flat bottomed sail boat

interesting rigging in that last link!

 

Sorry guys I'm off to Russia for a month, so I will not be following these threads for a while. The "scheepvaart museum" in Amsterdam has an extensive library of drawings of dutch flat botommed boats. The Sail parade had a lot of the replica's and originals sailing. When I return, I'll post some pics.

Have a good time all!
Regards,

Sander

 

I _THINK_ I saw Greek, Roman/Italaian, Norse and Egyptian influences in there.
Interesting, indeed

 

Sorry Guys, That site has not an English version. Best I can offer is an automatic translation.

I will post the translation (no images) and then the original page with images ( in Portuguese).

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.multicascos.com.br%2Fembarcacoestradic.htm&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=pt-PT&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

http://www.multicascos.com.br/embarcacoestradic.htm

 

Good eyes.

I don´t believe in the Norse influence (influences are older than that) and that's true, there is a strong oriental influence, but it is not Egyptian, but Phenician and Charthaginian (Carthago was once a phenician colony). There are also Muslim influences being the most remarkable the Latin sail.

About all those influences it is important to remember that Greeks and Phenicians have been here, settling Colonies, long before Christ. Later the Carthaginian made an alliance with Lusitanians against the Romans (Anibal is still a popular name around here) and settled more colonies. Then the Romans dominated, after that came the Visigods and Suevos and then it was Muslim territory.

With all this cultural influences we can understand the large diversity of the Portuguese traditional boats in such a small territory.

 

And the stange thing is that all those sails were not used to go forward, but sideways

 

Flat bottom boat

Woodsnwater,

Here's a link to a flat bottom sailer by H. I. Chapelle. Southwind I love the sailplan on this one. It's probably a little compact in size, most sharpies are limited that way, and it's traditionally built. With a know-how, I'll bet it could be strip-built with epoxy and a bit of glass.

There are a lot of sharpie plans available on the web. L. F. Herreshoff did a 33' version of one in his book, Sensible Cruising Designs. There is a complete set of plans for the "Meadowlark" in the book and this one looks quite roomy, for a sharpie. The Meadowlark is unique, because Herreshoff designed it with leeboards to maximize cabin space.