Topper Design

May 5, 2008

All fairing done, starting to apply the planking. Learnt a new skill scarfing plywood, didn't turn out to be as bad as I thought, just got to put the clamp in the right place.

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May 12, 2008

Just wanted to submit a couple of pictures of Cherry Plum (aptly named by my daughter Sophia). I learned a lot building this boat and we are enjoying sailing her. I would like to design a kick-up rudder to make launching and retrieving a little less dramatic. Mast and boom are VG douglas fir, seats are yellow pine, stringers/rub rails are white oak, rudder and dagger board are mahogany, planks are Aquatek plywood.

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Hello from Long Island, NY.

I've had a lot of fun during the summer building this modified version of "Topper". I used the Topper hull with the Sprit rig from Bull's Eye and modified the seats and added a few features to cover some mistakes. I have various photos taken during it's construction as well.

I'm in the process of starting a winter project..."Monaco".

Sincerely, Bill Yonescu

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Topper by Billy Lewis, Valdosta, Georgia July 29, 2009 Here are pictures of my Topper. She's in her third season of sailing and going strong. This is my second Glen-L design (you have pictures of my Power Skiff 14 that I finished in 2004ish) and it was a perfect second project which turned into wonderful sailboat. I built this one using white oak for the stringers and seats (stringers required steaming to bend), 1/4" 5 ply marine grade okume with scarfed joints in the planking and a little bit of mahoganny for highlights. She is VERY light and strong and sails great.

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