Titmouse
Description
The Titmouse is a 15-foot (LOA 15.0 ft / 4.57 m) classic wooden daysailer designed by Sam Rabl (sometimes listed with "Unknown" designer in databases due to its age). It is a plans-built boat intended for amateur or small-yard construction, featuring a carvel or strip-planked hull (some builds use modern plywood/epoxy methods). No high-volume factory production occurred; instead, a modest number of examples have been built over the decades by enthusiasts, often as attractive, seaworthy little sloops with a bowsprit option that extends overall length to about 17 ft 6 in. The design draws heritage from English "canoe yawls" and is praised for being one of the largest practical 15-footers a novice builder can tackle successfully. A popular updated variant is the Meadow Bird 16 (by Karl Stambaugh and others), which adds a bowsprit, larger rudder, and more sail area for improved balance and cruising room.
Construction Details
| Designer | Samuel S. Rabl |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.000 ft |
| Beam | 6.500 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | - |
|---|---|
| j | - |
| p | 16.50 ft |
| e | 11.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 16.50 ft | 11.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
Blueprints
Sails
Titmouse - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 16.5 ft - (5029 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 11.5 ft - (3505 mm) |
| Leech | * 19.53 ft - (5953 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 19.78 ft - (6029 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 5.25 in - (133 mm) |
| Area | 94.7 ft² |
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Titmouse - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 10.5 ft - (3200 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 5 ft - (1524 mm) |
| Leech | 9.5 ft - (2896 mm) |
| Length Perpendicular | 4.52 ft - (1378 mm) |
| Area | 23.72 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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