Albert Strange Canoe Yawl 25
Description
The Albert Strange Canoe Yawl 25 refers to designs (or interpretations) in the ~25-foot range from the work of British designer Albert Strange (1855–1917), a key figure in the late 19th/early 20th-century canoe yawl tradition. These are elegant, shoal-draft, double-ended wooden sailboats blending canoe-like hulls with yawl rigs—originally inspired by voyaging canoes but evolved for coastal/offshore cruising with minimal draft, easy handling, and classic gaff or gunter sails. Strange's most famous designs include Wenda (~24–25 ft LOD, 1899), Sheila (early deep-keel example), and others around 20–30 ft, often built in carvel or clinker plank-on-frame (larch on oak, etc.). There's no single production "Albert Strange Canoe Yawl 25" model, but replicas, interpretations, and similar-sized builds (e.g., 25 ft LOA variants inspired by Wenda or scaled-up designs) exist in wooden boat circles. They're prized for timeless beauty, shallow draft (often 2–3.5 ft with centerboard or fixed keel), light displacement, and superb aesthetics—perfect for gunkholing, single-handed sailing, or weekend cruising.
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Sails
Albert Strange Canoe Yawl 25 - GAFF MAIN
| Luff | 15 ft - (4572 mm) |
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| Foot | 15 ft - (4572 mm) |
| Leech | 27.37 ft - (8342 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 91.07 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 21.41 ft - (6526 mm) |
| Head | 11.54 ft - (3517 mm) |
| Area | * 229.57 ft² |
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