![]() ![]() He drew a centerboard gaff sloop with a doughty profile. “I had a hunch that I could design a sailboat with a 15′ length-on-deck that not only sailed extremely well, but was ergonomic for someone of my 6′ 1″ height.” The boat had to be light enough to tow to Florida behind his four-cylinder car, fast and seaworthy enough to sail overnight to the Bahamas, and commodious enough for a week’s cruising once there. “I’d owned a production fiberglass pocket cruiser, which sailed well but was hellish uncomfortable,” he explained. John Harris, the proprietor of and chief designer for Chesapeake Light Craft, designed the PocketShip as his personal boat. The full-sized sedan here is more than up to the task. The PocketShip was designed to be towed by a modest car with a four-cylinder engine. What would prove to be the usual suite of questions followed: Did I build it myself? Plans or kit? How long did it take? How does it sail? He expressed his enthusiasm for the PocketShip and his dream to build one. This stranger turned out to be very familiar with the design, having followed it since Chesapeake Light Craft introduced it. “ Is that a PocketShip?” Even though it was the first time I had ever launched my PocketShip, it was not the first time a stranger had approached me to ask about it. ![]()
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