make a crazy, traditional singlehander. To that end I sketched out a cut-down sail plan which I present here.

As always, use the pop-out icon on the top-right hand to open the drawing in another tab.



Australian Historical Skiff

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3 comments:

  1. DieharddinghysailorJanuary 25, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    If I could find a classic full bodied high freeboard 6 ft clinker tender, I'd love to give it a go, something I too think about from time to time.

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  2. TweezermanJanuary 27, 2015 at 5:30 AM

    Mike,

    Might be tough to find a 6 ft. dink. That is definitely on the small side. The advantage of building a 6 ft. (1.83 meters) boat is you can use 8 ft. (2.44 meters) plywood with no scarfing. The big problem would be shoehorning your body in such a short dinghy.

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  3. DieharddinghysailorJanuary 27, 2015 at 8:46 AM

    Yeah, 8 or 10 ft would be better.

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