Lapstrake Egret

[Rigadog]

Opinions please...

I am considering building an Egret-type sailboat, and toying with the idea of doing the sides lapstrake for a couple of reasons.

A. I will be doing most of it single handed, and like working with smaller pieces

B. It might look nice.

C. a good way to try my hand at clinker construction without doing real compound curves.

[rbgarr]

Does Egret have lee boards?

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

I'd make a half model and try the planking out on that, which would let you see whether it runs fair and whether it looks nice.

[Pernicious Atavist]

Centerboard. Lapstrake? What the hell? Yeah--model first.

[Rigadog]

yes it has a centerboard. I would think the boards would lay out easily as it can be built of plywood.

[Woxbox]

Are you thinking about using ply or timber for the strakes? I think it would look great if you carried similar detailing to the rest of the boat. Like vertical T&G for the cabin trunk, or some such thing.

[Rigadog]

Probably ply, but there is a sawmill near here that has White Cedar.

[Canoeyawl]

I did it...
A thirty footer

edit to add,
It is a good boat, sails well - looks good, sawn frames and brunzeel plywood planks, I curved the sides sort of like a swampscot dory.
I have some images, if you send me an edress via a pm I will send them on.

[Thorne]

And a lovely job you did on her!

(photo removed - wrong boat. DOH!)

[ishmael]

I say nix the idea. There's a lot of shape in that boat up and down. Difficult to do in solid planking. Ply would work, but it wouldn't look right to my eye. Just two cents. And by all means do what Andrew said and make a half model or a frame model and see how it looks to your eye.

[Paul Pless]

I am considering building an Egret-type sailboat, and toying with the idea of doing the sides lapstrake for a couple of reasons.Why not, she's just a dory anyway; lapstrake is pretty typical of dory construction.

[Canoeyawl]

And a lovely job you did on her!

That's not the boat...
There are no published photos of the lapstrake sharpie
(that I know of!)

[Thorne]

Ooopsie! Sorry about that...

(my blushes!)

[James McMullen]

If you like the looks of an Egret type sailboat, you really ought to check out the Oughtred Haiku which would be certainly compatible with lapstrake sides She's pretty enough to even entice me into pondering a sharpie--and I don't particularly care for sharpies.

[kenjamin]

Anyone who builds a Haiku should immediately move to Florida where the boat will be much happier in its intended waters and when it's on the trailer it could stay in my backyard making me much happier.:D

[Rigadog]

If you like the looks of an Egret type sailboat, you really ought to check out the Oughtred Haiku which would be certainly compatible with lapstrake sides She's pretty enough to even entice me into pondering a sharpie--and I don't particularly care for sharpies.


I love Haiku. I have the "Watercraft" that has a feature on her. A beautiful boat.

[SeaB]

As Paul said, its basically a dory, should be a good candidate for a lapstrake job. Lapstrake will always look better IMO. Dory lap on straight sides is a good intro to lapstrake planking. Even I can manage it. As others have said if in doubt make a model. If you are interested in trad. construction Parkers sharpie book has some good info. in the first section of his sharpie book, and the rest of the book is plywood construction. IIRC he doesn't cover glued ply lap though.