Product Description
The 12’4’’ Petite Brise has proven to be very popular and we have had several requests for a longer version, so we have gone for a hull length of 16’ and increased the beam to 5’9’’. Like her smaller sister, we have widened out the bilge area of the normal Swampscott dory to give her a wide waterline beam which gives her plenty of initial stability linked to the normal high ultimate stability of the dory shape - she is a dinghy/dory. We have also decreased the angle of the transom and also widened the aft end to give plenty of room and buoyancy for an outboard in a well and she has a fore deck area over a buoyancy/storage compartment. She has been given a gunter yawl rig which keeps all the spar lengths down and makes her easy to sail under mizzen and jib alone in heavy weather. 
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16' Petite Brise Particulars |
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| LOA | 16' | 4.8m |
| Beam | 5'9" | 1.75m |
| Hull Mid Depth | 1'8" | 0.51m |
| Draft | 8"/3'2" | 0.2/0.97m |
| Sail Area | 110 sq.ft | 10.25 sq.m |
| Approx. Dry Weight | 300 lbs | 136 kg |
| Hull Shape | Swampscott type with flat bottom plank plus 4 planks per side | |
| Construction Methods | Stitch and tape and clinker ply | |
| Major plywood requirements for hull | 7 x 9mm sheets 3 x12mm sheets |
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| Guidance Use | 4-5 adults | |
| Drawing/Design Package | 9 x A1 drawings + 12 x A4 instruction sheets | |
| Additions and alterations included with the plans | Alternative cat ketch and lug yawl rigs Bulwark detail Fixed twin bilge keels |
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