Small craft
Jon Owles Windchime Sailing Dinghy
(REF: 35009)£3950
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Windchime sailing dinghy designed by Jon Owles of Summer Boat Design. This is the only boat built to this design and she was exhibited at the 2022 Boat Life Live show alongside the celebrated Windsong racing dinghy.
The boat was professionally built by the owner at Summer Boat Design and has been used on the east coast for coastal and river cruising.
A spacious and capable dinghy with good load carrying capacity and stability perfect for family adventures or dinghy cruising.
Her adaptable rig can be set up as a sloop rigged lugger with a short bowsprit, or by moving the mast forward to its forward position she can be cat rigged with no headsail. This is ideal in heavier winds or when short handed. The mainsail also has 2 reefing points so she can be set up for safe sailing in very strong winds if needed.
The mainsail is high peaked in the modern fashion to increase windward performance. The hull will plane on a reach with the centreboard raised showing she is no slow tub. She can also be rowed by or two people and the sweeps stow neatly on the sole boards.
Length 15’
Beam 5’6”
Sail Area 125sqft
Construction
Clinker planked in epoxy glued 6mm plywood using top quality marine ply and FLAG epoxy.
Laminated mahogany stem and iroko keel with an oak transom.
Buoyancy tanks built into the hull in the bow, stern and along the sides which double as seating, all with access hatches. Varnished iroko thwarts.
Iroko rubbing strakes and inwales with sawn iroko breasthook and quarter knees.
Plywood centreboard case with a lead weighted plywood centreboard.
Iroko drop plate rudder with an ash tiller.
Rig
Lug rig on a hollow section varnished spruce mast. Varnished spruce boom, yard and bowsprit.
2 position mast partners allow the rig to be set up as a sloop with the mast in the aft position and a small bowsprit fitted to take the jib. In the forward position and with bowsprit removed she can be cat rigged with no jib. This reduced sail area for stronger winds makes her easy to handle.
Sails from Suffolk Sails, Woodbridge. Lug mainsail with 2 reefing points plus a jib.
6:1 luff tensioner for the mainsail plus a foot tensioner to maximise the performance of the mainsail. 2:1 luff tensioner on the jib.
Midships mainsheet for ease of use.
Machinery
Sprung outboard bracket on the transom to take a small outboard motor. (Motor not included)
Equipment
Galvanised road trailer
All over fitted cover
Mainsail
Jib
All spars and rigging
Rudder and tiller
Sole boards
Pair of oars and rowlocks
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