hartley eastcoaster 16

[graham]

i am thinking of building a 16 foot daysailer and like the sound of the Hartley Eastcoaster.it is a multichine daysailer with centerboard very wide beam and gaff rig with bowsprit.

Has anyone seen one or better still built one?

 

[alienzdive]

Owned many Hartleys and repaired all and rebuilt some of them. They were designed in such a way that the construction method for an amatuer boat builder is not to complicated.

The designs are a little old now and although they are good and in some instances seaworthy boats, they are definately not competitive raciing boats, but still get along quite nicely.

 

[graham]

Thanks for the reply.As a youngster I built a hartley 16 trailor sailor .As you say the plans made it fairly straight forward .The Eastcoaster is a different boat altogether,still double chine but very beamy and with a gaff rig.

It looks great in the profile drawing but I have never seen a completed one or even a picture.