Bay Skiff 15 Sprit Rig
Description
The Bay Skiff 15 Sprit Rig is a lightweight, versatile 15-foot daysailer/pocket skiff designed by Karl Stambaugh (a naval architect known for practical, easy-to-build small boats like the Sailing Skiff 15 series and related designs). It's essentially the sprit-rig variant of the Bay Skiff 15 or closely related Sailing Skiff 15 from Chesapeake Marine Design (CMD), intended for amateur builders using plywood/epoxy stitch-and-glue or glued-panel construction. This makes it an accessible project for first-time builders, with plans emphasizing simplicity, shoal draft, and dual sailing/rowing capability—perfect for bays, rivers, lakes, protected coastal waters, or trailer-sailing/gunkholing. Production is plans-based (not factory-built in volume), so total built examples are low (estimated dozens to low hundreds across home and small-shop builds since the 1990s/2000s), contributing to its niche appeal among wooden boat enthusiasts.
Construction Details
| Designer | Karl Stambaugh |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.000 ft |
| Beam | 4.250 ft |
| Displacement | 170 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.500 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.500 ft |
| Year Built | 1990 |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
Bay Skiff 15 Sprit Rig - SPRIT
| Luff | 9 ft - (2743 mm) |
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| Foot | 8.5 ft - (2591 mm) |
| Leech | 12.5 ft - (3810 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 79.43 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 11.188 ft - (3410 mm) |
| Head | 6 ft - (1829 mm) |
| Area | * 71.14 ft² |
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