Iain Oughtred - Sea Hen

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So I'm looking for more details on this one of Mr Oughtred's designs, but as the Jordan Boats website is still being updated, I cannot find much relevant details like plans. weight, capacity, etc.
Can anyone point me to any web sources which may help? I think I've already exhausted Google, but I remain optimistic. TIA
 
Seagreen said:
So I'm looking for more details on this one of Mr Oughtred's designs, but as the Jordan Boats website is still being updated, I cannot find much relevant details like plans. weight, capacity, etc.
Can anyone point me to any web sources which may help? I think I've already exhausted Google, but I remain optimistic. TIA
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I've got Iain's catalogue of designs (exactly the same as Jordan Boats' website), but am unaware of any design called 'Sea Hen'.

Can you give any indication of what sort of boat it is?
 
AFAIK its a 9'2" dinghy that falls between an Auk and a Guillemot in terms of length. At about this length, it would be ideal for my needs but I'd rather get some more off-site info before/if I contact Jordan boats or Oughtred direct. Still in the "mulling over" phase.
Sadly the website has no active links beyond the list of designs.
 
Seagreen said:
So I'm looking for more details on this one of Mr Oughtred's designs, but as the Jordan Boats website is still being updated, I cannot find much relevant details like plans. weight, capacity, etc.
Can anyone point me to any web sources which may help? I think I've already exhausted Google, but I remain optimistic. TIA
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Something like this!..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNrP3CjpSY
 
armchairsailor said:
She's also known by Skua and Penny Fee. HTH

http://www.classicmarine.co.uk/details.asp?Name=Penny+Fee
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That's indeed what Classic Marine's page suggests is another name for the Penny Fee, but the Penny Fee is 16' long and Jordan Boats puts the Sea Hen in between the Auk and the Puffin in terms of length, which accords with the OP's suggestion that its 9'2". Thus in the range of Iain's designs for 'traditional' stem dinghies:

Auk 7' 10"
Sea Hen 9' 2"
Puffin 10' 3"
Guillemot 11' 6"
Penny Fee 16' 0"

I bought plans from Classic Marine for both the Auk and the 8' Humble Bee pram, as I wanted a hard tender for my boat capable of being rowed and sailed (and to teach my son to sail in). In the end I decided to build the pram - with its blunt bow, its more burdensome than a similar sized stem dinghy, and it fits perfectly on the foredeck of my 27' cutter (between the mast and the inner forestay).

I'm doing it Ian's original way (which takes quite some study to interpolate hidden information) rather than using Jordan's laser-cut moulds and planking, and have only got as far as the building-frame, moulds and oak transoms. In the New Year I'll be ordering the ply from Robbins in Bristol: 6mm rather than 5mm as its going to be a painted working tender rather than a showcase boat.

Here's a cold-moulded version (rather than the usual clinker ply) of the Humble Bee pram tooling around Newtown Creek under sail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyEZqOdIzlM
 
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