Boger Jinni

Description

the Jinni—a 16-foot (4.88 m) plywood sharpie ketch (often described as a cat-ketch or yawl variant) designed by Bolger in the late 1970s. Featured in his book Small Boats (1981) and referenced in builder Jim Michalak's writings, the Jinni is a lightweight, trailerable daysailer/camper emphasizing Bolger's "simple, cheap, and capable" ethos. It's rigged with a 96 sq ft mainsail and a smaller ~20–30 sq ft mizzen (total sail area ~120 sq ft), using sharpie sprit sails for easy handling and no standing rigging.

Custom sail calculations are not possible for this boat as no I, J, P and E dimensions are available.

Construction Details

Designer Bolger, Philip C.
Length 15.000 ft
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The standard boat dimensions

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Sails

Sail Type LEG-O-MUTTON
Luff 10 ft - (3048 mm)
Foot 5.58 ft - (1701 mm)
Leech 10.43 ft - (3179 mm)
Tack Angle * 78.34 °
Diag (clew/head) 10.42 ft - (3176 mm)
Head (Inches) 2
Area * 28.19 ft²
Sail Type LEG-O-MUTTON
Luff 17.5 ft - (5334 mm)
Foot 11.167 ft - (3404 mm)
Leech 18.88 ft - (5755 mm)
Tack Angle * 78.73 °
Diag (clew/head) 18.83 ft - (5739 mm)
Head (Inches) 2
Area * 97.33 ft²

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