clinker built dinghy.

[ctelfer38]

Thinking of building an 8ft clinker dinghy for use as a tender. Does anyone have advice on good sources of plans and any other construction advice? Thanks.

 

[caol]

We built an 8 foot clinker Barrow Boat from a kit. We've had it for many years. Took a couple of weekends.

Best tender we have ever had. Tough, stable, rows well, motors well, even sails OK (standing lug) once you get used to it. Good load carrier. Heartily recommended.

http://www.barrowboats.co.uk/

 

[ctelfer38]

Thank you for that. The range shown prompts some useful alternatives to my first thoughts. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[ctelfer38]

Further to the foregoing. if anyone has built from scratch ie not with a supplied kit, I would be interested to hear of good timber sources etc. Thanks

 

[Mirelle]

Charles, Paul Gartside has an 8 footer that looks just about ideal:

plus plenty of others slightly larger:

and smaller:

website here:

Paul Gartside designs

 

[Mirelle]

This is a sort of indirect answer.

I built a Nutshell dinghy, now in Barrowboats range from a kit in 1991. Whilst I reckon she is "fully depreciated" - and she still looks pretty good, rows, tows and sails well and is fine with a Seagull 40+ - I think that if I were building from scratch I would splash out for the very best plywood money can buy, if doing a glued lap clinker job again, and would, on balance, go for "trad" construction.

The argument for glued lap clinker ply is light weight, and the ability to carry the dinghy on deck for long periods of time without it leaking when launched. I notice that Paul Gartside's 8 footer (glued ply clinker) weighs 50lb. My Nutshell weighs 95-odd and Gartside's 9ft 6ins and 10ft "trad" tenders are 150lbs.

I reckon 50lb is a good weight for a boat that will live on deck...

 

[ctelfer38]

Mirelle, Thanks. Spoilt for choice now and fast running out of excuses not to get on with the job!

 

[MikeBz]

If it's a kit you're after, then as well as Barrow Boats there are also:

http://www.fyneboatkits.com/trolleyed/4/index.htm

And more basic kits from:

http://www.jordanboats.co.uk/JB/index.htm (Puffin looks very nice: http://www.jordanboats.co.uk/JB/clinker_ply.htm)

Plans only: http://www.classicmarine.co.uk/boatsearch.asp
http://www.selway-fisher.com/Dinghies.htm

Mike

 

[ctelfer38]

Gosh! Thanks one and all for the helpful and prompt responses. Silence from me now whilst I work out which way to go.

 

[Skents]

This is a really nice 7'6" Oughtred design we built a couple of years ago and only just got round to launching. Rows well and fits on deck of boat. Easy to build from plans. web page