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Boat Review: CLC Skerry
This 15-footer is fun, functional, and easy to build.
Small, simple-to-build boat designs—the type most likely to be tackled by a beginner—rarely end up offering the on-the-water performance and virtues necessary to actually satisfy their builders. While there’s potential for these rudimentary boats to be a gateway to more building and sailing, many don’t serve any realistic waterborne need and end up being used once or twice and unceremoniously decommissioned. The “family skiffs,” once so full of promise, end up as garden art, full of sand.
The trick then—and it’s much harder than it looks—is to design a small, simple boat that offers some of the advantages, performance, and versatility of larger, more complex designs. The goal is a “big” little boat. And if it can somehow be a handsome-looking craft, so much the better.
One of the rare boats we’ve seen that appears to tick these boxes is the Skerry , designed by John C. Harris at Chesapeake Light Craft. Sold both as plans and in kit form, the Skerry has proven immensely popular since its release in 2002.
“About 600 have been built from kits,” Harris says. “The number built from plans is harder to pin down, but there must be a bunch. These aren’t kayak-kit numbers, but for a small sailboat that’s not a white fiberglass sloop, it’s an impressive tally.”
What first caught our attention was her pleasant appearance which, while not reminiscent of a particular traditional boat, seemed somehow rooted to history. Harris says Skerry combines elements of traditional working craft of the British Isles and Scandinavia, with a little bit of American Swampscott Dory thrown in.
“The starting point for the design was in fact a peapod,” Harris says, “and the early prototypes had more burdensome lines. But I realized at once that the essential character of a true peapod is, above all, its enormous weight. Which of course isn’t consonant with a mail-order boat kit.” Knowing a stitch-and-glue Okoume plywood boat built to these lines was going to be light, Harris went the opposite direction, looking more closely at Scandinavian small craft for inspiration.
As for the final product, the designer is delighted. “I was startled by how well the boat handled both as a sailboat and as a rowboat.” Harris says. “It’s tricky and rare to combine those qualities.” He’s quick to acknowledge, though, that none of the individual design elements were particularly original. “I wish I could credit my genius as a boat designer,” he says, “but all I really did was collect a grab-bag of features long known to work well: a narrow waterline to make her easily-driven, flaring sharply to a broad beam up at the rail for solid secondary stability. The boat can be driven fast without much sail area, and you rarely hear of these being capsized. The flare makes her dry in chop. It’s a very forgiving sailboat but fast enough to keep the dinghy-racers happy. And of course you can row it all day.”
We asked Harris if there was anything he’d do differently or anything that came to surprise him about Skerry.
“Among the critiques of the boat is that it has a rather spare fit-out. The interior, for example, is simple bordering on austere. Serious builders who look forward to laminating frames, fitting thwart knees and assembling spacered inwales are apt to be disappointed. But the modest parts-count was a deliberate design choice, and in fact probably explains the boat’s success.”
The current base Skerry kit—which includes computer-cut hull parts in Okoume, Spanish cedar rubrails, Sapele breast hooks, the daggerboard trunk assembly, an epoxy kit, fiberglass for the hull, one pair of bronze oarlocks and sockets, and a spiral-bound assembly manual—sells for $1,425. A sailing kit is an additional $1,269.
“More importantly,” Harris says, “the Skerry is quick and easy to build, so amateurs are likely to make it all the way through to completion.” And whether it’s the French fleet of 50 Skerries gathering for their own messabouts or Skerries entering the Watertribe races, these boats are getting out on the water for serious use. All the more impressive when you consider that at 95 pounds, Skerry, as John Harris points out, weighs less than some German Shepherds.
We were pleased to get a chance to row, sail and review a well-built Skerry with owner Jonathan Patton.
