Bolger Jinni
Description
the Jinni—a 16-foot (4.88 m) plywood sharpie ketch (often described as a cat-ketch or yawl variant) designed by Bolger in the late 1970s. Featured in his book Small Boats (1981) and referenced in builder Jim Michalak's writings, the Jinni is a lightweight, trailerable daysailer/camper emphasizing Bolger's "simple, cheap, and capable" ethos. It's rigged with a 96 sq ft mainsail and a smaller ~20–30 sq ft mizzen (total sail area ~120 sq ft), using sharpie sprit sails for easy handling and no standing rigging.
Construction Details
| Designer | Bolger, Philip C. |
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| Length | 16.000 ft |
| LOA | 16.000 ft |
| Beam | 4.000 ft |
| Displacement | 350 lb |
The standard boat dimensions
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Blueprints
Sails
Bolger Jinni - 3-SIDED SAIL
| Luff | 17.5 ft - (5334 mm) |
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| Foot | 11.17 ft - (3405 mm) |
| Leech | 18.83 ft - (5739 mm) |
| Tack Ang | 78.7 ° |
| Area | 95.85 ft² |
| Comments | Leg-o-mutton Main Sail |
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Bolger Jinni - 3-SIDED SAIL
| Luff | 10 ft - (3048 mm) |
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| Foot | 5.58 ft - (1701 mm) |
| Leech | 10.42 ft - (3176 mm) |
| Tack Ang | 78.3 ° |
| Area | 27.32 ft² |
| Comments | Leg-o-mutton Mizzen |
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