| Elf A 30' 10 1/2" Sloop By William Atkin |
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| A 31 Foot Auxiliary Sloop | |
| All tastes differ in the matter of boats. Some of us like wide and shoal craft, others deep and narrow; between these extremes there are thousands of variations in dimensions to which a boat may be built and, strange as it may seem, if the problem is carefully worked out a boat of great beam, or of narrow beam, or of moderate beam will be entirely satisfactory. The dimensions are up to the owner; the problem of forming a boat to these dimensions is up to the architect. The sloop Elf, herewith, is a narrow type. She will prove to be able, fast and comfortable, and quite husky enough to go to sea with. | |
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| The dimensions of Elf are as follows: L. 0. A., 30 feet, 10 1/2 inches; L. W. L., 25 feet; beam, 8 feet; draft, 5 feet 6 inches. The freeboard at the bow is 4 feet; at the stern, 2 feet 9 3/4 inches, and at the lowest point, 2 feet 2 1/2 inches. Her displacement is 14,950 lbs.; ballast on keel, 3,400 lbs., with another 2,000 lbs. inside. The total sail area is 593 square feet, enough for cruising and long distance racing. | |
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| The cabin is laid out to sleep four. I have arranged several boats in this manner and the plan works out well. There is ample locker room, ice box, handy sink and dish lockers, room for a No. 1 Shipmate range, toilet and all that sort of thing. I suppose some owners would want a separate toilet room, but this takes up so much space that it has seemed well enough to tuck the W. C. away under the seat between the forward bunks. A light curtain can easily be hung between the icebox and the hanging locker, giving privacy to the forward bunks. The cabin flooring is laid on a slight curve. This gives full 6 feet headroom under the entire length of the cabin house. | |
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| I should use a motor of the Universal-Redwing Baby Doll-Niagara type, developing about 9 to 12 h.p. at 1,000 r.p.m. One of this kind fitted with reverse gear and electric starter is the ideal power unit for a small auxiliary of this kind. Under power the speed will be in the neighborhood of 6 miles an hour. I should not use more power than that of the motors specified. | |
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