Launched in 2000, Straightaway is an adaptation of a 20 ft. Howard Chapelle sharpy day-sailor design published in the Sept/Oct 1988 WoodenBoat magazine. A cuddy was added as well as a round counter stern that increased the length by about two feet. With the boomkin and the bowsprit, she requires 28 feet on a dockside. Her draft is barely a foot with the 7-foot oak centerboard up. The rudder can also be swung up to tuck behind the skeg.
She has a double-layer crossplanked bottom, the inner being splined; decks and cuddy top are Dynel laid in epoxy over pine. Planking is northern white cedar, keel and chines are white oak; masts and sprits are spruce with a Cetol coating. All fastenings are silicon bronze; there are a number of custom fabricated fittings—tabernacle, anchor lead, rudder blade and post, spar fittings, outboard mount, etc.— either of brass or stainless steel.
The yawl rig is as drawn by Chapelle: a Bahamian style with horizontal sprits on opposing sides of main and mizzen. There is a short sliding gunter on the main with the idea that the main mast can be dropped with the tabernacle and not extend beyond the stern. With practice, this can be done expediently totally from within the boat while at anchor. Sails new for the boat in 2000 by Nat Wilson (not Oceanus, but a lighter synthetic he was using that imitated cotton.)
Very well-balanced sailor; will track without touching the rudder with mizzen adjusted just so. Used every season 2000-2016 to good effect in the shallow bays of the Sheepscot, Sasanoa, and Kennebec Rivers. Stored inside barn.
I would list Straightaway at $8000, without the 5HP Honda four-stroke that I used on her, though that could be an additional negotiation. Load-Rite single axle bunk-type trailer was new with boat – included in price.
Chris Hall (Owner- Builder)
Woolwich, ME 04579
crowmirefarm@gmail.com
207 751-9197