Skerry 15 (Spritsail Option)
Description
The Skerry 15 is Chesapeake Light Craft's flagship small sailboat design, inspired by traditional Norwegian working boats but adapted for modern recreational sailing and amateur construction. This 15-foot lapstrake-planked sailboat combines classic aesthetics with contemporary performance and buildability.
Construction Details
| Designer | John C. Harris (Chesapeake Light Craft) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.580 ft |
| LWL | 13.500 ft |
| Beam | 4.500 ft |
| Displacement | 95 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.500 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.420 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | - |
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| j | - |
| p | - |
| e | - |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
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| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Documents
Sails
Skerry 15 (Spritsail Option) - 4-SIDED SAIL
| Luff | 8 ft - (2438 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 6.38 ft - (1945 mm) |
| Leech | 10.33 ft - (3149 mm) |
| Head | 6.17 ft - (1881 mm) |
| Diagonal | 9.83 ft - (2996 mm) |
| Tack Angle | 85.5 ° |
| Area | 54.95 ft² |
| Comments | Standard Spritsail |
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Skerry 15 (Spritsail Option) - 4-SIDED SAIL
| Luff | 8 ft - (2438 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 7.31 ft - (2228 mm) |
| Leech | 11.73 ft - (3575 mm) |
| Head | 6.4 ft - (1951 mm) |
| Diagonal | 10.06 ft - (3066 mm) |
| Tack Angle | 82 ° |
| Area | 61.13 ft² |
| Comments | Large Spritsail |
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Skerry 15 (Spritsail Option) - SPRIT
| Luff | 8 ft - (2438 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 7.313 ft - (2229 mm) |
| Leech | 11.729 ft - (3575 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 82.03 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 10.063 ft - (3067 mm) |
| Head | 6.396 ft - (1950 mm) |
| Area | * 61.13 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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