# Building a Chester Yawl **URL:** \ **Category:** Builder's Forum\ **Created:** [June 1, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/building-a-chester-yawl/35306 "2009-06-01T19:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ron\_Ginger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@Ron\_Ginger](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Ron_Ginger)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/building-a-chester-yawl/35306/1 "2009-06-01T19:07:01Z")
A neighbor and I decided we needed a nice boat for some recreational rowing. We live on Pleasant Cove in Boothbay Maine. Its a very protected cove, usually very quiet water. We debated a while between the Chester Yawl, a guideboat and the new Northease dory. In the end the Chester yawl won out. We got the kit the last week of April and got  right into building. I have built several boats in the past, both traditional lapstrake and several stitch and glue kayaks. This was the first time I ever bought a kit. Today we  glued on the seats, so the boat is essentially finished, other than sainding and painting and sanding and painting and sanding and.....  I have been extremely pleased with the kit. It was very complete, all the material was excellent. The only minor shortage was the copper wire, we needed 2 more 25 ft spools. I have posted a log on my web site with several pages of building photos. See  http://plsntcov.8m.com/Chester/Chester1.html CLC has supplied a fine kit, and we are very pleased with the look of the boat.    ---
**Author:** ![John\_F\_Laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@John\_F\_Laurent](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_F_Laurent)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/building-a-chester-yawl/35306/2 "2009-06-03T13:43:43Z")
I’m interested in building a pulling boat.  I’m considering the wherry, yawl, and skerry.  What was your thought process on picking the yawl over the wherry?  Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Ron\_Ginger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@Ron\_Ginger](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Ron_Ginger)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/building-a-chester-yawl/35306/3 "2009-06-03T21:21:57Z")
My neighbor and I are both ‘senior citizens’. We thought the wherry was just a bit to much of a racer for our use. The Chester Yawl just looks a bit more stable, bit higher freeboard, more suited to ‘old men and their wives’. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Duffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jack\_Duffy](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jack_Duffy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/building-a-chester-yawl/35306/4 "2009-06-04T07:51:20Z")
Just jumping in here, I think it's really a matter of exactly what you intend to use the boat for.  I built the wherry and, after two season's use, I'd classify it strictly as a pulling boat, it's not really comfortable to fish from and it isn't really maneuverable.  It DOES track very well and goes like a bat with the Row Wing installed.  It's a very pretty boat and i gets a lot of favorable comments from other folks on the river.  The college rowing team loves it.