Chip Flanagan’s tender

[Antonio Majer]

Hi all. I was admiring Chip Flanagan’s boats and his 11'6" Herreshoff Tender :
http://www.chipboat.com/shop2tender.html
and in a photo of the hull under construction I noticed that there isn’t the slot of the center board yet:

http://tinypic.com/ifa6tc.jpg http://tinypic.com/ifa8ib.jpg

It seems to me he may have cut the slot later, after having built the hull, maybe because the client has changed his mind. Possible?

...or may it be a technique? I mean: to cut the keel (and the timbers behind) later?

[Hwyl]

I've done that with hard chine boats. I should imagine it's a lot more difficult and illogical in traditional construction.

I wonder if it's two different boats.

[m stewart]

You are correct the owner decided to add
the sail option after the boat was mostly
complete.

[Bob Cleek]

Must have been a tricky modification. That boat is designed to be built with the keel on edge for no centerboard and a plank keel for a centerboard!

[Antonio Majer]

Thank you; I suppose you (M Stewart) are the owner, in the case congratulations. I took a glance at the satellite map of your town, it looks a great place for that kind of boats. Ever thought to sail to Milwaukee and return home, non-stop? (I'm joking :)

[ 12-11-2005, 11:21 AM: Message edited by: Antonio Majer ]

[m stewart]

Not the owner, but I saw the boat in his shop
when we were picking up the BB14 he built
for us.

[Ethan]

Hello & Merry Christmas Everyone,

Amateurish question...Chip's boat looks carvel planked to me...yet, I have a set of the plans for this boat and they clearly show lapstrake construction...what gives?

Also, is this boat the subject of the book "Building the Herreshoff Dinghy"?

I'd really appreciate it if someone more experienced would help me sort this out.

TIA, Ethan

[Thad]

I think Herreshoff always built their dinghys lapstrake (usually there is an exception to a rule but I don't know of any). With the offsets in the public domain there is nothing to stop one from building it with other methods. It has been done in glass, which probably would be heavier than lapped just as carvel would, needing heavier planking. Joel White expanded the 11'6" tender by 10% and drew it carvel for the Catspaw.

[ishmael]

And, almost any small round bottom boat can be built either carvel or clinker--along with other methods. A dink, to be carried on deck at times, is best built lapstrake. It's lighter, and tighter after drying.