The skipjack became a popular workboat in the 1890s because it was fairly simple and inexpensive to build. Built in 1967, the miniature skipjack Yankee Pedler was a sturdy, swift daysailer particularly suitable for Chesapeake waters. It measured 23 feet 3 inches in length, 6 feet 8 inches in width, and 1 foot 6 inches in draft. Its proportions followed a skipjack formula in which the greatest beam equaled one-third the length on deck, the mast equaled the length on deck and the length of the greatest beam, the boom equaled the length of deck, the bowsprit equaled the length of the greatest beam, and the centerboard equaled one-third the length on deck. The mast raked about 75 degrees to the load waterline, and the masthead came directly over the point of greatest beam.