Thanks for the reply Chris. As you say the Meadowlark was designed by an artistic genius. Almost any changes in the boat makes it ugly, yet it has...
Hi Chris, Thanks for the long and detailed post. You clearly speak with a lot more authority on these boats than I. I have only started sailing...
Hi SailorAlan, we have conversed before.... Bolgers EEk the 34 foot version is only a partially thought out design. She had the Bolger flaw ( my...
I do not think this generalization is universally correct. The Meadowlark goes to windward just fine in winds 15 + knots and commensorate seas. I...
I have a modified sharpie, a Herreshoff Meadowlark. I will say here that we seldom pound, really no more than the keel boats I have sailed over...
You are right...I do not point as high as a relatively modern racing boat. Part of that is due to sheeting geometry not being ideal, and part just...
gaffers as cruising boats I have about equal experience sailing gaffers and marconi rigged boats. My experience is mostly with boats less than 40...
Par has got it pretty much right on. I would add them most people will choose a boat, and then try to fit their requirements around the choice...
The reason for not pinching up to windward is just that. The boat is healing over to the point of being uncomfortable. You are punching into the...
Build it and they will come..... many will go to windward these days be a use they can. it. As even make sense if you can because it might cut...
Bataan is right. Very few offshore cruising boats go to windward any more than they really have to. In "Ocean Passages of the World" the sailing...
For what its worth I have sailed in company with a pretty accurate Spray copy called the "Joshua". Though very different from my boat I'd say she...
Congratulations... really nice boat. Sandy and Leslie were good friends a long time ago. Yesterday's tide was a good tide for that. I am planning...
Just wondering if you are Sandy, with the burgundy cat? If so we used to hang out some down in Canoe Cove. Good to hear from you....John
Although there are situations where there is no real alternative....I'd have to say a V berth is in my opinion a waste of time and space. Probably...
Here is my boat Whimbrel a Herreshoff Meadowlark with short gaffs Main and Mizzen.[ATTACH] These are considerable shorter than Michael Kastens...
I hope I am attaching this correctly....This is Herreshoffs Rozinante with a short gaff rig, I am not sure if one was ever fitted with this rig...
Reference was made above to Kasten designs. I am a fan of his work. I'd like to point out that many of the designs which he refers to as 'short...
These are Herreshoffs short gaffs...about 4 ft long. There is no span, or need for a span. I may need to move the peak connection on the gaff...
I have recently changed the mainsail on my Herreshoff Meadowlark to a single halyard. I do not have a lot of experience with it yet...several...
