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have a curve to it and a skeg would be fitted to the aft 1/4 of the bottom to improve steerage. The design called for 4 rowing stations, a cockpit with seating in a U around the tiller and decking over the bow. Esthetic features were added to give the overall impression of a well built vessel. Leeboards finished the design and gave the boat a real Dutch look and feel. The size of the shop limited the length of the boat to 24 feet and the beam was planned to be 7 foot 5 inches, a nice size for a cargo or passenger craft giving a maximum interior space and make her very stable as well.

The final detail was the leeboards. As a flat bottomed boat with a minimum false keel, she would need a way to prevent leeway and improve perfomance to weather (upwind), The Dutch had, early in the 14th century solved this problem by adding pivoting "fins" to each side of the craft that could be lowered into the water to prevent leeway.

the basic batteau design Greg had used for other historic vessels, notably two batteaux owned by the Maybee Farm Historic Society in Rotterdam, NY, the basic hull shape was laid out. The pettiauger was to have more of a sweep on the chine and a sharper and more curved bow to improve sailing as it was built as a sailing vessel, whereas the batteaus are designed to be rowed. She was designed with a flat transom which would mount the rudder and the bottom, although essentially flat, would

The Plan: As has been mentioned before, the design of our pettiauger was arrived at through a series of design sessions with Greg Pattison, the Technology Teacher and head of the boat building program at the Capitol District Maritime Academy in Alpaus, New York in the Fall of 2003. Using all the, albeit sparce, information available concerning specific design features of the Husdon River style periaugers, and using

The plan was approved by all and with handshakes and good will all around, the Kipper Project was, at last underway. The wood was subsequently purchased - white oak for the ribs, botton and transom, cedar for the sides, and the project put on the School's schedule, to begin after the completion of two prams already in the works.

In the meantime there were funds to raise and detailed plans for rigging, sails, fittings and equipment to hash over.

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