Allyn, WA 98524 Building a Glued Lapstrake Caledonia Yawl
Grapeview Point Boat Works built Caledonia Yawl, designed by Iain Oughtred. Photo by Donna Roddy.
Intro: Design Selection
1: Getting Started
2: Lofting
3: Assembling the ladder frame, molds and keelson
4: Fitting the garboards
5: Hanging the broadstrakes
6: Shaping the keel and stem
7: Stem band and keel shoe
8: Inwales and gunwales
9: Centerboard trunk and floors
10: Floorboards
11: Side benches and mast partner
12: Side benches, cont.
13: Thwart knee pattern and tiller arm
14: Fitting the knees and custom rudder hardware
15: Painting the Caledonia
16: Stepping the masts
17: The final details
18: The launch of the Caledonia Yawl "Freya"
19: The first sail and the last page
1: Getting Started
2: Lofting
3: Assembling the ladder frame, molds and keelson
4: Fitting the garboards
5: Hanging the broadstrakes
6: Shaping the keel and stem
7: Stem band and keel shoe
8: Inwales and gunwales
9: Centerboard trunk and floors
10: Floorboards
11: Side benches and mast partner
12: Side benches, cont.
13: Thwart knee pattern and tiller arm
14: Fitting the knees and custom rudder hardware
15: Painting the Caledonia
16: Stepping the masts
17: The final details
18: The launch of the Caledonia Yawl "Freya"
19: The first sail and the last page
Introduction: Design Selection
This boat was commissioned by a customer who was looking for a double-ended lapstrake sailboat that could be easily rigged and sailed single-handed, yet be capable of carrying the whole family, too. He considered variations of the Swampscott Dory and Nelson Zimmer's Mackinaw boat but was swayed by the light weight and ease of single-handed sailing that are features of the Caledonia Yawl design.
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