| 6ft pram dinghy. Designed by Selway Fisher
8ft pram dinghy. Designed by Selway Fisher
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Skylark 6:
Length: 6' (1.85m); Beam: 3'8" (1.12m)
Draft: 5.5"/2'1" (0.14/0.65m)
Sail area: 22.8 sq ft (2.12 sq m)
Approx weight: 50lbs (22.68kg)
Skylark 8:
Length: 7'11" (2.41m); Beam: 3'8"
(1.12m)
Draft: 5.5"/2'3" (0.14/0.69m)
Sail area: 23 sq ft (2.14 sq m)
Approx weight: 60lbs (27.2kg)
The Skylark pram dinghies were developed to
provide a range of simple small boats with the maximum available
space for their respective lengths. They have three chines
to give a wide bottom with high initial stability and plenty
of room to move around inside the boat. The Skylark 6 is suitable
as a child's row boat or sailing dinghy. The Skylark 8 has
sufficient capacity for 2-3 adults when used as a tender and
makes a handy car-toppable sailing dinghy. Either could be
used with a small motor.
The Skylarks are available as kits for home construction.
The kits include all boat parts, epoxy and fasteners plus
full building instructions. Construction should take about
two weekends and a few evenings, a little longer for the sailing
versions. You will need a few basic hand tools and no experience
of wood-working is necessary.
9 foot, 10 foot and 12 foot versions are also available; details
and prices available on request.
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9ft Pram dinghy. Designed by Andrew Woolstenholme
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• Length 9' 0" (2.74m) Beam 4' 5"
(1.35m)
• Draft dagger bd. down 1' 10" (0.58m) up 7"
(0.175m)
• Weight ex dagger bd & rudder 85 lb (38.5kg)
• Sail area 44 sq. ft. (4.08 sq.m.)
The hull has a flat bottom panel and three panels each side
forming the bilge and topsides. This makes it very stable
and good looking on the water. It both rows and sails well.
The 6mm thick hull employs the familiar 'stitch and glue'
method of construction using epoxy resins and epoxy compatible
tape. The transoms are of solid mahogany. The 4 piece laminated
gunwale/rubbing strake provides a great deal of strength to
the hull, especially important in a boat that can receive
hard knocks at times. Cross bearers fitted to the inside of
the flat bottom panel serve both to stiffen the panel and
also raise the floorboards above the panel. The three thwarts
are pine.
Two versions are available, the rowing only
version and the sailing version, which has a dagger board
and a lifting rudder. The spars for the standing lug are of
wood. The standard boat is finished in a single colour outside
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9ft Cat rig dinghy.
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• Length 9' 1" (2.77m) Beam 4' 2"
(1.26m)
• Draft 6" / 2' 6" (0.16 / 0.76m)
• Sail area 43 sq. ft. (4 sq. m)
• Approx weight 105 lb (48kg)
The hull is the Stornoway 9 hull but we have made the boat
a more sophisticated one by using a proper centre board instead
of a dagger board, a Cat rig giving maximum room inside the
boat, fore and aft buoyancy tanks and slatted side seats.
It also has removable floor boards. Newly developed stowable
oars are available, that can be stowed neatly under the side
seats. The mast is unstayed, thus enabling the boat to be
rigged and de-rigged very easily and quickly.
The kit includes all hull panels machined to
shape as well as all other parts machined and shaped, leaving only
a minimum of trimming to be done during the building process.
All fasteners, epoxy resin and instructions are in the kit. |
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11ft dinghy. Designed by Selway Fisher
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• Length overall 11' 01"(3.36m)
Beam 5' 02"(1.57m)
• Draft plate down 3' 11"(0.94m) plate up 7"
(0.17m)
• Weight ex plate, rudder and rig 115 lb (52kg)
• Sail area 66 sq. ft. (6.15 sq. m.)
Of wood construction, the hull is 6mm marine ply, triple chine
form with wide bottom and topside panels, and two narrow bilge
panels.
The well tried 'stitch and tape' method of
construction is used, employing epoxy resin and compatible
glass tape. The centre board case, bow web and aft spine form
a full length backbone ensuring not only the precise profile
of the bottom of the boat, but imparting great strength to
it as well. Built in buoyancy fore and aft is provided. As
well as a main centre thwart side benches are fitted fore
and aft. The centre board is of marine ply. The rudder, also
of marine ply, is a lifting pattern type. Spars for the gunter
rig are all of wood.
Good quality sails and equipment is supplied
for comfortable and safe sailing. Finish is normally varnished
interior and decks, painted exterior, colour to customer's
choice. |
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14ft dayboat. Designed by Selway Fisher
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• Length 14' 01"(4.26m) Beam 5'
06"(1.67m)
• Draft plate down 3' 11"(0.58m) plate up 8"(0.2m)
• Weight ex plate, rudder and rig 240 lb (109kg)
• Sail area 122 sq. ft. (11.36 sq. m)
Of wooden construction, the hull is of 6mm marine ply, triple
chine form with wide bottom and topside panels, and two narrower
bilge panels.
The well tried 'stitch and tape' method of
construction is used, employing epoxy resin and epoxy compatible
tape. The centre board case, bow web and aft spine form a
full length backbone ensuring not only the precise profile
of the bottom of the boat, but imparting great strength to,
it as well. Built in buoyancy fore and aft is provided. Side
benches are fitted forward and aft, and a raised flat set
of removable floorboards help to make a comfortable and dry
cockpit. The centreboard is of marine ply. The rudder is a
lifting pattern type.
Spars for the gunter rig are all of wood. The
equipment supplied as standard is of good quality, but does
not contain the racing man's 'go faster' gear. Finish for
standard boats is varnished decks and interior above floor,
and painted below floor. Exterior below waterline in white,
topside is in a colour to owners choice. |
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9ft stern dinghy. Designed by Selway Fisher
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• Length 9' 1" (2.77m) Beam 4'2"
or 4'6"(1.26 or 1.37m)
• Draft 6" / 2' 6" (0.16 / 0.76m)
• Sail area 43 sq. ft. (4 sq. m)
• Approx weight 90 lb (41kg)
The Stornoway 9 is the first of a new class of dinghies which
incorporate firm bilges and moderately full transoms needed
to carry loads safely and to give good sailing qualities without
dragging a large transom through the water. The plank shapes
have been computer generated for simple stitch and glue construction
and to make her eye sweet, she has five planks per side in addition
to a narrow hog plank which greatly simplifies construction.
Planks are of 6mm marine ply as are the thwarts. All other
components are of mahogany. The sailing rig is a simple Lug
rig with a plain mast boom and yard. |
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12ft stern dinghy. Designed by Selway Fisher
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• Length 12' 1" (3.67m) Beam 5'
(1.53m)
• Draft 6" / 3' 3" (0.16 / 1m)
• Sail area 78 sq. ft. (7.3 sq. m)
• Approx weight 135 lb (62kg)
The Stornoway 12 has six planks per side giving her a lovely
round hull. She has plenty of internal space with side benches.
As with her smaller sister, the hull planks, thwarts and side
benches are of 6mm marine ply with other components of mahogany.
The sailing rig is normally a high peaked gaff rig, again
with fairly simple spars. |
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