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Created as a club
"one-design", the Sakonnet was originally designed in 1937 for the Sakonnet
Yacht Club in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Having a specific boat designed
for a club to use in racing was very popular in the thirties. As pretty to
look at as she was to sail, the Sakonnet featured a heavy displacement hull
with a deep keel for additional stability, high freeboard for a dry ride,
modest sail area and a spacious open cockpit area protected by high coamings
and watertight bulkheads fore and aft, providing a very safe daysailer. The
modern Marconi rig rounds out the overall look of this classic sailboat. This
model has been created using original drawings from John G. Alden Navel
Architects.
A Complete Kit: Features Midwest's Micro-Cut Quality Balsa, Basswood and
Mahogany parts.
Accurately pre-cut component featuring keel, rudder, frames, deck, cockpit
floor, seats and coamings. All fittings and rigging materials, including
sailcloth.
Includes Display stand.
Specifications:
Overall Length: 9 1/2"
Height: 15 9/32"
Beam: 3-1/8"
Scale: 1/2" = 1'
This kit can be built without prior building experience, using simple hand
tools. Some parts require cutting and fitting.
Midwest's line of Success Series boat kits are designed and engineered for
your satisfaction and success. All of Midwest's Apprentice Series model kits
contain Micro-Cut Quality Woods and their exclusive Success Series
Construction Manual, an extensive all English, illustrated, step-by-step
manual that makes building a pleasure.
Build a little piece of American history . . . with Midwest's Apprentice
Series Kits. Midwest's Apprentice Boats are modeled after the original boats
used in the 1800s and early 1900s. When you build these boats, you will learn
real boat building techniques with different types of hull construction such
as lapstrake and strip planking. The hull of each boat is built on a frame,
just like the real thing.
Made in the USA.
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