GaothFiodh
Description
The GaothFiodh is a custom home-built wooden sailboat (likely a gaff-rigged or cutter-rigged daysailer/cruiser) with the name translating from Irish Gaelic as "Windwood" (Gaoth = wind, Fiodh = wood/tree/wood). It appears in wooden boat communities as a one-off design, documented in a WoodenBoat Forum thread where the builder describes creating it themselves through extensive reading and adaptation of traditional lines. The builder originally planned to name it "Windwood" but opted for the Gaelic "Gaothfiodh" instead. It's a wooden construction (probably plywood or carvel-planked, typical for forum-built projects), focused on classic aesthetics and practical sailing. No widespread plans or multiple examples exist—it's a personal project rather than a production or widely distributed design like Michalak's boats.
Construction Details
| Designer | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 21.250 ft |
| LOA | 21.250 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 22.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 9.75 ft |
| p | 17 ft |
| e | 13.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.50 ft | 9.75 ft | 17 ft | 13.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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