Sleeper
Don Elliott's Illusion
Don Elliott's Illusion Profile Drawing
Further to my article of yesterday about ‘Gorfnik’ I’m
adding a few links that will take readers to websites featuring similar boats. Thank
you Brian for providing your links in yesterday’s Comments section.
The history of this type of micro-sailboat must go back to Derek Van Loan’s ‘Sleeper’,* the "Swiss
Army Knife of Boats", or possibly a cabin version of Bolger’s ‘Brick’ –
I’m not sure which came first.
There’s a chap who
added a deck to an Optimist dinghy that he uses for cruising, but I can’t find
information about his exploits. Does anybody have any knowledge of him and his
boat? I thought I saw a video on YouTube showing the boat under sail, but I can’t
find it.
Other Links
‘Gorfnik’ Paraduck
Ocean Explorer
Konnevesi
011
OozeGooze PD Goose version of an Ocean Explorer – Metric Plans
from Duckworks
History of the Puddle Duck Racer
My Bolger Brick Dinghy
Bolger Brick ‘Tetard’
http://sites.google.com/site/molepages/brick
Bolger Brick
Building a Bolger
Brick – Part 1
Optimist (Dinghy)
Gopro: Extreme Optimist Sailing
Don Elliott’s ‘Illusion’
2 comments:
Bill, the photo of 'Sleeper' sure bought back some memories for me. I found her on the internet years ago and still have the photo and information about her somewhere in an old tattered manilla folder. She is the closest thing to a 'boat as box' I have ever seen, but apparently she sails as good as any scow of her length! AND you can sleep in her. She proves once again that you don't have to have huge amounts of money to enjoy sailing and all that a marine environment has to offer (in this case in sheltered waters).
This design just turned up on my Duckworks Facebook feed. Similar boxboat style, with a low cabin, rather sweet inland/protected waters.
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/delaunay/scow420/index.htm
Brian
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