Comments on: The First Caledonia Yawl https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-first-caledonia-yawl/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Capt. Jack https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-first-caledonia-yawl/#comment-137893 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:45:16 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179324#comment-137893 The Caledonia grabbed me a while back. The video series how to build her at Off Center Harbor reply fired my desire to build/have one. “Some day” as my 58′ requires all my attention for now..:-)

]]> By: edulmer0@gmail.com https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-first-caledonia-yawl/#comment-121431 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:24:02 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179324#comment-121431 Can you make a lazy jack for a lug rig? If so, how?

]]> By: Sebastian Schröder https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-first-caledonia-yawl/#comment-118708 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:40:19 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179324#comment-118708 Looking at rig, design and solutions of connecting thwarts and beams at this Caledonia Yawl makes the development of boat design very visible during the years. If one would look at Iain’s actual boat plans you could find very nicely defined pieces of wood that support thwarts and connect them to the hull. Beams are reduced to the height of the floorboards and (centre) thwarts would be in one piece to reinforce the hulls overall stability. Boatbuilders would possibly add buoyancy by closed compartments under the longitudinal seats or fore and aft, what Iain later implemented as a variation in his plans. This very first boat and the boatbuilder’s way to implement all structural parts wonderfully shows the very beginning of all these steps. For my own work designing a plywood boat from a traditionally built working boat means carefully taking care of the Boat types often regionally artisan-crafted parts and building techniques, translating them into modern boatbuilding – Iain Oughtred was a master in doing that. At the same time the mizzen mast and the type of rig shows that being open to new deas adds value for handling a small boat and create a successful design. Thanks for sharing the beginning.

]]> By: Drew Britten https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-first-caledonia-yawl/#comment-118631 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:53:04 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179324#comment-118631 In reply to alex zimmerman.

I couldn’t agree more, Alex. At 35+ years since her launch, the hull is remarkably sound. And that’s with 20 of those years in the CWB rental fleet, where she got much more abuse than a personal boat would, and most of their boats are tied to the dock without a cover, where they instead rely on volunteers to pump rainwater from the bilges after a shower.

]]> By: alex zimmerman https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-first-caledonia-yawl/#comment-118516 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:07:13 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179324#comment-118516 In addition to being the first hull of the design, and therefore of historical interest, the boat is also a testament to the potential longevity of glued-plywood small-boat hulls. I often hear criticism of this construction type – that it won’t last – but this boat shows that with a modest amount of maintenance, such hulls can have a long life under sometimes hard service.

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