Design
Old Salt 15
Designed by Brandon Davis
A 15 ft 6 in catboat that Brandon Davis designed with Josh Colvin, drawn to be as easy as possible to rig, launch and sail, with older sailors especially in mind. It is wide at 7 ft 8 in and very stable, weighs about 450 lb dry, and carries about 450 lb of water ballast that is emptied for towing. Draft is 6 in, or 4 ft 2 in with the board down.
The single sail of about 150 sq ft is full-battened and boomless, hoisted on one halyard up a two-piece carbon mast that steps into a socket with no stays to set up. Reefing means moving the shackles up a grommet. An optional bowsprit and asymmetrical spinnaker of about 150 sq ft turn it into something closer to a sport boat. The stitch-and-glue kit uses puzzle joints, tabs and scribe marks, and Kit Boats Co. rates the build easy to moderate, at about 350 hours. Real hours from logged builds appear below.
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