It is true regarding the boats on the used market, especially here in Norway where I am at the moment, 6000€ buys you a 28ft classic sturdy...
Hi everyone! When I first started this thread almost two years ago I never have thought it was going to garner so much interest. In the meantime...
You are talking of drua. Your best bet would be Gary Dierking, he gathered a lot of info on traditional pacific craft and built many. Google his...
Not the fan of low volume sterns in conventional boats either but Egret has got a lot of dory in its lines, I believe that the lack of volume in...
Low freeboard was necessary for the job, as the oyster tonging was a fair weather job the low freeboard did not cause a problem and big rig was...
The New Haven sharpie was not a fashionable fad, it was developed and sailed by people whose livelihoods depended upon those boats, it served in...
Nice boat, it was already discussed here. The sharpies really benefit from long narrow waterline, 20 ft is a bit short. The next logical step in...
There is a sharpie sailboat group on facebook, some Egrets are being built while some are getting launched soon. Guess we are about to find out.
The sharpie in the photo is of the New Haven type, I agree that those are unsuitable for anything other than protected shoal coast, where they...
Got a job in Norway, no time to build now. Life happens.. There is an article in new Woodenboat magazine about Bill Schwicker surfing offshore...
Hard to tell. Soon he will have it in the water hopefully, I am interested to see how this thing goes.
There is a fella who got himself a New Haven 35 sharpie, soon he will put it in the water and start uploading videos on YouTube:) The "sharpie...
Haha i did not noticed the winches Definitely not a work of naval architect.
The twist in the bow reminds me of Ross Lillistone's Flint rowboat, its a 13ft 4 sheet rowing/sailing dinghy and even in that case the twist is...
This looks like an interesting evolution of v bottom bateau or skipjack. What is the general consensus on well immersed bow knuckles? It would be...