Description
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The modified masthead sloop rig that first appeared on Sally II ,V2. This highly logical solution for easier handling of hanked-on headsails was used by the Giles practice in a number of designs. However this is one of Monie‘s drawings.
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Charis in America. She had by then been fitted with a replacement, fully glazed, coachroof, which is probably a unique alternative to the old original low coachroof with which the pre-war boats were built.
Specification
- Laurent Giles design No: 40
- Builder: E.F.Elkins, Christchurch, England
- Launch Date: 1938
- Hull Material: Pitch pine on oak
- Deck: (Probably canvas over pine)
- Engine: Not known
- Ballast keel material: Lead
- Doghouse: Unusual hybrid doghouse/coacroof now.
- Cockpit: Self-draining
- Berths: Three
- Rig: Masthead sloop with inner forestay
- Mast: Wood with two pairs of spreaders
- Heads'ls: Genoa & stays'ls
- Backstay arrangement: Standing double with runners
- Home Port: Eastport ME US East Coast
- Current Owner: Patrick Donahue
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- Other comments: We are very keen to hear about where Charis is now based.