Lapstrake Chebacco Update by Bruce Bateau Hello Chebaccans! I’m writing to update you about the nineteen foot lapstrake Chebacco that was constructed by Jerome McIlvanie of the high desert town of Yakima, Washington between 1996 and 2001. Apparently, Jerome, a professional machinist, wasn’t a sailor, nor was his wife. She told me that building a […]
I was very pleased to receive this email from Mike Capriola in North Carolina about his purchase of Three Rivers: Hello. I have recently purchased Three Rivers (3R) which is a 20 foot chebacco sailboat built by Ben ho and launched in 2007. Specifics in Ben’s own words: “Measuring 19 feet 8 inches with a […]
I received a request for the table of offsets for a lapstrake chebacco. Here I have posted an Excel file with all of the offsets in Feet-Inches-eighths and also mm for both the 19’6 and the 25’4 versions. I found it easier to work in mm here in Australia (Inch rulers and tape measures are […]
Richard Cockburn wrote to me in November 2022. He had purchased a partly completed hull from Duck Flat wooden boats in Adelaide, Australia. The advertisement is still up on their website https://duckflatwoodenboats.com/boats_for_sale/chebacco-21ft-glass-house-design/ but I guess they will take it down soon – it sold over a year ago! Richard agreed a good price and brought […]
Marten took 9 months to build this beauty in Holland – Marten and I don’t speak a common language well so I will let the photos tell his story. (I think her name is Alskar – Älskar means love in Swedish and we all love your Chebacco!)
[message sent in 2022, lost, and rediscovered in 2023. If the Gods are with Dimitris he should be sailing by now!] Hi Andrew,I started building a Chebacco last year although I’ve had the plans from H. Payson since January 2019.Here are some pictures of my progress so far, for posting in the Chebacco-site. More construction pictures are available […]
Ton Visser sent me some photos of a weekend cruise to Vlieland (Holland). Mast repair My Chebacco has been off the water for a bit – career change/covid/etc – which has lead to a bit of maintenance. The old rusty trailer has been replaced with a less old/less rusty trailer. I built a shed to […]
Hi Andrew, I launched my Chebacco “Moonshine” for the first time last year. Here are some pictures from last year’s sailing for the website if interested. I sail mostly in Wisconsin, with Lake Dubay being my home lake. -Dennis Gamble Thanks Dennis An Appeal For Support By mid 2022 I will have been hosting this […]
Hi Andrew, I launched my Chebacco “Moonshine” for the first time last year. Here are some pictures from last year’s sailing for the website if interested. I sail mostly in Wisconsin, with Lake Dubay being my home lake. -Dennis Gamble
25th September 2021: here some fotos ,last weekend sailing around Texel (holland) Ton.
