Small craft
Nottage Sailing Dinghy
(REF: 34420)£2950
Full specification
Nottage Sailing dinghy which is the stock design used on the Traditional Boat Building Course at the Nottage Institute in Wivenhoe, Essex. Launched in July 2018.
This particular boat was built as part of the Practical Boat Building course taught for 13 Saturdays during winter months and took 7 years to complete. The course was sled by professional boat builders and the standard of finish is very high.
This design of dinghy is deliberately heavily built with oak floors and relatively large scantlings making them robust and sturdy.
The dinghy comes with a good road trailer and fitted all over cover. She has been used only a handful of times since her launch and is presented in excellent condition.
Length 9’9”
Beam 4’7”
Sail Area 55sqft
Construction
Clinker planked in larch all copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Solid mahogany transom with an iroko keel and stem. Oak transverse floor members to support the centreline of the hull, unusual in a small dinghy and adds great strength.
Oak stringers, inwhales and rubbing strakes.
Sawn mahogany breasthook and quarter knees.
Mahogany thwarts with sawn mahogany supporting knees.
Slatted larch sole boards.
Oak centreplate held down with an elastic cord.
Laminated mahogany rudder on bronze hangings.
Rig
Standing lug rig on varnished douglas fir mast, boom and yard.
Cream terylene sail with tan stitching from Jeckells Sails. Single reefing point in the sail.
Unstayed mast stepped through the forward thwart which has oversize supporting knees for strength.
Varnished mahogany blocks with a mainsheet made off to the aft end of the centreboard case.
Equipment
Galvanised road trailer
All over fitted cover
Pair of oars and rowlocks
Paddle
2 x buoyancy bags
Mast, boom and yard
Jeckells mainsail
All running rigging and blocks
Rudder, tiller and tiller extension
Oak centreboard
Painter
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