[bolger] Re: Sharpies
I fell in love with Chapelle's stuff at the age of 13 or 14 as a result of
wisely chosen Christmas present. Great dream-inspiring stuff - "American
Small Sailing Craft" is the best of course, but "American Sailing Ships",
"Baltimore Clipper" and "The American Sailing Navy" are all good. He also
wrote a book on yacht design and construction, which I seem to have
misplaced, but which inspired lots of reveries. All good stuff for diversion
during the long dark nights of winter in the north. On the other hand:
1) Bolger makes no bones about the fact that he considers Chapelle's design
rules for sharpies mistaken;
2) With regard to Design # 92 in "100 Small Boat Rigs", Bolger wrote: " One
of the failings of the boat mentioned, which had this rig, was that she
sailed bolt upright a lot of the time, and being flat-bottomed, pounded hard."
Bill, watching the icicles on the eaves grow.
wisely chosen Christmas present. Great dream-inspiring stuff - "American
Small Sailing Craft" is the best of course, but "American Sailing Ships",
"Baltimore Clipper" and "The American Sailing Navy" are all good. He also
wrote a book on yacht design and construction, which I seem to have
misplaced, but which inspired lots of reveries. All good stuff for diversion
during the long dark nights of winter in the north. On the other hand:
1) Bolger makes no bones about the fact that he considers Chapelle's design
rules for sharpies mistaken;
2) With regard to Design # 92 in "100 Small Boat Rigs", Bolger wrote: " One
of the failings of the boat mentioned, which had this rig, was that she
sailed bolt upright a lot of the time, and being flat-bottomed, pounded hard."
Bill, watching the icicles on the eaves grow.
I once was able to borrow "American Small Sailing Craft" by Howard I.
Chapelle from the local library. It is a beautiful and thought provoking
work. It seems to have not been returned by a subsequent borrower! (Theft
from libraries is actually an interesting barometer of literary quality).
Nautical traditions are often deeply engrained and propogated by the devices
of prejudice and sometimes contempt. I have read and reread PCB in BWAOM on
the Presto Cruiser (p257 in my edition). This is vintage PCB on sharpies
(p258). He seems to accept the logic of the argument against hard chined
sharpies ... "this is why sharpies are poor sailers in a chop...". This
notwithstanding, PCB is a great protagonist of "square boats" and regards
AS-29, Loose Moose II and SJB as "real cruisers". Please forgive my
confusion!
--
Meyer
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From: Steve Yahn [mailto:syahn@...]
Sent: Monday, 14 February 2000 18:05
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Subject: [bolger] Sharpies
There is a book"American Small Sailing Craft" by Howard I. Chapelle.
Beginning on page 104 to page 135 there is everything about SHARPIES. The
last paragraph is pure gold.
"It should be apparent that there is no justification for the contempt
often expressed toward flat-bottomed craft; this is due to insufficient
experience or to mere prejudice. In sailing, the flat bottomed hull is
usually heeled, and, because the boat is sailing more or less sailing on its
chine, giving V-sections, there is less pounding than one would suppose.
Past experience has shown that flat-bottomed hulls may be very fast and even
have such respectable qualities of seaworthiness that they venture to sea in
the summer as safly as most yachts of their length. There need be no great
concessions in beauty, speed, strength, longevity, and summer-seaworthiness,
if economic factors suggest the employment of flat-bottomed hulls for
sailing"
This man Chapple is an old historian of boats which are now extinct.
There are many blueprints with dementions of these old boats. I love this
book.
Best, Steve Yahn
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Chapelle from the local library. It is a beautiful and thought provoking
work. It seems to have not been returned by a subsequent borrower! (Theft
from libraries is actually an interesting barometer of literary quality).
Nautical traditions are often deeply engrained and propogated by the devices
of prejudice and sometimes contempt. I have read and reread PCB in BWAOM on
the Presto Cruiser (p257 in my edition). This is vintage PCB on sharpies
(p258). He seems to accept the logic of the argument against hard chined
sharpies ... "this is why sharpies are poor sailers in a chop...". This
notwithstanding, PCB is a great protagonist of "square boats" and regards
AS-29, Loose Moose II and SJB as "real cruisers". Please forgive my
confusion!
--
Meyer
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Yahn [mailto:syahn@...]
Sent: Monday, 14 February 2000 18:05
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Sharpies
There is a book"American Small Sailing Craft" by Howard I. Chapelle.
Beginning on page 104 to page 135 there is everything about SHARPIES. The
last paragraph is pure gold.
"It should be apparent that there is no justification for the contempt
often expressed toward flat-bottomed craft; this is due to insufficient
experience or to mere prejudice. In sailing, the flat bottomed hull is
usually heeled, and, because the boat is sailing more or less sailing on its
chine, giving V-sections, there is less pounding than one would suppose.
Past experience has shown that flat-bottomed hulls may be very fast and even
have such respectable qualities of seaworthiness that they venture to sea in
the summer as safly as most yachts of their length. There need be no great
concessions in beauty, speed, strength, longevity, and summer-seaworthiness,
if economic factors suggest the employment of flat-bottomed hulls for
sailing"
This man Chapple is an old historian of boats which are now extinct.
There are many blueprints with dementions of these old boats. I love this
book.
Best, Steve Yahn
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There is a book"American Small Sailing Craft" by Howard I. Chapelle.
Beginning on page 104 to page 135 there is everything about SHARPIES. The
last paragraph is pure gold.
"It should be apparent that there is no justification for the contempt
often expressed toward flat-bottomed craft; this is due to insufficient
experience or to mere prejudice. In sailing, the flat bottomed hull is
usually heeled, and, because the boat is sailing more or less sailing on its
chine, giving V-sections, there is less pounding than one would suppose.
Past experience has shown that flat-bottomed hulls may be very fast and even
have such respectable qualities of seaworthiness that they venture to sea in
the summer as safly as most yachts of their length. There need be no great
concessions in beauty, speed, strength, longevity, and summer-seaworthiness,
if economic factors suggest the employment of flat-bottomed hulls for sailing"
This man Chapple is an old historian of boats which are now extinct.
There are many blueprints with dementions of these old boats. I love this book.
Best, Steve Yahn
Beginning on page 104 to page 135 there is everything about SHARPIES. The
last paragraph is pure gold.
"It should be apparent that there is no justification for the contempt
often expressed toward flat-bottomed craft; this is due to insufficient
experience or to mere prejudice. In sailing, the flat bottomed hull is
usually heeled, and, because the boat is sailing more or less sailing on its
chine, giving V-sections, there is less pounding than one would suppose.
Past experience has shown that flat-bottomed hulls may be very fast and even
have such respectable qualities of seaworthiness that they venture to sea in
the summer as safly as most yachts of their length. There need be no great
concessions in beauty, speed, strength, longevity, and summer-seaworthiness,
if economic factors suggest the employment of flat-bottomed hulls for sailing"
This man Chapple is an old historian of boats which are now extinct.
There are many blueprints with dementions of these old boats. I love this book.
Best, Steve Yahn