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Easy to build, easy to row, and easy to sail: the Skerry has timeless good looks and performs well under oars or any of three rig options: sprit, balanced lug, or gunter sloop.

  • Skill Level Beginner
  • Estimated Build Time 120 hours

This project was designed with the beginner in mind. Assembly manuals and documentation are calibrated for builders who are using epoxy and fiberglass for the first time. In kits, little or no trimming and fitting of parts is required.

Build this boat if...

  • You are looking for an efficient and versatile boat that handles well under sail or oars.
  • You want a boat that is easy to build and sail, but rugged and seaworthy enough to take you anywhere.
  • You are interested in a camp cruiser light enough to carry on top of your car.

  • #1 Seller

    Thousands of kits shipped

  • Classic Appeal

    Traditional looks that will never age

  • Sophisticated Design

    Nothing else like it to buy or build

  • Easy to Build

    Your first boatbuilding project!

As the old Packard ad goes, "Ask the Man Who Owns One." You'll find examples of this popular design on every continent except Antarctica. And we're working on Antarctica.

Classic Appeal

Some might argue that small craft design reached the zenith of looks and performance in the 19th century. We wouldn't disagree. Designs like this one will still look good in a hundred years.

This is a design with qualities and features that are unique in the marketplace, both among DIY projects and production boats. Refined, tested, uncompromised, outstanding, and unique!

If this is your first go at mixing epoxy and assembling pre-cut wooden parts, here's a good design for starting out!

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Specifications

Length
15'7"
Beam
54"
Rowing Draft
5"
Sailing Draft
30"
Sail Area (sprit)
56 sq. ft.
Sail Area (lug)
62 sq. ft.
Hull Weight
95 lbs.
Max Payload
450 lbs.

Performance

Stability

4 out of 5
Very Tippy
Very Stable

Speed

3 out of 5
Cruiser
Racer

Cockpit Room

5 out of 5
Close Fit
Huge Cockpit

Payload

3 out of 5
Day Tripper
Freight Hauler

Ease of Construction

5 out of 5
Requires Patience
Very Easy
Skerry's sailing in France, by Emmanual C.
Skerry's sailing in France, by Emmanual C.

Overview

Easy to build, easy to row, and easy to sail: the Skerry is a boat with timeless good looks that is delightful to row and sail.

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 that you can build yourself. 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 Skerry is an ideal first boatbuilding project, and a good boat in which to learn to sail or row. The Skerry will take you for a relaxing afternoon sail, yet she has the capacity and performance to go “beachcruising”—sailing or rowing by day and pulling up on a secluded beach each evening to camp. The Skerry’s feather-light weight and shallow draft mean that you can poke into quiet waters, pull the boat over a sandbar, and explore that hidden cove. Her flaring sides make the Skerry stable and dry under sail. She's stiff and comfortable and lifts easily over choppy waves.

Three sailing rigs are available:

The sprit rig is the most faithful to the Norse small craft that inspired the Skerry design. It's the easiest and least expensive of the rigs to build—there are no tapers in the spars, for example—and 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.
 
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.

The gunter sloop rig is intended for sailors for whom speed is of paramount importance. The Skerry is a docile and fun boat no matter which rig she carries; the 78 square feet of the sloop rig will elevate her into racing-dinghy-level performance, though with the performance comes the racing dinghy's rigging complexity.

Under oars, the Skerry has a long, easy glide and excellent tracking. Two rowing positions permit the Skerry to be rowed with one, two, or three adults on board.

With a weight of just about a hundred pounds, the Skerry is easy to handle ashore. Given sturdy roof racks and two average adults to do the lifting, the Skerry can be cartopped with ease. Or, if you use the boat by yourself most of the time, the lightest, simplest boat trailer or dolly will work.

The Skerry is a plywood-epoxy composite boat, assembled using Chesapeake Light Craft’s exclusive LapStitch™ technique. The sides are 6-mm Okoume, while the bottom is 9 mm, sheathed with fiberglass for those hard beach landings. The interior includes 9-mm okoume frames and sealed air tanks at the bow and stern for buoyancy. The matrix of high-quality plywood and marine epoxy allows great strength and a glossy finish. To build a Skerry, all you need is a pair of sawhorses and a warm place for a shop. No mold, no lofting, and no odd tools beyond a block plane, a drill, a bucket of clamps, and a sander.

