1970 Al Tonnesen sailing/gunning sneakbox

[CaptBobKeeney]

My 1970 Al Tonnesen Sailing and Gunning sneakbox. Al was the last old time barnegat baymen he learned to build sneakboxs from Rube Corliss and you can see Rubes influence in Al’s boats. They are great open water sneakbox built for diver gunning. It 12ft 4in long and 58 inches wide and strong upturned bow to break the waves. When sailing it is a sprit rig sail.

 

[HenryHawthorne]

Great boat!

 

[CaptBobKeeney]

Great boat!

Thank you it truly is

 

[Richard Lathrop]

Nice looking boat. Is the rudder a large barn door shape? I always like the lines of the sailing sneakboxes. I already cut my daggerboard or else I would add that hand cutout. The daggerboard just rounded over?

Rick

 

[CaptBobKeeney]

Nice looking boat. Is the rudder a large barn door shape? I always like the lines of the sailing sneakboxes. I already cut my daggerboard or else I would add that hand cutout. The daggerboard just rounded over?

Rick

Hey Rick here is the rudder.

 

[greg setter]

What a great boat and example of a Barnegat Bay sneakbox. Sailing this must be really fun.

 

[CaptBobKeeney]

What a great boat and example of a Barnegat Bay sneakbox. Sailing this must be really fun.

Greg, it truly is all sailing sneakboxs are fun to sail 12ft long and 100 square feet of sail they all boogie right along the bay

 

[Richard Lathrop]

Hey Rick here is the rudder.

Thank you for the photograph. Similar to what I have in mind.

Rick Lathrop

 

[Eric Patterson]

Bob

One of the things about that hull that catches my eye is its depth near the front of the cockpit. I have noticed there is a subset of BBSBs out there that have this increased depth. I suspect they handle snotty winds a bit better than their thinner brothers and give the gunner a little more room to hunker down. Plus they just look damn cool.

Eric