Skipper 14 Sail info

[Maschette]

Hi there I have recently Been given a Skipper 14 Sailing dinghy but it has no sails, i was wondering if anyone has a set of plans for them laying around at all?

Thanks.

 

[jwilson]

Hi there I have recently Been given a Skipper 14 Sailing dinghy but it has no sails, i was wondering if anyone has a set of plans for them laying around at all?

Thanks.

There were three different rigs: basic unstayed gunter with or without jib, stayed bermudan with jib, and bigger area stayed bermudan with jib. If you don't have sails get them made (or make them) to fit whatever spars you have. The original sails were pretty rubbishy quality. Sailed properly, a Skipper 14 is faster than it looks.

Edited: Having thought again there may have been a fourth, sleeved-mainsail bermudan rig. Early Skipper 14s were very lightly built so they could be car-topped (mine was) but others have complained about how heavy they were, so this possibly changed later. My lightweight one was quite a fast boat singlehanded, planed easily and cleanly offwind once I'd fitted a self-bailer and toestrap.