The daggerboard trunk is included in, and integral to, the "base model" rowing kit—it supports the center seat. Thus all builders are ready for the sailing rig from the start. Or leave the trunk sealed and add the rig later.

The Skerry measures 15'0" overall and 4'6" wide. Draft is 5", or with the daggerboard down, 30". The rudder kicks up easily for beach landings. The Skerry is steered with a traditional Scandinavian push-pull control. Everyone who has ever spent time in a Skerry has lauded the push-pull tiller as it opens up the interior for flexible seating. The more common pivoting tiller limits the seating options, effectively blocking off the rear third of the cockpit. We do see the more common tiller arrangement fitted on Skerries that are sailed hard without concern for seating flexibility; many of the large fleet of Skerries in France are rigged that way.

Early in the Skerry's run it was noted that the design had much promise as a cruising dinghy. In 2008, John Harris modified the Skerry by adding a deck with more flotation and storage. The first of these modified and uprated Skerries was rowed and sailed more than 6000 miles by adventurer John Guider, completing the circuit of North America known as "The Great Loop." This version, now known as the Skerry Raid, is available in kit form and many have been built. We later developed that concept of an Expedition Skerry further, the result of which is aptly named The Guider, after the man who inspired it. 

A little about the name "Skerry": The term is related to the Old Norse "sker," an Orkney word, the local name for a "rugged . . . sea-rock, covered by the sea in high water or in stormy weather." It was also the name given (c 1540) to "little punts or boats that will carry but two apiece." (Both quotes from the OED.) "Skerry" is now common in Irish, and is found in the Rosalie Fry children's book The Secret of Ron Mor Skerry. That book, in turn, became the famous John Sayles film The Secret of Roan Inish.

Buying Options

Choose Your Boatbuilding Experience

Building your boat starts with selecting the appropriate components for your build.

  1. Select Your Configuration

    Build From a Kit:
    Most builders will start with the Base Kit. If you plan to sail your new boat, you will also need to order the Sailing Component Kit.
    Build From Scratch:
    Source your own materials and hardware, and work from full-sized patterns.
    Build From a Wood Parts Only Kit:
    "Wood Parts Only" kit buyers have their own supply of epoxy, fiberglass, and hardware.
    Order Study Plans or Manuals:
    Like to study up a bit first? Download study plans or a copy of the assembly manual.

  2. Choose Options and Add-Ons

    Additional Components:
    If this is a rowing/sailing boat, you’ll need the Sailing Component Kit. You can also choose different sail colors, order a Line & Cordage Package, add nonskid decking, storage covers, and more.

  3. Get Building!

    Computer-cut kits feature all of the latest tweaks to ease assembly, including pre-drilled holes for stitching-and-gluing, puzzle joints, and precision in the fitting of parts.

Standard Configuration

Nearly every builder will start with the Base Kit. If you plan to sail your new boat you will also need to order the Sailing Component Kit.

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$1,875.00 $1,500.00

The Skerry kit includes computer-cut parts in 6mm and 9mm oko...

The Skerry kit includes computer-cut parts in 6mm and 9mm okoume marine plywood, spanish cedar rubrails, sapele breast hooks, the daggerboard trunk assembly, epoxy kit, fiberglass for hull, and one pair of bronze oarlocks and sockets. .  The kit also includes the 140-page spiral-bound assembly manual with hundreds of step-by-step photos and details.  

Add a "Sailing Component Kit" to this option for a complete sailboat.  
$1,565.00

The Skerry Sprit Rig component kit includes dacron sail, wood...

The Skerry Sprit Rig component kit includes dacron sail, wooden mast and spars, mast step, tiller, daggerboard, rudder, and rudder hardware. 

