# Skerry: done at last! **URL:** \ **Category:** Builder's Forum\ **Created:** [July 31, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386 "2025-07-31T13:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jack\_Orenstein](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/jack_orenstein/32/402_2.png) [@Jack\_Orenstein](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jack_Orenstein)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/1 "2025-07-31T13:33:34Z")
After 6 (!) years, I have finished my Skerry! Thank you so much to the many experts here who reassured me that my errors were not fatal, and then helped me fix the messes I have made. I have maintained a blog about this project which you may find entertaining: [Floating Point Memo](http://geophile.com/floatingpointmemo) . Now I just have to figure out how to get the boat down the hill, into the water, out of the water, and back up the hill. ![IMG_1830](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/clc/original/1X/eb127fcb8fa8c9b480e85f3a93ee00d1d4fd4bd9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Whitehurst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Robert\_Whitehurst](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Robert_Whitehurst)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/2 "2025-07-31T14:18:14Z")
That’s quite a bank you have. Is there a trail down to the water? Time for a 2 wheeled cart. I made the one in my picture in the other skerry thread from some scrap lumber, angle iron and a couple of lawnmower wheels from Home Depot. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Whitehurst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Robert\_Whitehurst](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Robert_Whitehurst)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/3 "2025-07-31T14:19:09Z")
Climbing back up, well, that gravity really sucks some times. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Orenstein](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/jack_orenstein/32/402_2.png) [@Jack\_Orenstein](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jack_Orenstein)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/4 "2025-07-31T14:32:40Z")
Well, there are hints of a trail, when it isn’t overgrown. Can’t keep up with the vegetation here (on a lake in southern Maine). I get a lot of exercise here, just walking between the house and the lake. I have been thinking about a wheeled cart, and a ramp, and now I’m wondering about a cart that has some kind of sliding ramp-like pieces that could get the boat into the water. ---
**Author:** ![TMcCarty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@TMcCarty](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/TMcCarty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/5 "2025-08-04T00:53:31Z")
Very nice, enjoy the learning process of sailing her, as with any boat new to you. I took a little time figuring out the push/pull tiller arrangement. All good now. I also sail mine in Southern Maine, Thompson Lake. ---
**Author:** ![Flyin\_Brian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/flyin_brian/32/746_2.png) [@Flyin\_Brian](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Flyin_Brian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/6 "2025-08-17T20:46:32Z")
Great job! Boat looks magnificent! I use a plastic kayak/canoe cart/dolly with 10 inch wheels to move my Skerry. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Orenstein](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/jack_orenstein/32/402_2.png) [@Jack\_Orenstein](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jack_Orenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/8 "2025-08-21T15:02:06Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. I am looking into those carts. For your cart, what is the distance between the two support arms? The Skerry is wider than your typical kayak, so I’m wondering how stable the setup will be. My waterfront is rocky and uneven. ---
**Author:** ![Flyin\_Brian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/flyin_brian/32/746_2.png) [@Flyin\_Brian](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Flyin_Brian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/9 "2025-08-22T13:53:39Z")
![IMG_5166](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/clc/original/1X/8fbb9905fa05fad6520deacda44195b3ac2d5266.jpeg) This is the style I bought. The rotating hull pads conform well to the bottom, and span about 20”. Boat is stable and pulls easily on pavement or grass. Rough ground might require bigger wheels. I had to buy a longer strap to fit over the Skerry. The strap needs to be ahead of the oar locks, so it doesn’t work aft with the narrowing hull. Cleverly engineered. It disassembles into seven small parts. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Orenstein](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/jack_orenstein/32/402_2.png) [@Jack\_Orenstein](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jack_Orenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-done-at-last/71386/10 "2025-08-24T02:11:03Z")
I got a cart, (Malone widetrack), and it did not work well. The straps don’t hold the Skerry in place, and the steep hill is challenging. I wrote another post asking for suggestions on how to actually get the boat into and out of the water. I haven’t been able to sail my boat yet! I underestimated the difficulty of deploying the boat at my waterfront.