Norwalk Islands Sharpie 29 For Sale
Needs Completion
SOLD
But thanks for looking
Located in Hackensack, MN USA
Construction began in 2002, and continued in 2003 and 2004. No work has been done since.
What is completed so far is all the bulkheads, a rough-in of all the interior furniture and shelving, the centerboard trunk (centerboard template included), hull sides and bottom. Before installing the bottom and sides, I painted all storage spaces that would be difficult to access later.
I also pre-built doors, and their frames, for the head, the forward cabin, the forepeak and a small storage space off the head. These doors are frame-and-panel constructed in varnished white pine.
Sides are 1/2" AC plywood. Bottom is three layers of 1/2" AC plywood, with 1260 lbs of lead sheet sandwiched into the middle layer. Up to 1000 lbs. of additional ballast will be needed.
The hull is just about ready for a thorough sanding in preperation for sheathing with epoxy and fiberglass (or other fabric).
From the designer's brochure:
"The Norwalk Islands Sharpies are shallow-draft cruisers designed by Bruce Kirby to satisfy the demand for low cost, attractive, easy-to-build boats that will sail superbly and be well mannered through a broad range of weather conditions. They are centerboarders with retractable rudders, designed as day sailers and coastal cruisers and capable of enetering the shallowest of creeks and harbors.... These hard chine, traditional looking but high tech cruisers [are] aimed directly at the home builder...."
"The 29-footer gets up into the range where even a sharpie, which, by its heritage has low headroom, can have six feet in the aft part of the cabin. This is accomplished with a high-cambered cabintop... which blends with the traditional sheer and low freeboard to give down-below space not found in the old workboats. Although the 29-footer has all the advantages of super shallow draft, she also has the heft to travel [far] afield.... With her long waterline, slim hull form and generous sailplan the 29 could put in a good days run, especially with the wind abeam and a staysail set from the mizzen mast."
See also: Norwalk Islands Sharpie website
I made some changes to the designer's interior arrangement (see drawings below), expanding the galley and making the area below the cockpit more accessable for storage purposes. Futhermore, it was my intention to end the cabin trunk at the foward end of the main cabin in order to create more deck space (for a dinghy, for instance). It is not too late, however, to carry the trunk farther forward, as the designer intended.
The plans call for free-standing, hollow, composite ('glass/carbon/epoxy) masts, and fully-battened sails. (These items have not yet been purchased, and so are not included in this sale.)
Original designer's plans are included with the sale -- Currently priced over $1200US !! on the NIS website.
Invested in this project: ~$4500
Asking: Please see my Ebay listing HERE
bdwc@uslink.net : 218-682-2075
I will help the buyer to load the boat onto a trailer (yours!), but any and all costs of loading and moving are the responsibility of the buyer. Current estimated hull weight: 2500 lbs.
Click thumbnail for larger image The Framework Side View The Sides Are On 1260 lbs. of Ballast The Last Bottom Layer is on Half-Model showing shortened cabin trunk
Some pictures and information from a previous project
I started building "Little Wing" in August, 1995, and first launched her in July, 1998. She is 21' long, plywood construction, and rigged as a cat ketch. She was designed by Karl Stambaugh of Chesapeake Marine Design, Severna Park, MD, a stretch version of his Catbird 18. I sailed Little Wing on Leech Lake in north central Minnesota. Her current owner towed her away to Florida last spring.
Posing For The Camera Anchored For The Night Running From a Storm Looking Forward The Galley Port Side, looking aft
Little Wing's stats and attributes:
Length: 21 feet
Beam: 8 feet
Draft: 12 inches, board up; ~4 feet board down
Displacement: approx. 2500 lbs.
