A bloke from the wooden boat forum who goes by the name of Keyhavenpotterer has offered me a sweet looking GRP simulated clinker dinghy for £100
"Oughtred Auk just sold on ebay for £225. Ebay or Apolloduck are worth watching. I have a grp clinker tender spare, almost identical to the auk"
He says this is an old picture so the woodwork is now pretty mankie. However, the hull is sound so I could refit the hull fairly quickly and cheaply.
I reckon a day with a jigsaw, some stainless self driving screws and some epoxy and I could have her fitted out and I could drive her using the Duck Punt Optimist rig.
this is my assistant demonstrating the use of the Optimist rig in a duck punt
A bargain and beautiful.
She looks beautiful, young and in great condition to me. What do you need jigsaws and epoxy for. I will take her if you don’t.
If that’s your assistant we’re all green….
Is your wife aware of your “assistant”??
Just asking……
She has nice lines for towing and for sailing. Congrats.
I like the nice, deep hull, just add a clamp-board for the Honda. Definitely a good candidate for the Optimist rig from the duck punt. No centerboard, but it’s for tender-duty — you’re not dinghy racing. All you want is reasonable forward momentum. You could always glue a false-keel to her GFP keel so she tracks better tiowing or sailing; but I’d wait til Spring and see how she handles over the Winter first on a Fal.
You going to add a simple rudder? Or use the oars like you do on the Dunk Punt? A simpler solution is add a stern oarlock and use on oar as a steering sweep…and brush-up on your sculling technique. Sculling as great method for punting around the docks in tight conditions.
That makes the duck punt a two berth.
You still talking about your assistant?
What about a lee board barge style
I don’t think lee-boards would work with that-short-of a waterline anyway, and she has a wonderful shape.