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The Drascombe Lugger is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by John L. Watkinson and first built in 1968. [ 1 ] The Drascombe Lugger design is the basis of a large range of similar Drascombe boats with different hull, cabin and rig configurations.
1974 Drascombe Lugger "Roamer" sailing East Bay Florida. The word Drascombe is a trademark that was first registered by John Watkinson who applied it to a series of sailing boats which he designed and built in the period 1965–79 and sold in the United Kingdom (UK).
The Drascombe Lugger is a good example of this type. [9] With the mizzen sheeted to an outrigger or boomkin and a jib set on a bowsprit, the rig extends a lot horizontally. This allows the sail area to have a lower centre of pressure than, for example, a Bermudan sloop .
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The Drascombe Scaffie, now marketed as the Devon Scaffie, is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by John L. Watkinson and first built in 1978. The modern Scaffie is based upon a traditional British boat design that dates back several hundred years.
Pages in category "Sailboat type designs by John L. Watkinson" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Drascombe Lugger; Drascombe Scaffie
Gunter rigged Lobster 12.5. Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above the top of the mast.
Photo of the mizzen sail boomkin on 1980 Drascombe Lugger Onkahye sliding gunter rig yawl. Traditional boomkins found on English sailing vessels gradually evolved from 1710 until around 1850.