Skipjack 48

The model Skipjack designed by "Pepper" Langley is 48 inches on deck and has a 50 inch mast.  The “leg-of-mutton” main and club footed jib. The hull is fitted with toe rails, side or rub rails, a bowsprit and longhead and a 10-pound lead keel cast in the shape of a centerboard.  The cabin and hatch details follow closely those of the prototype, but leave some discretion of expression to the individual modeler.  As with LADY KATIE many of the models sport elaborately carved and painted trailboards fitted in the “bends” from beneath the bowsprit to the hull.  Radios control the onboard servos which position the sails and the rudder for proper points of sailing.  The Club has plans and parts available for Skipjack 48 builders from the Ship’s Store.