Drascombe Scaffie
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|designer = John L. Watkinson
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|year = 1978
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|builder = Honnor Marine Classics
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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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/drascombe-scaffie|title = Drascombe Scaffie sailboat |access-date = 9 August 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200809145647/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/drascombe-scaffie|archive-date = 9 August 2020|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 48-49. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
The Scaffie design is one of a large range of similar Drascombe boats with different hull, cabin and rig configurations.{{cite web|url = http://www.drascombe-association.org.uk/drascombes.php|title = About Drascombes|access-date = 9 August 2020|author=Drascombe Association |work = drascombe-association.org.uk|date = 29 July 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180420193134/http://www.drascombe-association.org.uk/drascombes.php|archive-date =20 April 2018|url-status= live}}
Production
The design has been built by Honnor Marine Classics in Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom. It remains in production.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/honnor-marine-ltd|title = Honnor Marine Ltd.|access-date = 9 August 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191013002508/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/honnor-marine-ltd|archive-date =13 October 2019|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.honnormarine.co.uk/devon-scaffie/|title = Devon Scaffie|access-date = 9 August 2020|author=Drascombe Boats |work = drascombe.uk|year= 2019|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200809145651/https://www.honnormarine.co.uk/devon-scaffie/|archive-date = 9 August 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
The Scaffie is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with hardwood trim. It is an open boat, with no cabin. It has a lug sail rig with Sitka spruce spars and a loose-footed, terylene mainsail. A sloop rig is a factory option. The lapstrake-style hull has a spooned raked stem, a rounded transom, a transom-hung, wooden rudder controlled by an ash wood tiller and a fixed triple keel. It has a central long keel and two side bilge keels, allowing it to remain upright when left high and dry at low tide. It displaces {{convert|463|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and weighs {{convert|748|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} when fully equipped. Foam buoyancy is fitted. It uses flooding water ballast, which is drained for road transport.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|1.21|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard triple keels.
The boat is normally fitted with a small, well-mounted, {{convert|2|to|3|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring. It also comes with oarlocks for rowing.
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "the Drascombe Scaffie is a design that has been used in coastal sailing for over 200 years. Scaffies have been built for many years in England, and they are now also built in Maine. The loose-footed lug sail is carried on an unstayed mast. Since there is no centerboard trunk the cockpit has a lot of space, and with a tent, the Scaffie is used for cruising."
In a 2018 review for Watercraft Magazine, writer Alice Driscoll stated, "she's incredibly easy to sail and manage but still has the power to make for an exciting sail. And yet, if the wind dies to nothing or you realise you've only got a short time to make it to the pub for lunch, then you can quickly power her up and chug along with the outboard."{{cite web|url= https://www.honnormarine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/scaffie.pdf|title= Who Needs Hassles?|access-date= 9 August 2020|last= Driscoll|first= Alice |work= Watercraft Magazine|year= 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200809153708/https://www.honnormarine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/scaffie.pdf|archive-date= 9 August 2020|url-status= live}}
See also
Related development
Similar sailboats
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.honnormarine.co.uk/devon-scaffie/}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1970s sailboat type designs