Gaff rigs

Wynand
the gaff with double headsail is the way for me

 

Same regarding your gaffer. What a salty little bugger!
I have no idea where this boat of mine came from. The previous owner knew nothing about boats at all--- thought he might try sailing, but gave up.
I've toyed with the idea of a small cabin, but decided that going forward would be a bit chancy with no side decks and a boom only inches above the cabin top. Do you find it a little difficult to climb across?

Alan

 

Manie, Alan - thankyou both for your kind words about Peggoty. There were just over 100 Winklebrigs made, and we have a small but healthy forum over at www.jegsweb.co.uk/boats/winklebrig/winklebrig1.htm
Alan, I've not had any problems getting forward to sort out tangles, - the deck paint and grabrails make the cabin roof sure footing, and She's so small you never have to let go of the mast! I'm fairly new to her though, and I've not tried single handed yet.

Here's a tiny picture of Peg with her topsail.



Adrian

 

here's a linked picture of the Romilly - strictly a lugger yawl, if I've got my terminology right!



The Romilly website is here

 

Who was it mentioned Nigel Irens, designer of Roxanne and Romilly? I love those boats for their big space above the cockpit. They are luggers indeed, but high aspect, and fast I hear.
No reason why a gaffer couldn't be configured with similar aspects.
Mine is very high peaked, though the sail's a bit old and worn.

Adrian: I may just build a cabin myself if I can get past the idea of going forward being problematic. Then the cockpit would be made self-bailing as well. The seats would be raised to allow this, and the sleeping berths below would be built to put one's feet under the forward end of the seats.
I have often arrived at my boat and had to bail for ten minutes, and she'd be sitting quite low in the water.
Is Peg self-bailing?

Alan

 

Manie - we seem to have hijacked your thread- I do apologise!

Alan - The pictures of your boat - slender, narrow high peaked rig, mast well forward - brought the lrens design to mind. I wondered if the Romillys cabin might provide some reference for your cabin plans.

Peg is indeed self draining- the cockpit is open to the outboard well. She could probably do with a little more ballast for'd as the water does lap into the bacK of the cockpit a little, and it might help her muscle through the chop a bit better.

I do feel quite comfortable going forward- but the winklebrig has a deep hull and relatively high cockpit seats with quarter berths under, so it is an easy step from the cockpit to the cabin coach roof, passing between and holding on to windward stay and mast. The small area of actual deck in the bow is only perhaps 6 inches below the coach roof. If I am fiddling with the anchor, I will sit on the front edge of the cabin very comfortably.

 

Here's a view of the boat out of the water. Your (Peg's) deck is like mine, about 6" below the cabin top (or where mine would go).
Seems about the same size boat. What's your displacement?

 

here are her vital statistics, Alan.s,
Length on deck: 16ft
Length overall: 20ft
Waterline length: 15ft
Beam: 6ft 8in
Draught: 1ft 2in / 2ft 6in
(twin retractable bilge boards) Displacement: 650kg
Sails: Main***** 104 sq ft
******** Jib********* 42 sq ft
******** Topsail*** 26 sq ft

Most folk find that the trailer weight with outboard fuel and kit nudges up towards the 1200Kg mark!
I expect she is a little chubbier than yours in the beam?
the boat yard (ferrybridge) did build quite a few as day boats too.

 

LOD: 14' 11"
LWL: 14'
Beam: 5' 6"
Draft: 1' 10"
Displ: guessing 1200-1400#
Mains'l: 155
Jib: (not yet made) 28

You have a wide boat! Reminds me of a Cape Cod catboat.

A.

 

Tiny

it is a pleasure to see the thread going
as long as it stays on Gaff rigs
anything Gaff

Please guys post pictures

Everything and anything Gaff

small details of the actual rigging
mast boom and and and
the way sails were stitched
FOOT and CAP etc.
close-ups please

any Gaff
OLD and NEW
and your holiday pics of a Gaff that you saw

 

Well so now that it is officialy ok to post pics, here is my gaffer.

23' Jay Benford canoe yawl.

 

Kevin

great boat

please post pics of the rigging close up = details

please

please

 

These are about all I've got for rigging
pics. if you want to see anything in particular i can toke a picture this evening when I'm down at the boat.

 

A couple of pictures of my boat, and one of the famous Winfield Lash, a real sweet gaffer and a WoodenBoat cover girl we happened upon last summer, just before she fetched up on a rock, which I won't show cause it's not nice. The pictures were taken at the Atlantic Challenge docks in Rockport, Maine.

A.

 

Nice boat, Kevin. Reminds me of something... Maid of Endor, maybe?