2008 General Boats 17

This is a wonderful little boat for Tomales Bay, where I've kept her the past couple years. She's 16 feet overall, but with a full keel and a wide open cockpit, but she feels like a 30 footer out on the water. Six people can fit comfortably in the cockpit and the boat doesn't notice a bit.

Her construction is strip plank wood of a specific type known as the Cutts method, developed by boat builder Ed Cutts on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The hull consist of an inner and an outer layer of wood planking, and in between a channel was routed and Kevlar cord set in epoxy was laid in those grooves. The result is a boat that sounds like a wooden hull going through the water, but doesn't need any frames or caulking of planks, and sits happily on a trailer without having to have the usual maintenance that a wooden boat does.

The sails are in decent shape, Egyptian Cotton color, not going to win any races but that's not what this boat is about. My favorite day was to sail up from Inverness to Marshall, tie off the boat at the dock and go for oysters, and then sail back down the bay with the wind at my back and the sun on my face. It's the perfect boat for that kind of day.

She has a custom cockpit cover and cockpit cushions. She comes with a 50lb thrust Minn Kota trolling motor and a Minn Kota battery box. I have a 100ah Battle Borne Lithium battery for an extra $500, but that battery is honestly overkill. Half that size would be more than enough.

She has an Aluminum Fortress anchor, lots of extra lines, two tillers, an automatic bilge pump, gin pole for the jib, custom cockpit cushions, and more bits and bobs. For her mooring, I used a 35lb CQR and an large Danforth with some massive chain and a 100’ rode that I’m selling separately but could include.

She also comes with a Custom Triad galvanized trailer specifically built for this boat. The trailer has an extendable tongue to make launching easier.

I haven't sailed in over a year; I just got too busy with work and so the boat has sat on the trailer undercover. It needs some work and some cleanup/painting, but nothing major.

These are wonderful classic boats that have a great following. There are a couple of her smaller sisters (Herreshoff 12 1/2's) on Tomales Bay, and her previous owner sailed her out of Alameda. I loved sailing her, and would love to keep her, but I'm moving to Madison and it doesn't make sense to bring her with me.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzards_Bay_14

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