Saturday, June 16, 2012

Anybody want a boat...

So, now that I've got the Neptune 16 to work on, I need to clear out the garage.  Since the Neptune 16 is more of what I wanted than the Toon2 is, I'm looking to get rid of the Toon2.  I'll be listing it on Craigslist, as well as the Michalak, Duckworks, and Sail Oklahoma yahoo groups.

The Toon2 is a design my Jim Michalak, protege of the late, great Phil Bolger.  I think it's heritage lies in Bolger's advanced sharpies via Michalak's AF3.  Basically a multichine version of the AF3, it's 15 feet long and 5 1/2 feet wide. Other's have built this boat and it appears to be a good sailer.


I have completed the sail, birdsmouth mast and spars, leeboard, leeboard guard, and a pair of oars.  All come with the boat. I'd like to see $250 for all of this and I might let some additional supplies (glass, epoxy, ply, etc.) go with the boat if I can get that price. I might be able to convince my wife to let me part with the rudder, rudder cheeks, and hardware for the same..  I could also be convinced to part with a 4' x 8' flatbed tilting trailer that I was going to convert to haul it.  I'd like to see $150 for the trailer.


My Toon2 has been mildly modified with input from Jim Michalak.  I have added 2" of freeboard at the gunnels, moved the aft cabin bulkhead forward to create a 6 1/2' cockpit with a bridgedeck.  The space under the bridge deck is open to the cuddy cabin so that a person could lay down in there.  4" of height has been added to the aft cabin bulkhead so that a person could sit on a bucket in privacy in the cuddy cabin.  The rig has the sail as designed, but spars have been made to convert it to a sliding gunter with a 14' birdsmouth mast and a 16' gunter, as well as the originally designed 14' sprit boom.  I planned on using this hull to test multiple rigs, so there is an adjustable mast step in the cabin.


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