Owner’s Description
I began building this Paul Gartside cutter about 12 years ago in my (limited) spare time while employed as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory. Wanting to keep my craft skills alive I leased a space adjacent to the boat factory to serve as a small boat shop. With a growing organization and the birth of my sons, it turned out there would be many years when I could barely afford a few dozen hours to dedicate to the project. The process however was fulfilling, sometimes humbling, and experiment in resolve and patience. We moved the boat from our shop in Philadelphia to Brooksville Maine in 2022, where she waited for hardware to be completed. Phosphorescence was launched by Seal Cove Boat Yard in the summer of 2023.
This particular Gartside cutter – known as hull 93a (gartsideboats.com) can be found on his website under the heading ‘Dinghies and Daysailors’. The hull was designed for strip plank construction. With Paul’s blessing my friend and boatbuilder/furniture maker Geoff McKonly (geoffmckonlyfurniture.com) redeveloped the construction plans for carvel construction. I assembled the backbone from Black Locust sourced from an Amish sawyer here in Pennsylvania. The hull is a mix of Eastern White, and Atlantic White Cedar, from Maine and NJ.
The custom bronze castings are from New Dublin Ship Fittings (newdublinshipfittings.com) and Port Townsend Foundry (porttownsendfoundry.com). New Dublin Ship Fittings also built the handsome ash blocks. A few additional items, incluidng the roller furling hardware and the running rigging were secured from R&W Rope (RWRope.com). The paint is from George Kirby Jr. Paint Company (kirbypaint.com), and the sails are from Gambell and Hunter Sailmakers (gambellandhunter.net).
The boat is in Brooksville, Maine, and sails from a mooring in Buck’s Harbor. Last summer our family got to know the boat while exploring the islands along Penobscot Bay. Questions can be forwarded to Brett at Bretthart76@gmail.com
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Nicely done and worth the wait!
Nice work, Brett. Just beautiful!
Thanks Larry,
Looks like you have enough timber behind that Webber’s Cove to build the next project. 11 Months and 29 days till the next WorldWide Classic Boat Show should do, right? Thanks for the hello!
-Brett
What a lovely boat! I am a great admirer of Paul Gartside’s boats. They always have beautiful lines, and you have done him proud with your build.
Hi Mark,
I can see why: Guinnevere and 93a have a lot in common, displacement not included. Must be nice to be able to be able to beach her. We carry a tender and row ashore. I can get pretty close though. She wasn’t designed a beach cruiser, but she can carry a ton of gear and we have been camp cruising with her. Thanks for the hello! -Brett
Hello Brett- How nice to see another Gartside boat here. We’ve had two and I’m tempted to build others… or buy one that has recently been finished by another amateur here in Maine. A question about your rig: it looks like your outer jib is on a roller furling drum. Does the luff stay tight enough to enable you to go to weather in a way you find satisfactory? Thx.
Hi Dave and Margaret,
I lived a summer in Boothbay on the Sylvina Beal oh so long ago. I wonder if Herb and Dorris are still in the area. They were operating the Eastwind back then. I’ve seen your boat Wren many times published here or there I think. Paul’s boats are quite handsome. Did you have a design in mind for ‘next up’? Boat Factory built a number of his rowing craft in their mentoring programs. There’s a hull that he calls Bob that I thought might be fun and maybe even be able to be carried in tow behind our cutter. We pulled a dyer dow all summer behind the boat you see here, and she still seemed to sail at hull speed in a 10 knot breeze. As for your question about the roller furling system: I never noticed an issue. Paul’s sail plan shows a 2:1 mechanical advantage on the stay and I think we honored that. Maybe you’re thinking that it wouldn’t be tight enough for a different reason? I want to play with this a little more this summer because it seems to roll the jib pretty darn tight, even if you slack the sheet and try to spill some air…but I’m probably more deficient than the gear, so if anything needs tweaking it’s probably me! If you’re in the bucks harbor neighborhood this summer, send me an email and perhaps we can meet up for a sail.-Brett