Windward Sailing Skiff 15
Description
The Windward Sailing Skiff 15 (heavier, wider than the Windward 15 with a flat bottom) is a lightweight plywood daysailer/beach cruiser designed by Karl A. Stambaugh of Chesapeake Marine Design (CMD). It is offered as plans for amateur builders using "glue-and-screw" plywood construction (not stitch-and-glue), with an unknown but moderate number of hulls completed by homebuilders since its introduction. The design draws from traditional Chesapeake Bay crabbing skiffs and seaside bateaux, featuring a vee-bottom hull for a surprising turn of speed, a simple rig, shallow draft for easy beaching and trailering, and a spacious cockpit ideal for family daysailing or light cruising. It includes a small cuddy or forward deck area, positive stability, and outboard motor capability on the transom. Builders often praise its forgiving handling, traditional aesthetics, and straightforward build.
Construction Details
| Designer | Karl Stambaugh |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.000 ft |
| Beam | 5.170 ft |
| Displacement | 250 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.500 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.760 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
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Documents
Sails
Windward Sailing Skiff 15 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 10.67 ft - (3252 mm) |
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| Foot | 4.25 ft - (1295 mm) |
| Leech | 8.75 ft - (2667 mm) |
| Length Perpendicular | * 3.37 ft - (1027 mm) |
| Area | * 17.96 ft² |
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Windward Sailing Skiff 15 - LEG-O-MUTTON
| Luff | 16.33 ft - (4977 mm) |
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| Foot | 10.67 ft - (3252 mm) |
| Leech | * 16.39 ft - (4996 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 71.9 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | 16.5 ft - (5029 mm) |
| Head (Inches) | 2 |
| Area | * 83.84 ft² |
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Windward Sailing Skiff 15 - LEG-O-MUTTON
| Luff | 16.33 ft - (4977 mm) |
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| Foot | 9.25 ft - (2819 mm) |
| Leech | * 15.65 ft - (4770 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 69.83 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | 15.75 ft - (4801 mm) |
| Head (Inches) | 2 |
| Area | * 71.94 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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