And finally, when we knocked her over again and tried to intentionally turn her 180º, she resisted mightily. With her beam and water ballast she was difficult to knock over (even with two crew hiked-to-leeward with sails sheeted tight in light air, she was hard to knock down-the sailors failed several times then eventually put her on her side.) Once knocked down she sat incredibly high-water was nowhere near the cockpit or companionway-and one crewmember was able to right the boat by grabbing the centerboard. Once again Skate did everything we'd hoped. (The boat has since been cruised with four sleeping aboard for a week cruising in Canada) One of the last boxes we wanted to tick in our prototyping process was a capsize and recovery test, and we did that a few weeks ago. The huge cockpit handled the four of us easily under sail and the kids loved crawling around in the big cabin and watching the water through the transom’s escape-hatch glass. We sailed over to Marrowstone Island, pulled Skate up the beach on inflatable rollers, and made camp. In fact we even had a chance to test her beach-cruising capabilities recently when Brandon and I took our daughters for an overnight.
We think she’s on her way to becoming a well-known adventure-racer/ performance beach cruiser. The verdict? Skate is incredible! Easy to sail, responsive, weatherly, and fast. New model features single kickup centerboard and rudders for beachability Skate Update: As most of you know, the prototype was completed and we've been out sailing it.Watertight Lewmar companionway and transom escape hatches.
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Keep weight as low as possible by using water ballast and lightweight construction.Make boat quick to rig and launch from trailer.Keep boat affordable to build and race.Distill a Mini Transat down to its essentials to create a trailerable pocket-racer raid boat.
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Overview Product Videos Product Description Skate 15 CNC Cut Foam Panel Kit Design by Brandon Davis (Turnpoint Design) with Josh Colvin (SCA/Duckworks) Length: 15' (4.6m) Beam: 8 feet Draft: 5.5"/ 4' Weight: 400 lb Sail Area: 220 sq ft/ 357 sq ft with screacher on furler Click HERE to download a design brief for Skate thanks to Original Design Goals:
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