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17' Coquina Class Cat Ketch (2018) - CONSTANT AND FAITHFUL

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  • Owner’s Description

    I am retired and I knew I wanted to build a wooden sailboat. I was taken by the Herreshoff Coquina design so it became my first build. Apart from Geoff Kerr’s great video series on OCH and the John Brooks, Ruth Hill book “How to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats”, I had no boat building knowledge or skills and no real wood-working skills either.

    The hull seemed to go together fairly well at least to my eye, but I decided the design needed more decking. However, I didn’t want to give up on the design’s handy spring loaded mast toggle partners. So I made a full surround deck with a fairly long trough leading up to the partners for stepping and un-stepping the main mast.

    Then, not knowing any better, I felt the deck had to be fairly pretty and settled on mahogany and ash strips bent and curved and glued the length of the boat with ash coaming. I was limited to bending and gluing about 4 strips at a time and have never done so much cussing and swearing in my entire life — but that is what sailors do, right?

    Anyway, I love the boat and it is a joy to sail. The icing on the cake was taking ‘Best In Show’ in the ‘I Built it Myself’ category at the 2018 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT.

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  • Video

    Enjoy this full video from Off Center Harbor featuring Coquina...

    A Good Boat Up Close, Coquina, Part 1 - Rigging & Getting Under Way

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    3 thoughts on “17' Coquina Class Cat Ketch (2018) - CONSTANT AND FAITHFUL”

    • Ted Walsh 3 years ago

      The boat is stunning! How do you like the rope steering? That is something that I have always found interesting.
      Anyway, congratulations.
      Ted and Judy

    • Hank Ellis 4 years ago

      Hi Patrick. You did an excellent job on your Coquina. I sailed one at the Small Reach Regatta made by Rob Hazard from Brunswick ME, and found it fast and responsive. I built a Calendar Islands Yawl 18 last year which also sails beautifully.
      Pat, did you once work in Keene? Let me know if you did at henryellis@comcast.com.
      Fair winds, Hank

    • andrew kepert 5 years ago

      Yes, Beautifully done.