Price Details
Price: £1,950 GBP
Location: Maldon, Essex GB
Make: Hand built by Fabian Bush. Year: 1997
Condition: Good
Category: Small Boats/ Sailing dinghy/Tender
Keel Type: Daggerboard Keel
Description
9ft Hand built Pram dinghy, commissioned to be a tender to a Classic wooden Ketch, launched 1997. Built by Fabian Bush a Shipwright Boatbuilder of Rowhedge, Essex.
She has her own rig and white Lug sail. A very eye-catching dinghy, a delight to sail. Dagger board keel. 2 x Buoyancy Bags. Canvas covered rope fendering.
Varnish work, sole boards need reviving re brightening.
Dimensions 9 ft x 4’ 3” (2.7m x 1.3m), moulded depth approx 18” (450mm); all-up weight approx 120 lb (55kg). SA – Sprit Rig – 45 sq ft (4 sq m).
This dinghy has a good load carrying capacity of up to 4 adults under oars with two rowing positions for trimming.
The case for the pivoting centreboard (a dagger board was not wanted) is built in further forward than usual to give adequate cockpit space for a single crew to sail the boat from a sitting position on the sole. This is compensated for by a larger rudder than usual, and was thought to be a fair compromise in a small boat. The rudder is a lifting rudder.
The boomless sprit sail is sheeted to thumb cleats on each quarter, the sheet being transferred when tacking.
The thwart arrangement consists of slats to give forward and aft seats while a central rowing position is given by the capping on the centreboard case. There is a raised sole on transverse floors to give a strong standing platform. Two removeable buoyancy bags are installed.
Measurements
Nominal Length: 2.74m
Length At Water Line: 2.59m
Beam: 1.30m
Draft: 0.69m
Air Draft: 0.46m
Max Draft: 0.69m
Keel Up: 0.46m
Keel Down: 0.84m
Displacement: 55kgs Passenger Capacity: 4
Hull Material: Wood Hull Design: Displacement
Construction:
The boat was professionally built and designed by Fabian Bush of Rowhedge, Essex.
Construction, epoxy-glued clinker ply with keel, 8 strakes each side. A solid Mahogany transom, solid timber fit-out using American White Ash. Brass keel band and gunmetal rowlocks.
Varnished Spruce spars. White terylene Lug sail. Sail and Cover by Gayle Heard. Fitted rope fender. Painted and varnished with 2-pot polyurethane finish
Mahogany thwart and knees, larch gunnels and canvas rope fendering. Finished with 2 pack polyurethane paint in Pearl White and varnish for a long lasting finish. Slated sole boards, a sealed centreboard box.
The thwart arrangement consists of slats, to give forward and aft seats while a central rowing position utilizes the capping on the centreboard case.
There is a raised sole on transverse floors to give a strong standing platform. Two removeable buoyancy bags are installed.
Equipment:
White canvas overall cover,
Blue PVC heavy winter cover.
Pair of oars and rowlocks.
Towing eye and warp.
2 x Buoyancy bags.
Sails:
Sail Area – Sprit Rig – 45 sq ft (4 sq m).
White square, Lug sail, a cover by Gayle Heard, Solid, varnished, Spruce mast and boom. Blocks, sheets and tackle.
Dinghy has a good load carrying capacity of up to 4 adults, under oar, with two rowing positions for trimming.
The centreboard case for the pivoting centreboard, is “built in”, further forward than usual to give adequate cockpit space for a single crew to sail the boat from a sitting position on the sole.
This is compensated for with a larger rudder than usual, a fair compromise in a small boat. A lifting two part rudder.
A boomless sprit sail is sheeted to thumb cleats on each quarter, the sheet being transferred when tacking.
Navigation Equipment:
Tiller steering.
Two part rudder. hangs from pintels fixed to the transom.
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