PERFORMANCE:
“Moves nicely even in light air.” Jimmy Vitale , Victory
“The Skerry is a fun boat to sail. It gets me where I want to go. That said, it does not point into the wind well.... it goes back to that sprit sail. I suspect the other rigs offered would perform better.” Steven Roberts
“Fast enough! It reaches hull speed, then maxes out. Fine for my needs, as a recreational cruiser. Points well, not as well as a main-and-jib rig, but does well. It sails like a large boat. To tack, you have to maintain forward speed. The rudder is totally effective, but not to ‘horse’ the boat around if you run out of speed tacking, like in a Laser or small dinghy.” Dave Barton, 2014 Tritone Substitution
“It rows easily and, being 72 years old, I have no problem maintaining a steady pace. Under sail the boat moves in very light air.” Henry Wing
We met Jonathan here in Washington, at Marrowstone Island’s Mystery Bay, where he’d already offloaded his Skerry and set it down on a portable dolly-cart trailer. He wanted us to have the “complete experience,” so we walked the boat down the ramp ourselves, launched it, removed the strapped-on dolly trailer, and pulled the boat over to the adjacent beach. Simple.
Next we grabbed the oars, slid the oarlocks into the center sockets (Skerry is designed with two rowing stations) and headed toward open water. The svelte Skerry slipped along effortlessly. Movement was so smooth and it carried so well we decided she’s a boat you might actually choose to take for a row, as opposed to merely acting as a secondary propulsion option. We weren’t surprised to discover later that owners laud her rowing prowess—with a few mentioning even having performed well in rowing races.
After returning to shore it was time to rig Skerry for sailing. We stabbed the lightweight mast into the mast partners and attached and hoisted the cream-colored lugsail Jonathan had ordered from Duckworks. There’s a single halyard to raise sail, a downhaul, and one sheet—this simple and effective rig is forgiving both in terms of setup and handling under sail.
Pushing away from shore with our foot—you can do this sort of thing on a small boat—we sheeted in and sailed from the shallow channel until it was deep enough to drop the daggerboard.
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30 SQ METRE SKERRY CRUISER
There is no mistaking the graceful lines of a 30 Square Meter. With its long, lean hull, generous overhangs and lofty, slim-line Bermudan rig, it is arguably one of the world’s most striking classes, and certainly commands attention on the water. They are also known as Skerry Cruisers.
George Fisher has had a lifelong interest in 30 square meter boats that began on Long Island, New York, in the 1960s when his father purchased a Skerry Cruiser of the same vintage as Hansina. It was love at first sight. In addition to sailing up and down the Northeast coast on this boat, George began to collect documents and stories of the other Swedish-built Skerry Cruisers that had been brought to the United States in the 1930s for day sailing and racing. He collected letters and pictures from current and former owners, resulting in a historical archive of a unique period in American sailing history.
Hansina was designed and built in 1937-1938 by Harry Becker in his Rodesund boatyard in Karlsborg, Sweden. Becker’s history follows at the end of this.
The great Uffa Fox wrote in the 1930’s, “Of all the fast cruisers, the 30 Square Meters are probably the best.” He continues, “The Skerry Cruisers with their liveliness and buoyant hulls are a type that appeal to many people…for their rules produce a fast type of craft that gives a great deal of pleasure to those sailing it, and also at the same time they produce a very sturdy vessel, one that is both strong and seaworthy.”
Hansina’s ownership history is quite distinguished: 1938, Anne-Marie. A.Johanson, Sweden 1950, Nagala, Buckminster Fuller, New York / Maine 1962, Nagala, Fred B. Reynolds, New Jersey / Maine 1968, Nagala, Robert Kimball, New Jersey 1971, Nagala, William Kyle, Port Huron, Michigan 1976, Nagala, Ken & Penelope Peck, Port Huron, Michigan 1995, Nagala, Harry Levak, Port Huron, Michigan 2005, George and Hansine Fisher, Portland Oregon and Puget Sound
George hauled Hansina to Washougal, Washington, to Stan Bishoprick’s renowned Legendary Yachts boatyard where Andy’s team of highly skilled, perfectionist personnel performed extensive repairs and replacements from stem to stern and from top to bottom to bring her to better-than-new condition. The Fishers invested in excess or $125,000 to bring Hansina to her current state of classic grace, beauty, and strength. There are many photos of these extensive repairs, refits, and upgrades on the legendaryyachts.com website (click on “Projects”) and show the quality of the wood and workmanship brought to this restoration.