The most traditional, easiest-to-build, and fastest to set up of the Skerry's rig options.  Nicely proportioned to allow rowing even when the sail is set, a feature that can be invaluable in maneuvering near docks and shorelines.  Usually the sail is fastened permanently to the mast and rolled up against the mast (along with the boom and sprit) when stowed.
$1,598.00

62-square-foot balanced lug sail, very nicely matched to the ...

62-square-foot balanced lug sail, very nicely matched to the Skerry's weight, balance, and style.  Balanced lug sails offer self-vanging geometry for better performance offwind.  It's also the best layout for hoisting, dousing, and reefing on the water; sail has one reef.  A thorough discussion of lug rigs, including the Skerry's, may be found here.

Uses the same mast as the stock sprit rig, and the same mast step and partner.  Kit includes dacron sail with one reef, wooden mast, boom, and yard, mast step, tiller, daggerboard, rudder, and rudder hardware.  One row of reef points are now standard in lug rigs.


CLC Skerry Sailboat Kit with Balanced Lug
 
$1,998.00

The Gunter Sloop sailing component kit includes sails, alumin...

The Gunter Sloop sailing component kit includes sails, aluminum mast, wooden yard & boom, stainless steel shrouds, daggerboard, rudder, and hardware.

The Sail Area/Displacement ratio of this rig will plant the Skerry firmly in the "racing dinghy" category and is thus suggested only for sailors looking to flog their Skerries like smoke and oakum.  The boat will be fast but will require a relatively experienced crew. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 CLC Skerry Sloop

Alternative Configurations

We also offer the Wood Parts Kit as a stand alone option. Typical wood parts only kit buyers have an existing or ready supply of their own epoxy, fiberglass, and hardware.

$25.00

This is the current release of the Skerry's spiral-bound asse...

This is the current release of the Skerry's spiral-bound assembly manual. 147 pages with extensive illustrations.

NOTE: CLC instruction manuals walk you through construction step by step with photos and drawings, and are a good way to get acquainted with the process in advance of a kit purchase. (Manual purchase refundable with kit purchase.) There is not enough information in the manual to build a boat from scratch---you will need the complete Plans & Manual Only package for that.
$20.00

This option comprises the latest version of the illustrated a...

This option comprises the latest version of the illustrated assembly manual, emailed in the form of a large PDF, with 8.5" x 11" (216x280mm) pages.  

Please note:  This option is for builders who want to study the process before taking up their tools. The manual includes a materials list, tool list, and of course step-by-step construction details from start to finish.

While the manual is expansive in detail, the manuals alone lack sufficient detail to fabricate parts.  You will still need to purchase the plans or a pre-cut kit to build the boat. Plans are available through the mail. We regret that we are not able to transmit plans or CAD/CAM data digitally.

Upon placing the order, you'll receive an email with a link to the PDF.  Be sure to use a correct email address! If you have filters in place, be sure that emails from "admin@clcboats.com" are not blocked.  

Orders from outside the lower 48 U.S. states will need to wait until the next business day for processing and email delivery of their manual.

Copying or transmitting any part of this document is prohibited, as is posting or displaying any part of it online.  
$159.00

This Skerry kit includes plans and instructions. 

This Skerry kit includes plans and instructions. 
$1,198.00

Typical "wood parts only" kit buyers have an existing or read...

Typical "wood parts only" kit buyers have an existing or ready supply of their own epoxy, fiberglass, and hardware, but don't want to have to cut out all of the parts by hand.  The Skerry "wood parts only" kit includes computer-cut parts in 6mm and 9mm okoume marine plywood, spanish cedar rubrails, sapele breast hooks, the daggerboard trunk assembly.  This kit also includes the 140-page spiral-bound assembly manual with hundreds of step-by-step photos and details.  


CLC Skerry Kit Wood Parts Only
$2.99

You can get printable study plans for most of your favorite ...

You can get printable study plans for most of your favorite kits and plans by return email --- for just a few dollars! 

When you order a set, you'll receive the study plans emailed in the form of PDFs at 8.5" x 11" (216x280mm).  

