I don't know much about sailboats. Been more of a motorboat guy in the past. Here's a link to CLC's website: www.clcboats.com
Basic Pocketship stats and building overview below:
LOA: 18'6"
LOD: 14'10"
Beam: 6'3"
Length:Beam Ratio: 2.37
Hull Weight: 800 #s
Finished Boat Weight: Approx 1,200 #s
Draft (board up): 1'4"
Draft (board down): 3'
Max Payload: 1,600 #s
Sail Area: 148 sq. ft
Ballast: 270 #s
The boat is constructed using mainly 6mm and 9mm marine grade Okoume BS1088 plywood which is essentially sheathed in 6 oz. fiberglass and epoxy. Construction method is 'stitch and glue' with the hull wrapped around the frames and bulkhead. It has a single-chine hull form and is built 'right side up'. There is a centerboard in an external trunk.
Ballast is made up of 120 #s of lead cast into the keel and another 150 pounds of internal ballast. There's a porta potta that can be stowed and enough room for 2 adults (and maybe a small kid or 2) to lie down and sleep in the cabin. There seems to be plenty of stowage aft. The cockpit is quite large and can sit 4 adults comfortably.
The gaff rig is pretty large with an SA/D of 17.31 (whatever that mean's) The mainsail can be reefed down twice to handle squalls (which can come out of nowhere during summer months on the Chesapeake Bay)
Auxiliary oar power will drive the boat a few knots/hour and an outboard motor can be installed as an option.
Pocketship hull #1 was built by a professional boatbuilder for CLC and it took him 525 man hours to finish the hull and spars, ready for hardware. I'm guessing it will take me around 1,000 hours over the course of 1.5 years. But I'm really building Pocketship for the building 'adventure'; and am not in a rush. Heck, if I was in a rush to go sailing I'd just drive down to Baltimore harbor and buy one.....God bless....
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