Mystic Sharpie

[CNel]

Who can tell me anything about Ted Brewer's Mystic Sharpie design? It would seem well suited to Chesapeake Bay, Albemarle Sound, Pamlico Sound sailing. What's a capsize coeff (?) of 1.81 mean?

[Art Read]

Not familiar with the design, but the fact that the plans list it, I'd guess it means reef early, reef often.

[Zane Lewis]

Is this the 32 ft Ketch with a solid battern in place of a gaff. A sort of Egret style with a Pinky deck aft and an OB in a well between the cockpit and rudder? If it is I recall that it has 2 x 800 lb strips of lead exturnal on the bottom and must desplace about 5-6000 lbs

Zane

[Jack C]

The capsize coefficient is the product of hydrodynamic research conducted after the 1979 Fastnet Race. The simple interpretation: a boat is considered seaworthy for offshore if it has a capsize coefficient less than 2.0. This formula has sparked quite a bit of debate since it is only dependent on length and beam. There is no provision for ballast, inertial moment, or other stability factors. For example, an Open 40/50/60 design fails all sorts of theoretical maxims for being seaworthy, yet dozens of them have circled the globe.

For those that want to look more at the design, check here: http://boatdesigns.com/cgi-bin/store/web_store.cgi?page=mystic.html&&cart_id=5845011_30559

Jack

[HOWdie]

I built a 20' sharpie many years back. Plans are avaiable at the North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort NC.
Gaff rig, round stern, plumb stem. draws abt. 8" with the board up. It was a nice boat and I spent many enjoyable hours sailing her in all weather.