9’ Oughtred GEEP Sailing Pram (2020) - LEVIATHAN

“Leviathan” is a 9’4” Iain Oughtred design. With modifications over his earlier Granny Pram it is now called a GEEP by Iain.
In Spring 2020 we were well into Covid lockdown in the UK and I was just retiring from my career.
My son lives on the south coast of England in an apartment by the beach and was looking for a secondhand cheap, light dinghy to beach launch through the surf. I rashly said “I’ll build you one for a few quid”. Plans and materials were ordered, building space put in order and barely 6 weeks later, lockdown was lifted and Leviathan was launched into the English Channel. She sailed well on her lug rig and one particularly memorable trip ended with us running for home with a reef in and rolling through a building sea. We made it back safely, a testament to the fact that even the smallest boat can, in necessity, do amazing things.