Chesapeake Marine Designs Windward 15 Gaff Sloop
Description
The Windward 15 gaff rig is not a standard option in Karl A. Stambaugh’s official Chesapeake Marine Design (CMD) plans. The design is supplied with a simple Chesapeake-style leg-o’-mutton (triangular Bermudan/cat) rig using a sprit boom (sometimes called a half-wishbone sprit). This rig is unstayed, easy to set up, and provides a surprising turn of speed for the 250 lb plywood skiff while keeping the boat very beachable and trailerable. However, because the Windward 15 is a popular amateur-build plans boat inspired by traditional Chesapeake Bay crabbing skiffs, some homebuilders have chosen to fit a low gaff rig (gaff-headed mainsail, often with a short gaff spar) for a more classic traditional appearance and better performance in very light air. These are custom modifications, not part of the stock plans. But they have become known as "Sail Plan 3" now officially sanctioned by CMD.
Construction Details
| Designer | Karl A. Stambaugh |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.000 ft |
| Beam | 5.000 ft |
| Displacement | 250 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.670 ft |
| Min Draft | 1.500 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
Chesapeake Marine Designs Windward 15 Gaff Sloop - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 12.083 ft - (3683 mm) |
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| Foot | 5.58 ft - (1701 mm) |
| Leech | 10.75 ft - (3277 mm) |
| Area | * 29.99 ft² |
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Chesapeake Marine Designs Windward 15 Gaff Sloop - GAFF MAIN
| Luff | 7.58 ft - (2310 mm) |
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| Foot | 9.75 ft - (2972 mm) |
| Leech | 14.58 ft - (4444 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 78.41 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 11.083 ft - (3378 mm) |
| Head | 8.167 ft - (2489 mm) |
| Area | * 81.09 ft² |
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