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| Keywords: Sharpie stern with dhingies 183.JPG 41 282753 -72 927584 1 Sound School on South Water Street in the City Point neighborhood of New Haven Connecticut USA This view shows a couple of the distinct features of the Sharpie design the rounded stern constructed with barrel staving between chine and carlin in the days of wooden boats and the reversible rudder The rudder in particular could be temporarily reversed to allow for the hauling of oyster dredge equipment up over the stern without fouling The helm would feel touchy and skittish as well as exert more torque back to the skipper in reverse direction hence it was not used in the reversed orientation all the time the photograph shows the conventional rudder orientation Another aspect of the sharpie rudder design is its vertical travel capability When traversing a particularly shallow shoal the rudder shaft could be lifted to allow control and an unusually shallow draft at the stern The vertical travel might also help facilitate easier beaching when desired 2012-05-06 own Pedro Xing cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Sharpies | ||||
