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Courage

Summer 2020

Courage the catboat under sail

Courage is a sixteen-foot, wooden sailboat I built in my garage over one summer. Check out an article I wrote about it for Small Boats Monthly: https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/surf-crabskiff/

Courage the catboat under construction

I built Courage from plans for the Phil Bolger Surf/Crabskiff design. Modifications from the plans include turning the for and aft flotation tanks into useable storage with watertight hatches and using a kickup rudder.

Outlines of the plans of the Surf

I have since sailed Courage on the outer Boston Harbor, Waquoit Bay in Cape Cod, and elsewhere.

Rigging Courage on Long Island in the Boston Harbor
Rigging Courage on a beach on Boston Harbor's Long Island

Courage under sail on Waquoit Bay Cape Cod
Courage under sail on Waquoit Bay, Cape Cod

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