These printable drawings (most are two pages) help give a sense of the construction process and a feel for what the full-size plans or kit contain. Please note that a boat can not be built from Study Plans; they are to preview a project in print media; the Study Plans are an excellent broad-strokes look at the process. The subsequent escalation for more information is to order the boat's print instruction manual (where available), which will walk you through the project step-by-step.   

Upon placing the order, you'll receive an email with a link to the PDF.  Be sure to use the correct email address! If you have filters in place, ensure emails from "admin@clcboats.com" are not blocked.

Additional Options

The Sail Upgrade or our Line and Cordage Package are popular choices for many of our builders.

$59.00

The Sail Package includes all of the line and sail lacing req...

The Sail Package includes all of the line and sail lacing required to get you sailing once your boat is complete. 
$113.00

The Sail Package includes all of the line and sail lacing req...

The Sail Package includes all of the line and sail lacing required to get you sailing once your boat is complete. 
$47.00

The Sail Package includes all of the line and sail lacing req...

The Sail Package includes all of the line and sail lacing required to get you sailing once your boat is complete. 
$349.00

Spacered inwales are an elegant touch.  They are a bit invol...

Spacered inwales are an elegant touch.  They are a bit involved to install, and might not be suited to first-time boatbuilders.  Detailed installation instructions are here, and are worth a read before you jump in.   

This kit includes pre-cut breasthooks (and quarter knees where applicable), mahogany inwale stock proportioned to fit your boat, spacer block material, and a pair of oarlock riser blocks.  Expect to do some trimming and fitting of the parts, as every boat varies slightly.

Inwales for small craft
These two girls love their Skerry sailboat. Steve R. built it just for them.
These two girls love their Skerry sailboat. Steve R. built it just for them.

What builders are saying

This year I built my first boat, a Skerry, with the help of my best friend, as a present for my fiancée. I built it for the ceremony, so I could row her across Falmouth Harbor in Massachusetts. I can honestly say it will forever be one of the greatest memories of that day.  The Skerry was the perfect gift for the wedding because I met my wife sailing.  The ride was stable and dry. We hope to be able to upgrade the boat to include the sailing rig soon, as we spend much of our time in the summer on the water.  Thank you for the great memory and an excellent boat. 

Patrick S. | NY
Verified Builder

Thanks immensely, CLC, for such a rewarding project that will provide me with ongoing enjoyment for years to come. The Skerry is wonderful and we are already planning another CLC boat build - likely a Mill Creek Hybrid with outriggers and a sail.

Sarah H. | ONT
Verified Builder

We used our Skerry to take a three-day, 72-mile circuit around Bowron Lake in British Columbia. The boat worked great, with our gear in the stern providing trim, my wife and I were both able to row. The extra weight of the boat (compared to a canoe) on portages up to 1.5 miles long was still very manageable with both of carrying. When the wind kicked up on 19-mile Isaac Lake and sent canoes running for shore, the Skerry was still a joy to row through the building white caps. On the river portions of the circuit, I sat on the pile of gear, facing forward, and rowed as if I was in my drift boat on one of our home rivers. While the weather and bugs proved to be our biggest challenge on the trip, the Skerry was solid and dependable the entire time.

Nathan L. | WA
Verified Builder

Hello friends, I started a Skerry from a kit just after the summer solstice, and launched her at the local pond just before the fall equinox. Your directions were excellent; detailed, friendly and reassuring for the untutored. While I did acquire the sailing kit, that has been postponed to next spring. For now I am rowing on the Connecticut River, precisely as I had hoped to - without having to scrounge up seven friends and a coxswain. Thank you for your kits, directions, advice and unfailing good nature on the phone.

Lee T. | MA
Verified Builder

In February 2013, we first heard about the Skerry, the following May we started by assembling the kit supplied by Bergers in Berlin representing Fyne Boat kits. Almost exactly a year later after a long winter, we finally launched our boat a week ago. Since then we had four days of sailing with wind ranging from 0 to 8 knots. The boat sailed wonderfully; even at the lightest breeze we moved, and we also felt very secure sailing at 8 knots. It's much more of a boat than what one might think, considering its size.

