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This is an alternate drawing of the two-sail crabbing skiff built by Simmons at Cambridge in 1910. Howard Chapelle took off the lines in 1942 and published them as Figure 4 in Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. This plan by Josef W. Liener provides some construction details and a table of offsets that are not found in the Chapelle plan.
I was surprised to find this plan by Liener in the archives of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) just when I started lofting to build this same skiff for myself. I was lofting from the Chapelle plan that's available from the Smithsonian, and which was produced at 1:16 scale. I'm curious to see how my lofting and offsets compare to Liener's. (Other offsets for the Simmons 1910 two-sail crabbing skiff were produced by Kevin Brennan and Ed Thieler.)
A large format image of this J. W. Liener plan is here.
Find more here about the 1910 two-sail crabbing skiff plans, model, and modern reproductions.
Catalog #: 2004.0028.0152.01
Ship Plans
Title : No. 247, Two Sail Bateau, offsets, lines, some construction and sail plans
Artist-Maker : Josef W Liener
Date Made : 4 August 1979
Description : No. 247, Two Sail Bateau, offsets, lines, some construction and sail plans. Pencil on paper, mylar, and photocopy. Condition: A and C good, B some damge on top and sides.
Dimensions : 17.8" x 34.0"
Gift of Mrs. Lillian Liener
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