Hi I still had my Paul Gartside 12ft lug sail dinghy, Amazon. She is also on the show. As a serial builder I am just lofting the plans for a 16ft gaff rigged cruising dinghy that Paul has just designed for me. The plans will be be published in Pauls series of Watercraft Magazine articles shortly and be available on his website. Oh and by the way Leviathan is back with me for winter storage so the garden is looking like a proper boatyard!
Hi Tony Congratulations on your Guillemot build, it is a lovely build. To answer your question, I suppose it was more an intuitive choice rather than a rational one. I had long been an admirer of Paul Gartside’s designs and although I didn’t have the time, space and money to build one of his lovely gaff cutters I wanted to try something of his. Also, having just built and sold an Oughtred 14’6” Gannet and a 7’6” Auk in the previous couple of years I was conscious that, whilst Iain must be applauded for providing full size building templates, it...
9’ Oughtred GEEP Sailing Pram (2020) – LEVIATHAN
Hi I still had my Paul Gartside 12ft lug sail dinghy, Amazon. She is also on the show. As a serial builder I am just lofting the plans for a 16ft gaff rigged cruising dinghy that Paul has just designed for me. The plans will be be published in Pauls series of Watercraft Magazine articles shortly and be available on his website. Oh and by the way Leviathan is back with me for winter storage so the garden is looking like a proper boatyard!12′ Gartside Lug-Rigged Sailing Dinghy (2006) – AMAZON
Hi Tony Congratulations on your Guillemot build, it is a lovely build. To answer your question, I suppose it was more an intuitive choice rather than a rational one. I had long been an admirer of Paul Gartside’s designs and although I didn’t have the time, space and money to build one of his lovely gaff cutters I wanted to try something of his. Also, having just built and sold an Oughtred 14’6” Gannet and a 7’6” Auk in the previous couple of years I was conscious that, whilst Iain must be applauded for providing full size building templates, it...