17' Newfoundland Yawl-Rigged Daysailer (2006) - CLEAR SKIES

Designed in the tradition of fishing boats along the coast of Newfoundland. For hundreds of years, Newfoundland fishermen harvested cod from small open boats they built themselves. The timber for these craft was harvested close to home, which consisted mainly of spruce, fir and larch. The local name for these rugged boats were either the “punt ” or the “Rodney”. The punt(15-16ft) was generally the more common term and these boats were slightly larger than the Rodney(approx. 14ft or less). My particular boat was designed in a similar fashion, meaning that the boat was built mainly by eye. The length, breadth and depth was solely determined by me and after tweaking the form several times, I finally arrived at the design that suited my tastes. Unlike the boats built in the past, I elected to build my own design stripper fashion and sheathed her with fibreglass as the convenience of such a build was appealing and practical for me at the time. Most traditional fishing boats from Newfoundland commonly carried a sail or two and these were mainly the lug sail or sprit rig. I chose the sprit rig and later added the jib and finally the mizzen. My boat has two stations for rowing and I’ve added a motor well that accepts a 2.5 HP outboard.