Little Cruiser

	LITTLE CRUISER
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Little Cruiser at anchor
LITTLE CRUISER is our fifteen foot sharpie designed and built by our friend Matt Layden as a coastal microcruiser. Constructed in 1988, LITTLE CRUISER was one of his favorite boats and he sailed her engineless as far North as the Bay of Fundy in Canada and as far South as the Exumas in the Bahamas. After we acquired her in 1992, we sailed Little Cruiser to the Bahamas seven more times.

Construction details:

Design Particulars

LOA=4.62m (15'2")

Beam= 1.4m (4'7")

Draft= 0.23m (9")

Disp=
726 kg,
709 L

Cp=.56

D/L=242

S/A 11.6 sqm

Other interesting Details

- 30 gallons of fresh water ballast
- Unusual bow centerboard to maximize interior space.
- Mast is supported by struts to facilitate raising and lowering, which is handy for getting under low bridges.
- Inside steering and reefing.
- Extremely robust construction with a 1" thick plywood bottom.
- Room for two below
- Foam insulation and floatation providing positive buoyancy
- Balanced lug sail.
- Completion of 8 winter cruises to the Bahamas and intracoastal passages from Connecticut to Florida and back. This amounts to over 10,000 miles in all!