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Monday, March 26, 2012

Polaris, by Sam Rabl



Sam Rabl is one of my favorite designers. Especially his designs for home builders. If you've been around here for a while, you may remember that my first fixed keeled boat was a Picaroon designed by Sam.









A Doryman reader wrote to me a while back to remind me that Sam Rabl also designed a slightly bigger boat built in plywood called a Polaris. He also had some questions about details, so I asked another faithful reader, who's an excellent historian, to do some research.











We are talking about a seaworthy boat here and even though Sam claims you can build it in your backyard does not mean it's simple. This is a boat for a serious sailor and will take you anywhere you want to go.









But first you'll have to pick your sail rig. Here we have no less than four options, including a hermaphrodite brig.






















Die Pläne und Offsets finden Sie hier:
A timeless design. The 24 foot Polaris.


4 comments:

  1. Hi Michael. What a beautiful little boat. Just my style. How could they have missed the gaff sloop rig for which the hull so longingly screams out.

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  2. Maybe there's too much lee helm and a ketch was the best he could do.

    I understand the Bugeye was a Sam specialty. I've always liked a rig with that extreme rake.

    You could build one of these in short order, Paul.

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  3. A 24' hermaprodite brig. And I thought I was a tweezwe for thinking about a tops'l for Sparrow!

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  4. You'll need more ballast. I volunteer.

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