Many people are puzzled and astonished and keep asking where the boat is from. They all admire it and can hardly believe that we built it ourselves. Of course we always mention and recommend CLC, Fyne Boats, and Berger. We hope more of these boats will show up here in Southern Germany.

We were very surprised to find that the handling of the sprit sail when sailing is no problem. The lightness of the boat is something we still have to get used to.  Anyway we are very happy with the way it worked out and I must admit we are quite proud having this boat and we would not want to miss this experience of building a boat. I can say a dream I had since my childhood came true.

A great thank you to you and your team for your assistance, patience, and help in making our dream came true.

Reinhard and Eva G. | DEU
Verified Builder

The Skerry is a wonderful boat and an excellent first boat project. The manual is excellent and technical support is available. Being 15ft and 100 lbs it's one of the best compromises of seaworthiness and light enough to carry with two people or one person with a dolly. After researching many designs I picked this one. Three years later I'm still loving it as much as ever. I consider it to be an excellent oar and sail boat.

With a 10 - 15 knot wind you can sail it as fast as you can row on a calm day, about 3 knots and sustain that speed for 4 hours before it becomes work. I have rowed it up to 14 miles in one day. It's an excellent fishing boat and though tippy compared to a flat bottom boat will not take in water unless you stand on the rail. I have rowed it in 3ft seas with no concern for safety. 

Neil M. | AK
Verified Builder

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Frequently Asked Questions

How wide of a door is required to pass a completed Skerry?

With care, the Skerry will go through a normal doorway. We've done it, as it's a normal-sized door that separates the showroom from the front workshop unless we feel like carrying the boat outside through the roll-up doors.

More specifically, the Skerry could be levered through an opening measuring exactly 23" x 58", smaller than you'd think.

How do I order this kit?

Click on the Buying Options tab the top left of this page and follow the directions.

If I buy one of your boat kits, what else will I need?

Chesapeake Light Craft kits contain all the parts and materials you need to build the boat. The kit includes pre-cut parts, hardware, epoxy, fiberglass, plans and instructions. Our standard kayak kits also have the seats, hatches, bulkheads, footbraces, and the deck-rigging. About the only thing kits don't include is the final finish: paint or varnish. Your boat's color scheme is entirely up to you.

You'll need a few ordinary tools, like a cordless drill, a decent 5-inch sander, and for most boats a wood plane. You'll need disposables such as sandpaper and paint brushes and mixing cups.

You need a workspace a couple of feet bigger all the way around than the boat you want to build, and you'll need to be able to maintain temperatures between about 55 degrees F and 95 degrees F during steps when epoxy is being applied or curing. Since a lot of boatbuilding gets done during winter, we've written up some tips on how to heat a cold space cheaply, easily, and safely.

Is the Skerry a safe boat for beginning sailors?

The Skerry is an ideal first boatbuilding project, and a good boat in which to learn to sail or row. You start with relaxing afternoon sails and eventually work your way up to multi-day adventures. The Skerry’s feather-light weight and shallow draft mean that you can poke into quiet waters, pull the boat over a sandbar, and explore hidden coves. Or you can go on a rousing sail across an open bay when the wind kicks up.

Are there differences in how the three sail rigs perform on the Skerry?

The Skerry's flaring sides make the hull stable and and cockpit dry under sail. She's stiff and comfortable and lifts easily over choppy waves. Three sailing rigs are available:

The sprit rig is the most faithful to the Norse small craft that inspired the Skerry design. It's the easiest and least expensive of the rigs to build—there are no tapers in the spars, for example—and 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.


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 rig to reef if the wind comes up.

The gunter sloop rig is intended for sailors for whom speed is of paramount importance. The Skerry is a docile and fun boat no matter which rig she carries; the 78 sqft of the sloop rig will elevate her into racing-dinghy-level performance, though with that performance comes the racing dinghy's rigging complexity.

How much does this boat weigh and how much can it carry?

The weight and payload of this boat, along with other statistics such length and beam, can be found under Specs in the Specifications section, which is just below the lead image seen at the top of this page.

Can you send me the plans digitally?

