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Specifications

16' West Point Skiff™

    Size
    - LOA: 16’; Beam: 6’; Draft: Forward 3’’, Aft 4’’ (without outboard)

    - Freeboard: Forward 30’’, Aft 21’’

    - Outboard cutout: 20” 

    - Weight: approximately 800 lbs without outboard

    - Maximum outboard 40 HP

18' West Point Skiff™

    Size
    - LOA: 18’; Beam: 7’- 3’’; Draft: Forward 4’’, Aft 6’’ (without outboard)

    - Freeboard: Forward 36’’, Aft 24’’

    - Outboard cutout: 20” 

    - Weight: approximately 1,200 lbs without outboard

    - Maximum outboard 60 HP

20' West Point Skiff™

    Size
    - LOA: 20’; Beam: 7’- 9’’; Draft: Forward 5’’, Aft 7’’ (without outboard)

    - Freeboard: Forward 42’’, Aft 28’’

    - Outboard cutout: 20” 

    - Weight: approximately 1,400 lbs without outboard

    - Maximum outboard 65 HP

 

Standard Features

   

    Materials
    - Custom sawn select native white pine and oak

 

    Fastenings
    -
Nails: Silicon bronze #10, annular ring nails 1 ½”, 2”, 2 ½” and 3”
    - Bolts: 3/8" and 1/2" silicon bronze

    - Screws: Silicon bronze

    - Adhesive: 3M 5200 adhesive where appropriate

 

    Standard Features
   
-
Engine: Johnson or Evinrude E-TEC outboard engines
    - Engine instrumentation: Standard Johnson or Evinrude package, twelve-volt battery

      and fuse panel

    - Engine controls: side mounted on console
    - Steering: Teleflex rotary steering system or tiller on engine

    - Finish: Interior, rub rails, and console Petit Marine Gray; exterior

      Epifanes Enamel Light Oyster #24; bottom red copper

 

    Construction Details
    - Materials: Custom sawn select native white pine and oak

    - Keel: 3” x 2” oak

    - Stem: 2 ½” x 4” oak

    - Transom/center bulkhead: 1 ¼” oak

    - Strip Planks: Clear pine boards planed and sawn into 1 1/16” x ¾” strips and side-nailed 

    - Frames: Steam bent, quarter-sawn oak, ¾” x 1 ¼” on 8” centers

 

    Options and Accessories

    - Other color combinations

    - Bronze steering wheel

    - Bilge pump

    - Hard-wired international running lights

    - Safety gear such as life jackets (6), hand bilge pump, anchor, compass, fathometer,

      flares, fire extinguisher, etc.                

    - Trailer: EZ Loader

    - Delivery available

  

    

   

 

    Specifications may vary due to changes in material and supplies.

 

   
 

The West Point Skiff™

info@westpointskiff.com

Nichols Boat Builder, LLC - Richard Nichols, Owner and Builder
300 West Point Road, Phippsburg, Maine 04562
(207) 389-2468
 
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