Punt

[TwinRudders]

Not sure this the right place to post - so apologies if not...

I'm trying to find a punt - like a duck punt (think that's what they are called) for my father. I've looked around quite a lot on the net but found nothing. Doesn't need to be that long - but not too wide - same as those ones you hire in Oxford. About the same beam as 2 seats on a coach.
Any ideas.

Thanks,

Jono

 

[Mirelle]

That is a river punt; a duck punt is used for wildfowling and looks like a large flat bottomed kayak. Try the boatyards in either Oxford or Cambridge.

 

[Jacket]

Hope you're feeling wealthy - even an old punt in bad condition sells for several thousand.

You could try contacting Scudamores (01223 359750) and the Granta punt hire company (01223 301845) - they're the two main punt hire setups in Cambridge. Contacting Trinity College may also be worth a try, as they run a fairly large punt hire set up.

On a slightly different tack try contacting St John's Punt society ( http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/college_life/societies/punt/ ) as a number of privately owned punts are kept in their punt pool, and occasionally are put up for sale.

 

[TwinRudders]

Ok thanks very much.

Any ideas where I might get hold of second hand duck punt then. Basically he has a very small shallow river at the bottom of the garden in Cornwall and wants to paddle up river...

Jono

 

[Forbsie]

Is an aluminium one any good to you?

 

[Jacket]

Sounds like a Canadian canoe would be ideal. Something like:

http://www.carlislecanoes.co.uk/prices1c.htm

They're much lighter to move around than a duck punt, very stable (most are deigned for Scouts/ families with young kids and so on. Can normally be picked up second hand very cheap - look at the classified adds in your local paper, they seem to come up fairly regularly.

No idea where you'd get a duck punt, though there are pleanty of people selling plans for them if you're feeling creative.

 

[jipjipo]

Jono, I have got exactly what you are looking for. Its basically the same as the punts at Oxford or Cam, but slightly shorter. I'll get some pictures of it tommorrow evening.

Jim