Big Jenny, WB 174, p 58.

[huisjen]

I like it. But for some reason they have pictures of her doing all sorts of stuff, but no details of her interior layout. Pitty. That's one of the most important points of a camp cruiser, or so it would seem to me.

Dan

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Whatever you do - don't Google Big Jenny! :D

Steven

[Wayne Jeffers]

Well, Steven, you did warn me. :eek: :rolleyes:

Wayne

[imported_Snatchblock]

Wooould seem so to me too Dan, but maybe the pictures they had taken sucked.

[JimM]

huisjen
I think that Big Jenny would be more useful if it didn't have the two bulkheads and storage space in the center of the boat.

Jim

[huisjen]

I agree Jim.

I like having separate watertight compartments. I once saw a traditional chinese junk (owned by the Portland OR parks department -- pitty they weren't displaying it) that has that sort of design. All compartments had deck hatches only.

Big Jenny seems to have so many bulkheads that there's no place to bunk if you're over 5'5".

Dan

[Tom Lathrop]

From what I could see of the design, I don't like it. Too chopped up and how do you move fore and aft through that little cabin?

Sail area seems small and yet he speaks of being overpowered. I don't know what Herreshoff intended but this does not look like a powerfull hull shape. The lashing of masts, sails and oars outside gives a clue to how little room there is in the boat.

[Tom Galyen]

I may be wrong but neither in the article or pictures did it show the sails of either boat. I would like to know what they are.

Great looking boats and apparently very useful for what they were designed for

Tom G.

[Bob Smalser]

"From what I could see of the design, I don't like it. Too chopped up and how do you move fore and aft through that little cabin?"

...or if there's enuf room to stretch out for sleep.