picture time for Type "A" sailors

[ChaseKenyon]

http://www.shorenet.net/hamptonone/whysailcharlie.jpg


hope my other post comes through if not I'll write it all up again.

chase

[ChaseKenyon]

Well it seems my other new thread post got lost in the fog.

So I am hoping for someone close enough to my shop to be interested in helping build the molds patterns and such to re-build/replicate my favorite fun boat. (i am a disabled vet and have standing time and lifting restrictions from and old navy back injury that
came back to haunt me last year. Mine is no 173 out of over 730 to date. Since 1934. Once the molds and patterns are done it is a quickie to build several boats at once. the more in a build run the better buying power and the lower cost per boat.


So let the games begin:

1) 18 ft. long
2) 5'10" beam
3) 175 sq ft of sail
4) 25.5 ft solid spruce mast (new ones are aluminum)
5 ) seven stay double diamond and running backstays (new boats are 3 stays.)
6) Plus Trapeeze wire for the crew, skipper hikes out.
7) Draft CB up 7.25" CB down 3.5'
8) class weight 500 lbs fully rigged to sail
9) one of the strictest one diesign classes where original carvel and shiplap boats can compete evenly with modern plywood and fiberglass boats.
10) Will plane up easily and with lee chine in and CB at 1/3 will run on 2.5 ft by 8 to 10 ft of hull on the water.

I have sailed Alden Sea Witches, Freres fastnet Racers, dragons, solings, super sunfish, 505, dutch schooner rigged whatle boats, Toranados, Hobies, Siszlers, and more, but this is my favorite.

chase

PS just for fun who knows what it is?:D

[ChaseKenyon]

http://www.shorenet.net/hamptonone/Keith+Susan.jpg

these boats make a Lightening seem like a slow oversize sunfish. LOL

Chase:D

[P.L.Lenihan]

PS just for fun who knows what it is?:D

A Crossbow?

Peter

[ChaseKenyon]

Nope.

Chesapeake bay terror

annual competition for the

Admiral Byrd Cup

Chase

[frank pedersen]

It is a Hampton.

[rbgarr]

AFA molds and patterns for a run: http://www.cncroutinganddesign.com/cad-boatbuilders.html

[frank pedersen]

You can tell by the "H" in the first picture. Yes, it is still a popular class on the Chesapeake Bay, especially in the southern area where the class originated. My club, Rock Hall Yacht Club, has hosted the class in our annual one-design regatta for several years.

[frank pedersen]

It strikes me as an outstanding project for Carl Cramer's wooden boat regatta in place for spring, 2010.