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FOR IMMEDIATE SALE – 1991 “Sparrow Hawk” C-Class Skeeter
Price: $ 6,000 (READY-TO-SAIL)

Only 100 hours total time! Located in Southwest Lower Michigan & now ready for inspection! This boat is turnkey ready-to-go and is designed to be car-topped! (Designer/Builder car-topped this boat on a Ford Escort Compact Car).
Just removed today from a clean/dry indoor-storage facility after 16 years of rest!

Sparrow Hawk Dimensions – Fuselage alone=14’, Fuselage w/Springboard O.A.L.=17’6”, Mast=19’2”, Runner Plank=14’, Boston-sewn high-aspect sail is included and is in absolute pristine condition. Full-length battens included. Hull covers also included.

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE – Front Cockpit Skeeter (Project)
Price only $ 4,400.
An Unbelievable Opportunity!
Originally inspired by Dan Clapp’s works, this lightweight boat was designed completely from wood! The builder possessed a burning desire to build a lighter and substantially more affordable craft for the average person’s budget than its composite-competition. That reason alone provided all of the incentive needed! Figuratively speaking, the designer/builder feels that he just may have “hit the nail on the head” this time! Constructed primarily of clear strips of quarter-sawn light and dark-colored tulipwood, this stunning design also sports beautiful knurly-grained 1/8” oak-plywood decks. The hull’s stripped/laminated side panels were mathematically planned-out ahead of time and machined so that each strip would grow and shrink proportionately, but with virtually no physical grain run-out. This complicated step was primarily incorporated to provide incredible strength and stunning beauty when finished bright. There is no doubt that this gorgeous iceboat will inspire new ideas among the troops for decades to come and is sure to provide a visual centerpiece at any regatta. The designer/builder’s priorities have changed since starting this project. His new family-life and woodworking business took a front burner. Therefore, after several years of painful indecision, he has finally decided to step back and allow a new owner to bring this impressive project to a close. The difficult part has already been accomplished!