Chine Runner Sharpie Sailboat Tour

[@brentbutikofer9055]

I love your mast carrying system...I may copy this on my Scamp. Thanks for sharing.

[@willrobertson14]

Thank you. That little boat packed up really nice and neat. I really like the Scamp. Looked at the Longsteps also and even ordered study plans. Now the Scallywag has got my attention. Maybe one day.

[@zackariasthepirate]

Nice job on that! Looks organized! Great walk around video.

[@reinhartvonzschock357]

Lots of good ideas

[@willrobertson14]

Thank you. It was a fun little boat. It had many interesting design features.

[@larzhillbot1443]

Love it Awesome Enigma type design. Also love the way you did the sail rig.

[@robertvezina3669]

Love the open design. Soft canopy would be easy to stow and a toneau cover as well. Lovely Boat Brother. Godspeed

[@larryodom9512]

That's cool, Will. I'm looking forward to sailing on it some day.

[@willrobertson14]

There is a group that sails in Austin. Maybe one of these days I will make it over there. I’ll definitely let you know.

[@Youcan2Adventures]

Love it! Maybe I will build another one some day and ad those adventures to my channel too! Right now I am just poking around in my 1970's Sea Snark.

[@moukafaslouka4796]

My kind of boat. Small enough to tow and store in a garage. Big enough for weekend cruising.

[@tinynhhouse5467]

Very nice boat. I hope to build a 15 footer based on Paradox / Enigma design. Thanks for sharing.

[@crawford323]

nice that you showed how the furling mechanism worked.

[@roydesignedthat]

Thanks for the tour! Educational! Best/Roy

[@davidbolduc828]

Very nice Enigma clone! I like how you both have a Yuloh and rowing oars. Chine runners are a little wider than the original and probably help sailing to windward when lightly loaded.

[@willrobertson14]

Thanks David. Your Enigma KZbin videos are pretty much the reason this boat got built. Getting ready for the Texas 200 in a couple weeks hoping for good weather.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Will, she looks great! I subscrbed.

[@wadetarzia]

A very interesting boat!

[@ivanvibart7305]

do you have the plans for building this boat? i love it

[@willrobertson14]

There are no plans available for this boat. I did find hull drawings on a website I’m sure if you do enough digging they might still be out there. I basically built this boat off of pictures and videos posted online. Look up Matt Layden Enigma. Thank you

[@reinhartvonzschock357]

Balast should be on the centre line. Think about it !

[@willrobertson14]

You’re correct. There were a lot of compromises made on this boat.

[@skyl4rk]

Looks good, well done.

[@jasonnabors5045]

It was cool meeting you today at the Jeep thing in Boerne. We should get together and do a little sailing sometime.

[@willrobertson14]

Likewise Jason. Had a great time. One of the Texas 200 club members has been posting a lot of boat pictures from previous years. One of yours is on there. The trimaran. It’s generated quite a few comments.

[@jasonnabors5045]

@@willrobertson14 Yeah That was a decent boat. It was pretty fast downwind but it was a bear to tack. That along will all my homebuilds unfortunately were highly flammable. It did it’s job and was retired fast. I have 1 commercially built boat that I sail now. I may do the trip again but it will be last minute if I do get to go.

[@jasonnabors5045]

I read my first post and it read “ do a little swing” that was supposed to be sailing. I am too old and ugly to swing but I do sail still. I have since corrected the post😉

[@willrobertson14]

I figured that’s what you meant. That auto spell thing is a pain lol.

[@davidprocter3578]

I feel you have over thought your boat, far more complicated than it needs to be, but good to see chine runners being used they seem to have gone out of fashion since the second world war.They were and still are used on commercial fishing boats with no harbour that need to be run up and down a beach, of course they do not work as well to windward as center boards and produce more drag but are great for shoal waters. They tend to work better with a powerful rig as they need the speed to work efficiently.

[@johnstarkie9948]

Can you cite any references for the use of chine runners before WW2? I’m not aware of them. I do know that bilge boards (as different from twin keels and from chine runners) were widely used for roll resistance and minimally for leeway resistance.

[@davidprocter3578]

@@johnstarkie9948 Good question at seventy not old enough to remember prior to world war two and can only rely on others for reference but were common on lug rigged fishing boats of the British east and south coasts. You point out that there is a difference between bilge boards and chine runners that maybe so but the notion is much the same.the only real difference maybe is that bilge boards are also intended to prevent damage to the hull on beaching but the same could be said for chine runners. both are replaceable items both provide land based stability, both provide lateral resistance under sail both also provide directional stability. I would suggest there is nothing in it

[@andreyvereshagin6470]

How many degrees does this boat go against the wind

[@andreyvereshagin6470]

Where can I get the blueprints for this boat ???

[@DanielSmith-rw9ms]

the boat is s matt layden design & the builder says it has two 70lb ballasts=140lb plus two batteries(car) & some fresh drinking water as ballast.

[@andreyvereshagin6470]

What is the weight of the ballast of this boat

[@Mauriciomel1]

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