30' plywood sharpie

They are fun, have had a long following in certain parts of Oz.

 

I can see why they would have. I'm surprised there aren't a bunch of them here in the States. Or maybe there are, and I just didn't know it.

 

Never seen a US version, but then I have never really looked.

but...

You may find something interesting here.

http://www.sharpies.com.au/AboutSharpies.html

http://www.sharpies.org.uk/

 

Well, at the second link, I found a wonderful bit of British understatement and tact:

Dear sharpie owners,

When moving GBR 130 “Pericles” recently it was discovered that the gaff is no longer with the boat.

She has not been sailed for a number of years but has been stored in very close proximity to the hard at BSSC. Would you please cast your mind back over the past few years just in case you can recall borrowing a gaff as a temporary fix whilst sailing at Brancaster. The owner is more than happy to lend the spar, but could do with it back now to complete the boat please.

I'll never be that diplomatic, even if I live another 60 years.

 

star class if I remember
they race those on lake Dillen just up the road from here

 

Whats a Star?

 

In Oz they build them in plastic. In Holland and many other countries they build -and race- them in wood.





Here a full set of drawings and the Class Rules.

A lot of info here (Dutch). And many inernational links here.

Cheers!
Angel

 

Norfolk Sharpie Sailor's Song



Here's the music . . . You have to sing it yourself....

Cheers!
Angel

 

Yes the 12 square metre sharpies are alive and well and living (in the UK) along the north Norfolk coast. They are not really a 'revival class' as they never went away and have been the mainstay of the sailing club at Wells (especially) for 60 years or so.

As said they are also popular in Holland, Germany and Portugal with some in S America as well. The Australian legacy is the result of the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne where they were the two man class. Lots of boats went out for this, but such was the transport costs in those days, that many were left behind after the games.

The lightweight sharpies were the same hull shape but made in thin ply instead of centimetre thick solid gaboon planking. They also had a tall bermudan rig, originally using a 505 mast but mounted on deck for extra height? Only one lightweight was built in the UK (by Richard Cracknell in the 70's), but a whole generation of youngsters cut their teeth on it, learning about multi trapeze boats long before 'skiffs' made an appearance in Europe.

 

That is just like Parker's method, and has the advantage of getting the ballast lower , also easier to get lower Cp .

 

The Lightening is a nice boat , also considered a sharpie ,

 

looks just like something I owned as a kid

 

No, the difference is in the first layer. And Parker planks the bottom first.

Parker's method has a first layer of tongue-and-groove parallel to the keel and then double diagonal plywood planking on top* of that.

There are good pictures and drawings of that in Parker's book ‘‘The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding - From Lofting to Launching’’ on page 10, 11, 48, etc.

You can see it in the picture on the top right corner of cover as well.



In the NIS radiused bottom method the first layer goes right-angled over* the inside keelson. The keelson is higher* than the already with plywood plates planked side walls.

* upside down spoken.

Regards,
Angel

 

Strictly speaking, a sharpie is flat bottomed. The radiused or vee bottoms are modified sharpies.

 

I prefer Parkers method . But doesn't the radius bottom make it a Presto type and not a sharpie .