The 12’4’’ Petite Brise has proven to be very popular and we have had several requests for a longer version, so we have gone for a hull length of 16’ and increased the beam to 5’9’’. Like her smaller sister, we have widened out the bilge area of the normal Swampscott dory to give her a wide waterline beam which gives her plenty of initial stability linked to the normal high ultimate stability of the dory shape - she is a dinghy/dory. We have also decreased the angle of the transom and also widened the aft end to give plenty of room and buoyancy for an outboard in a well and she has a fore deck area over a buoyancy/storage compartment.

She has been given a gunter yawl rig which keeps all the spar lengths down and makes her easy to sail under mizzen and jib alone in heavy weather.

Left is an example of the Petite Brise 16 by Paul Ellifrit - in this case he multiplied all the dimensions by 10% and added a cabin to make her into a fine motor cruiser.

LOD 16’ (4.8m); Beam 5’9’’ (1.75m); Draft 8’’/3’2’’ (.2/.97m); Sail Area 110 sq.ft (10.25 sq.m), approx. wht.300 lbs (136 kg).