Design
Jewell
Designed by François Vivier
Jewell is a 5.99 m trailerable yawl with a 2.22 m beam, drawn for day sailing and raids after a discussion with a boatbuilding partner in North America. The brief was a family dayboat light enough to tow behind an ordinary car, with a large, deep cockpit and a cuddy cabin with two berths, a toilet and a small galley.
The yawl rig lets her sail under main alone or under jib and mizzen, and the mizzen holds her head to wind while the skipper reefs. She is plywood lapstrake over plywood bulkheads in 9 and 12 mm okoume, with a watertight, self-draining cockpit. The designer states that she can only be built from a CNC-cut plywood kit, which includes the molds.
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