Lapstrake Tancook Whaler

[Paul Pless]

I've never seen nor heard of one before.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg239/PaulPless/lapstraketancookwhaler.jpg?t=1256121859

[johnw]

There was one built in England, for some reason. I read about it in Classic Boat.

[seanz]

Well, I've heard of one but I can't see it. Link?
:)

[mmd]

In his book, The Tancook Schooners - An Island and Its Boats (McGill-Queens 1994), Wayne O'Leary seems to give indication that early Tancook Whalers were as likely to be built in clinker as carvel, though later in it's development (prior to being superseded by the Tancook Schooner at the end of the 19th Century) they were most likely uniformly carvel. It seems to be a pretty thorough investigation of the subject, so I'll believe him.

[James McMullen]

There's lots of hull shapes that might be as easily planked lapstrake as carvel, depending on the inclinations and skill set of the builder, and depending on the materials at hand. I can't see the slightest difficulty with lining off a typical Tancook for lapstrake. Done right, I think it could be stunning. Trick these days is finding suitable planking stock for lapstrake in this size boat. Carvel planking stock for this size boat is less demanding in several ways.

[Lincoln C]

Chapelle says, somewhat cryptically, "It is possible that the Tancook boat was originally based on the New England boat or Hampton boat, as it too was a lap-strake keel boat and was schooner-rigged." (ASSC, page 162)

[ishmael]

A very pretty shape; purpose meeting practice.

I have a soft spot in my heart. When I first moved to Maine, still a wandering child looking for a home, I camped aboard Vernon Langille on the sly, a Tancook Whaler built by Lance Lee's apprentices. I shouldn't have been there, but things were a bit looser then.

Lapstrake? I don't see why not, though the planking in the tucks will test you.

[George Ray]

From Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft"

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ODS_xL2q7J8/R2IEYt0WUOI/AAAAAAAAA0w/FHIIsevtETE/s400/is_00482.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ODS_xL2q7J8/R2IEcd0WURI/AAAAAAAAA1M/nqrk8hpb44A/s400/is_00485.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ODS_xL2q7J8/R2IEgt0WUVI/AAAAAAAAA1s/vzpV5tr33xs/s400/is_00489.jpg
This boat was said to be built from offsets in Chapelle's book.
Was in Thailand last I heard a couple of years ago.
Has loose footed foresail.

[rooster]

From Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft"

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ODS_xL2q7J8/R2IEYt0WUOI/AAAAAAAAA0w/FHIIsevtETE/s400/is_00482.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ODS_xL2q7J8/R2IEcd0WURI/AAAAAAAAA1M/nqrk8hpb44A/s400/is_00485.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ODS_xL2q7J8/R2IEgt0WUVI/AAAAAAAAA1s/vzpV5tr33xs/s400/is_00489.jpg
This boat was said to be built from offsets in Chapelle's book.
Was in Thailand last I heard a couple of years ago.
Has loose footed foresail.

20 or so years ago there was a tancook of this size on the hard down near Tomalas[sp?] bay in Ca. Anyone know anything re:that boat? She was in rather good shape at the time.
I love the lines of those boats:)

[T.A.R.]

If I remember correctly They mention Lapstrake ones in" Tancook Whalers Revisited".