Sorry, but until digital rights management technology for marine architectural work catches up to that used for books and music, we are unable to transmit digital plans. Currently, only study plans and manuals can be sent digitally.

What is LapStitch Construction?

CLC'S LapStitch™ Construction

Patent No. 6,142,093 

Our system combines the unquestioned grace of lapstrake hulls with the proven ease of stitch-and-glue construction. The strength of the LapStitch™ joint is such that the designs require comparatively little fiberglass or fillet work, making them especially easy to build.

Lapstrake hull shapes evolved over millennia. Many would suggest that the type reached a high-water mark with the Viking longboats, but the actual building method was little changed right up into the 20th century. Planks were riveted together, and the technique required prodigious skill on the part of boatbuilders.

Over the last few decades, the advent of modern adhesives and high-quality marine plywood brought about the first major innovation in lapstrake building methods: "glued plywood" lapstrake hulls. This method of planking produces very strong, stiff, and beautiful hulls that never leak. This is progress, to be sure, but glued lapstrake boats still require molds and arcane joinery skills. It isn't a process suited to amateurs.

In 1997, Chesapeake Light Craft developed a way to build lapstrake boats without molds or complex "rolling bevels" on the lapstrake planking. Using sophisticated computer design software, we are now able to devise hull shapes that will assume a round-bottomed shape without a jig or "torturing" of the wood. A special "rabbet," or groove, is machined into each strake so that they are self-aligning. They are wired together just like a stitch-and-glue kayak. When these joints are filled with epoxy, the result is a remarkably stiff and strong hull that is visually indistinguishable from traditional lapstrake planking.

LapStitch™ construction is featured in these CLC boats:

After more than 15 years of development, the evolution of LapStitch™ has reached the stage where we can render complex lapstrake hull shapes in complete confidence without "strongback" molds.  Chesapeake Light Craft can design and build for you LapStitch™ hulls of any shape or size.  

The swallow tails look complicated. Are they?

Swallow tails are the split tail found on our fish models. They are more work to build than the squash tails featured in our other boards, but not terribly complicated. The two places that swallow tails can trip you up are:

In fairing off the top of the tail block, which is mostly inside the board. The manual is explicit on this point, so read it carefully.

In fitting the fiberglass cloth up into the narrow part of the swallow tail. A small patch can be applied before the primary cloth application to ensure full coverage. Then, while the epoxy is setting up you can check back to make sure the cloth is tight.

Are there any significant differences between building the Shearwaters and the Chesapeakes?

The sequence for the standard Shearwater is thus: Wire the hull up like any other CLC boat, install fillets, etc. Wire together the deck (with a few temporary forms providing the deck camber), apply "tack welds" to the deck, and wire it onto the hull. Take the deck back off to finish the fillets and fiberglass on the deck. Like most of the hull, the deck is fiberglassed on both sides; there are about four layers of 'glass right behind the cockpit. At a last you wire the deck on for good and apply fillets to the hull-to-deck joint.

The Shearwater Hybrid process is different: there are temporary forms upon which the stripped deck is assembled, and the hull has the usual CLC sheerclamps to which the strip deck is ultimately fastened once the forms are removed. Definitely takes more time to build, but a fraction of the time of an all-strip hull.

Sail and Row the Skerry Almost Anywhere

CLC Skerry flying in choppy seas

Can Handle Choppy Seas

CLC owner and Skerry designer, John Harris, tested the Skerry in wind blowing 15 to 20 knots. The hull blasted through the waves traveling 6 or 7 knots herself, as her fine-pointed stern does not form a stern wave that will slow a boat down.

Easily Beached

The Skerry is the kind of boat you can sail all day, then haul the daggerboard, kick up the rudder, and bring her to rest on a quiet, sandy beach. Unpack your gear and set up camp, and enjoy an unforgettable night.

Take this Boat Anywhere

The Skerry is a versatile craft. It has been sailed and rowed, cartopped and portaged, all over the world. We also have three different rigs for her: Sprit rig, lug rigged, or gunter sloop rig, as seen on this skerry on the coast of Alaska.

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DERRY – 15′ CLC Skerry

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