Haven 12 1/2

HAVEN 12½’s —Fox and Crackerjacks

Length: 15′ 11″

Beam: 6′ 1″

Draft: board up 1′ 6″, board down 3′ 4″

Rig: Gaff Sloop

Designer: Joel White & Nat Herreshoff

Builders: WoodenBoat School students, 2000 through 2004

Instructor: Brion Reiff, Ellis Rowe and Drew Maples

Construction: Cold-molded, western red cedar veneer

Usual location: Mooring—all equipment on board

Comments: In getting underway, hoist the mainsail before the jib, and take up on the peak halyard until diagonal wrinkles appear, running from peak to tack. The jib halyard should be just tight enough to cause the forestay to go a bit slack. In lowering the sails, drop the jib before the mainsail; it’s an indication of good seamanship and helps prevent the boat’s bow from blowing off downwind after you’ve picked up the mooring.