“PocketShip” is a small, build-it-yourself cruising sailboat available as a kit, meant to sail well on all points, provide dry camping accommodations for two adults, and tow behind a four-cylinder car. More than 60 are sailing or under construction on six continents. Designer John C. Harris wanted a fast-sailing pocket cruiser with a dry and commodious interior. It had to be quick and easy to build or the project would never get finished, so stitch-and-glue plywood construction was a given from the start. The cockpit was laid out for daysailing comfort and is large enough for sleeping on warm nights. Interior arrangements are ample, we think bigger and more comfortable than anything else this size, without compromising Pocketship’s looks and performance. Two adults may sleep below or wait out a rain shower, and a portable head stows beneath the cockpit, sliding forward into the cuddy for use. The enclosed area of the cabin is identical to an average four-man tent, but drier, more private, and more secure.
PocketShip is stiff and fast and tacks through 90 degrees. The helm is light and the boat will spin nearly in its own length in both light and heavy air and with a variety of sail combinations.
The boat is available in kit form, or as a set of full-sized plans, accompanied by a 280-page manual with nearly 800 images and drawings showing construction step by step. No other manual like it exists for a build-it-yourself pocket cruiser. For more info, see www.clcboats.com/pocketship.