Calendar Islands Yawl 16 Update

SpecsLOA 15' 6"Beam 5' 2"Anticipated Hull weight 150-200 lbsDisplacement ~520 lbsHere are some screen shots of the CIY model with lapstrake planking. The garboard is actually stitch-and-glued to the bottom, glassed, then the rest of the planks are plywood lapstrake with no fiberglass required. The bottom exterior is definitely oriented towards a lot...

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New Boat: CIY 16

The Calendar Islands Yawl 16A Sail-and-Oar Dinghy for one or two peopleThe CIY 16 began as a 19 x 6 1/2-foot daysailer design with a deck and coaming with a bit of Herreshoff flavor. A friend who sails the Goat Island Skiff design by Michael Storer wanted a similar boat -- singlehanding, lightweight, lug rigged sail-and-oar dinghy -- but with a hull...

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Landing School Boat Launching

A great week of learning, teaching and boat launching last week at The Landing School where I instruct in the Wooden Boatbuilding Program. These students just launched a Joel White designed Maine Coast Peapod. It performed great at the launch last Friday. We enjoyed a jaunt in the Kennebunk River during a small craft advisory. We ducked out into some...

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A Deblois Street Dory

to The Compass Project in Portland, Me is building a DSD with a group of kids and they are doing a great job.The boat is built like dories have always been built, using the bottom to erect stem, frames, and transom, then turning over the boat upside down on a strongback. Everything is plumbed and braced then planking begins.Here the garboard has been...

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How to Sail the Lug Yawl: REPOSTED

My friend and fellow boatbuilder in the Northwest, James McMullen, created a very useful set of drawings to help people learn how to use our favorite sailing rig, the Lug-Yawl. For sail & oar boats you cannot have a more versatile and fun rig for your boat. Clint draws these rigs into most of his designs, such as the Calendar Islands Yawl or the...

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Morbihan 2011

This video was made by Voiles et Voiliers in 2010 after my visit there to meet and sail with my friend Francois Vivier. We sailed from Pornichet to the Gulf of Morbihan in his 25' gaff-sloop called Pen Hir  and for 3 days sailed in company with thousands of boats during Semaine du Gulfe Morbihan. Itis an experience I will never forget and I cannot wait to return. Enjoy!...

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Sneaking up on Perfection

For the first time in my short design-build career, I am finally in the stage I have longed for, that is, to be working on mk II and mk III+ versions of already successful boat models. Thus the blog title, "Sneaking up on Perfection". This is certainly the case with the Echo Bay Dory Skiff (EBDS), my first kit, based on a design a friend had drawn...

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SRR 2013

Report from the Small Reach Regatta 2013Beautiful weather, wonderful people, and a humbling locationHog Island, Muscongus Bay, MaineElyssa tied up on first night at Audubon docks, Hog Island.Waiting for the "go" word from lead chase boat as all the boats get underway. This morning we were in rowing mode and hanging out with the rowers, my usual crowd.The...

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Small Reach Regatta 2013Sailing and Rowing Elyssa, a 22' dory in Muscongus BayHog Island, MaineThis year's SRR is much anticipated. After several years at Lamoine State Park, the venue has moved to the Audubon Camp on Hog Island. I'll be crewing a 22' boat for which I built the spars, Paul Rollins built the boat, and Roger Long designed the boat. She...

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Jewell Wrapping UpFrench and Webb is in the final couple weeks of the Jewell project. I look forward to getting up to Belfast to see her. Judge for yourself: how does she look from where you sit?Jewell nearly ready to launch. That sheer has me feeling very happy.RiggingThe rigging is the latest project and I've been fielding some questions. Sorting...

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Growing this Blog

I've always liked black backgrounds to websites...the pictures really pop. But the lettering is not great. I'll be trying different looks.Note the tabs along top. The boat pages from my website will be going up here.As I make changes here and add pages, please give me feedback. Thanks!Jewell is coming along nicely at French & We...

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Changes in Website

This July 4th break from teaching has me working in the website. I will be porting over completely to my blog. In other words, when finished www.clintchaseboatbuilder.com will lead the web surfer to this blog which will carry the same URL. I'll have pages on the blog to capture information about my kits. I look forward to the transition as it will...

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Last week I finally got up to the Belfast area to see Jewell. This one is the first US built hull, so it is exciting for me having spent the last couple years collaborating with the designer, Francois Vivier, to work out a boat that would be popular for our market here in the USA and Canada, be fun to sail for weekend warriors as well as...

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Jewell is progressing at French & Webb for their Maine based client who will use her on lakes and ocean. I'll be heading up to video the turnover in a week or so. The kit we cut is going together beautifully.Here is Chris after the garboard is attached.And the planking is done. Those patches are the scarfs that are being faired with putty. The...

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