Sand Dollar Skiff
Description
The Sand Dollar is a lightweight, beginner-friendly wooden daysailer and tender designed by Arch Davis (of Arch Davis Designs), intended primarily for novice woodworkers and first-time builders with no prior experience; it features a flat-bottomed hull with lapstrake (clinker) plywood sides for easy glued construction using stitch-and-glue or epoxy methods, offering excellent rowing performance with dual stations (center for solo, bow for tandem), good handling under sail for daysailing or light exploration, and optional small outboard compatibility, all in a portable, trailerable package emphasizing simplicity, versatility, and charm over high performance. Plans are sold directly by the designer for owner-building, with no large-scale factory production; as a home-build design, the quantity built is low and scattered (dozens to perhaps low hundreds worldwide based on enthusiast reports and magazine features like Small Boats Monthly and Epoxyworks), many completed as personal projects or small-shop efforts.
Construction Details
| Designer | Arch Davis |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 11.000 ft |
| LOA | 11.000 ft |
| Beam | 3.833 ft |
| Displacement | 120 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.000 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.480 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
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Documents
Sails
Sand Dollar Skiff - SPRIT
| Luff | 7 ft - (2134 mm) |
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| Foot | 7.83 ft - (2387 mm) |
| Leech | 10.58 ft - (3225 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 83.77 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 9.92 ft - (3024 mm) |
| Head | 4.67 ft - (1423 mm) |
| Area | * 50.31 ft² |
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Sand Dollar Skiff - STANDING LUGSAIL
| Luff | 4.375 ft - (1334 mm) |
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| Foot | 8 ft - (2438 mm) |
| Leech | 11 ft - (3353 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 91.35 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 9.208 ft - (2807 mm) |
| Head | 7 ft - (2134 mm) |
| Area | * 49.57 ft² |
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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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