However, the fabled sharpie is not universally loved. They have a reputation for being both really good boats and really, really bad boats, with one forum contributor declaring that he had owned six sharpies in his life and “hated all of them.”
So for years I’ve been waiting for a sharpie design that would silence the voices of doubt and practicality—you know, the ones saying “yeah, but where ya gonna keep it?” and “whaddaya need another boat for?” The search continued.
The Design
Chapelle has a few beauties, as does Reuel Parker in The Sharpie Book, but I had not found “The One” until discovering the comely Drake 13 Sharpie from Selway Fisher Design. At 13' x 4' 6, it is smallish but big enough to carry two people and camping gear. And at 105 pounds hull weight, it’s light enough that I can drag it and flip it over alone, and my wife and I can carry it down to the beach or lift it onto our Subaru together. I hate pulling a trailer, so it being cartoppable is a huge plus.
Fisher’s plans call for either ply-on frame or stitch-and-glue construction. I opted for stitch-and-glue, having used it to build a Bolger Cartopper which has held up well over many years.
Big Change #1: I decided to replace the standing lug drawn in the plans with a slightly larger balanced lugsail, partly for its great “tuneability,” but mainly because I think they look cool. However, enlarging the sail area from 65 to 72 sq. ft. moved the center of effort forward 6, and therefore the center of resistance had to be moved aft, bringing us to…
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A HEAD FOR RUBATO
I dislike port-a-potties. I'm not too fond of poop in any form, really, being non-scatological by nature.
THE ARTFUL SAILOR
Ain' nothin' new about using sails as nautical billboards. The ancients painted all sorts of signs and symbols on their sails.
Twin Keels
OUT WIHUEIRIJE with Howard Rice
Cedar Key 2022 Windy Boat Meet
Cartop Cruising
A New Trailer
THE BIGHTS
PLAN STUDY: Fancy Free
If you're looking for a simple and inexpensive cruising sailboat with traditional character, our FANCY FREE should fill the bill. The sharpie-dory hull with flat-bottom, hard-chine form is ideal for the amateur.
BOAT REVIEW: Rhodes 22 Revisited)
Overlooked by the masses, admired by owners—there are good reasons the Rhodes 22 has been in production for over a quarter century.
Another Favorite Mod
The always creative Tom Luque sent us details on one of his favorite modifications
BLOODY TUESDAY
“Although the author if indeed he even used his real name) calls this story fiction, we arent so sure. You be the judge. Eds
CRUISING ISLE ROYALE
I sle“ Royale on Lake Superior is one of my favorite places to cruise. Established as a National Park in 1931, Isle Royale is located about 20 miles off the North Shore of Lake Superior near the Minnesota/Canadian border.