I am very impressed with your modifications. I also have a Skerry that unfortunately fell two years ago and sprung a plank, so soon it will come back into the shop for some repairs. You have inspired me to make some changes to overcome some limitations I have here in Rhode Island. We have a lot of chop, and I have found the boat takes on too much water for my comfort. Decking the bow would help me a lot. I also love moving the daggerboard because I hate the thwart and can never find a comfortable place to sit...
I'm going to try something, and I'll let you know how it works. A boatbuilder friend, actually from Germany, Jens Lange manages a small fleet of Herreshoff S-Boats and was faced with the same problem. He moved the forward lift point to the more forward keel bolt and put a deck plate in the deckhouse positioned where he could remove the plate and run the harness through it. That way he is able to get the hoist centered over the balance point. When PONYO comes out of storage in the spring I'm going to install a similar system also using...
Hi Peter, So that we don't lose contact after this is done, my email is pkochretired@gmail.com. I spent some time with the drawings on your web site and I think you might have had a problem similar to one I face. I want to install a single point lifting harness and I see you installed two anchor points for your harness, but it appears that the mid-point between them is just inside the companionway. On my boat, the center of gravity is also just inside the companionway. If I am right, how did you rig your harness so that the...
Your boat is a showpiece. The attention to detail is very impressive and I am jealous of your boatbuilding talent. I am doubly impressed that you took the time to create a CNC program and was able use that to produce a second boat with your friend. Congratulations on your beautiful knockabout. By way of introduction, I built PONYO, the other Camden Class Knockabout on display. I am sure I enjoyed building mine as much as you did yours, but my build was less sophisticated. I manually lofted the lines, milled the lumber and put it together with two changes...
15′ Harris/Piehl CLC Skerry (2021) – JOY
I am very impressed with your modifications. I also have a Skerry that unfortunately fell two years ago and sprung a plank, so soon it will come back into the shop for some repairs. You have inspired me to make some changes to overcome some limitations I have here in Rhode Island. We have a lot of chop, and I have found the boat takes on too much water for my comfort. Decking the bow would help me a lot. I also love moving the daggerboard because I hate the thwart and can never find a comfortable place to sit...28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2021) – PONYO
Thank you.28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2021) – PONYO
Thank you.28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2014) – JANE
I'm going to try something, and I'll let you know how it works. A boatbuilder friend, actually from Germany, Jens Lange manages a small fleet of Herreshoff S-Boats and was faced with the same problem. He moved the forward lift point to the more forward keel bolt and put a deck plate in the deckhouse positioned where he could remove the plate and run the harness through it. That way he is able to get the hoist centered over the balance point. When PONYO comes out of storage in the spring I'm going to install a similar system also using...28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2014) – JANE
Hi Peter, So that we don't lose contact after this is done, my email is pkochretired@gmail.com. I spent some time with the drawings on your web site and I think you might have had a problem similar to one I face. I want to install a single point lifting harness and I see you installed two anchor points for your harness, but it appears that the mid-point between them is just inside the companionway. On my boat, the center of gravity is also just inside the companionway. If I am right, how did you rig your harness so that the...28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2014) – JANE
Your boat is a showpiece. The attention to detail is very impressive and I am jealous of your boatbuilding talent. I am doubly impressed that you took the time to create a CNC program and was able use that to produce a second boat with your friend. Congratulations on your beautiful knockabout. By way of introduction, I built PONYO, the other Camden Class Knockabout on display. I am sure I enjoyed building mine as much as you did yours, but my build was less sophisticated. I manually lofted the lines, milled the lumber and put it together with two changes...