Desert Pyrate Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Pirates- I've gotten the sailing bug (thanks Royaliste!) and am thinking of building a boat with my dad this summer (seeing as he's an experienced carpenter, and I think it'd be good "bonding" time). So I emailed Jim Michalak, since I had liked some of his designs, and he suggested the following. It's never been built, but he thinks it fits my requirements (needs to carry both my father and I (~220 lbs each), needs to fit through a 3-ft gate on it's side, and needs to handle some chop in the N. Cal. lakes). What do all you think? I'd especially like input from all you sailor pirates. The Vector
Black Deacon Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Looks like it would serve to me. -------------- "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty well preserved piece without an even a kiss your hand, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, smelling of powder, shouting ARRRG!!"
Zorg Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Nice little boat. I'd also check out an article in the duckworks archives on the "daydream", which is, I think, a 17' leeboard sharpie sailer and quite a bit simpler to build. :) Drop a kitten six feet, and she grins... Drop an elephant six feet, and ya gots yerself a mess ta clean up.... Sometimes bein' the biggest and most powerful is the LAST thing you wanna be..... Mad Ozymandias Zorg the Unsnottered
Desert Pyrate Posted March 4, 2004 Author Posted March 4, 2004 So I think this'll end up being the project for the summer, pending my dad's approval of the plans. I'm thinking of naming her "peridinos," meaning "circling around" in Greek, and one of the many Greek words meaning "pirate, rover or corsair." From Plato's Laws: "not to speak of the crimes of all sorts committed by the “Corsairs (peridinoi)” as they are called, who haunt the coasts of Italy, and the reprisals therefor." I still would like to know if there is anything majorly wrong with the design that anyone sees.
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