Following the completion of the restoration in 2009, Hansina was trucked on her own custom built trailer to Puget Sound where she spent her next years sailing out of Port Madison across the sparkling waters between Bainbridge Island and Seattle. Schattauer Sails in Seattle created a custom-made mainsail and jib, and a bright green customized spinnaker was purchased from North Sails in Seattle. In the winters she was “dry-stored” out of the water locally. As part of her “debut”, the marine photographer Neil Rabinowitz took hundreds of photographs of her on the Puget Sound.
In the winter of 2016, she was taken to the Seaview Boatyard in Seattle for routine maintenance and re-varnishing. She has been in the water since 2016.
Her latest improvement was the commissioning (and completion) of a custom-designed and crafted Sunbrella boat cover. It covers the full length of the boat with wrap-arounds for the bow and stern overhangs. The cover sports a full length 9 inch wide “skirt” which prevents any water from running down the topsides and keeping the sun off most of her beautifully varnished (Epiphanes) topsides. The new cover, together with multiple coats of green Micron 66 bottom paint has recently allowed the seasons of her enjoyment here in the mild Puget Sound climate to be extended year-round if desired.
See picture of Hansina at her buoy in Hidden Cove (Port Madison) with the full-length, complete cover.
George Fisher had Hansina repowered with a 10 hp air-cooled Honda which pushes her out of the harbor at 5 knots. This configuration allows for fewer through-hulls and easier maintenance. The engine is coupled to a state-of-the-art Max Prop for most efficient powering and sailing.
There are an amazing number of Square Meter boats still active around the world. 45 of them took part in the Square Meter Jubilee at Stockholm in 2008.
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2024 Chesapeake Light Skerry
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IF THIS BOAT IS STILL LISTED, IT IS AVAILABLE! 2024 Chesapeake Light Skerry 15’ You can find footage of this boat under YouTube “The “Skerry” by Chesapeake Light Craft!
LUG RIG As shown in the footage and photographs!
PRICE JUST DROPPED TO $6,495
Chesapeake Light Craft Description: The Skerry design combines elements of traditional working craft of the British Isles and Scandinavia, with a little bit of American Swampscott Dory thrown in. This synthesis of historic designs with CLC’s LapStitch construction method results in a beautiful hull with excellent performance under sail or oar. This John C. Harris design is that rarest of small boats that rows and sails with equal affinity. Sail when there’s wind, row when there’s not. You’ll cover the miles either way. The sprit rig is the most faithful to the Norse smallcraft that inspired the Skerry design. It’s the easiest and least expensive of the rigs to buildthere are no tapers in the spars, for exampleand also the quickest by far to set up on the beach. It stows inside the hull for transport. The boom is set high enough that the boat can be rowed with the sail up, extremely handy when maneuvering close to shore.
Make: Chesapeake Light Model: Skerry Length: 15’ 0” Hull Weight: 95 lbs Beam: 54 in. Max Payload: 450 lbs Cockpit Size: Open Rowing Draft: 5” Sailing Draft: 30” Sail Area: 56 Sq Ft
Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Call Cell or Text: Ann Koch 770-540-9796 Rich Michel 404-642-3007 Marc Kenney 615-424-4451
Equipment: The Lug Rig of the Chesapeake Light Skerry The balanced lug rig is the best compromise between easy construction, performance under sail, and ease of rigging. Of the three rigs it is the easiest rig to set up and douse while on the water, and the easiest to reef if the wind comes up.
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The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3
- SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D : Displacement in pounds.
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
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The Skerry is a plywood-epoxy composite boat, assembled using Chesapeake Light Craft's exclusive LapStitch™ technique. The sides are 6mm Okoume, while the bottom is 9mm, sheathed with fiberglass for those hard beach landings. The interior includes 9mm okoume frames and sealed air tanks at the bow and stern for buoyancy.
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