Penobscot 13 Dinghy

Length 13ft (3.96m)

Beam 4ft 5 1/2” (1.36m)

Rigged with standing lug sail

Designed by Arch Davis (www.archdavisdesigns.com)

Construction:

Hull of Robbins Elite marine plywood (robbins.co.uk); glued with West System Epoxy (www.west-system.co.uk)
Keel, stem, stringers, thwarts etc, and mast/spars all of douglas fir supplied by John Moody Marine Timber (john_moody@btconnect.com)
Sails by Octagon Marine of QAB, Plymouth (octagonmarine@gmail.com)

Completed 2017

Photo Diary of Construction:

Keel & Extension for centreboard

1. Keel & Extension for centreboard

Set-up of moulds, keel, stem, transom and stringers

2. Set-up of moulds, keel, stem, transom and stringers

Fitting garboard plank

3. Fitting garboard planks

Garboard planks fitted

4. Garboard planks fitted

Garboard planks fitted

5. Garboard planks fitted

Set-up of moulds, keel, stem, transom and stringers

6. Set-up of moulds, keel, stem, transom and stringers

All planks fitted

7. All planks fitted

All planks fitted

8. All planks fitted

Breast hook and mast thwart beams

9. Breast hook and mast thwart beams

10. Hull from bow

10. Hull from bow

11. Hull fromstern

11. Hull from stern

12. Stern sheets thwart and centreboard case

12. Stern sheets thwart and centreboard case

13. Fitting foredeck over mast thwart and beams

13. Fitting foredeck over mast thwart and beams

14. Routering hollow mast

14. Routering hollow mast

15. Bow buoyancy, mast thwart, beams and bulkhead, rowlocks and centreboard

15. Bow buoyancy, mast thwart, beams and bulkhead, rowlocks and centreboard

16. Completed hull

16. Completed hull

17. Boat from bow

17. Boat from bow

19. Boat from transom

18. Boat from transom

Sailing, Brittany August 2017

19. Sailing, Brittany August 2017