Fowey boat builder Marcus Lewis has received an enquiry asking whether he can cast any light on the origins of this clinker dinghy, now brought up to sailing standard and in use on the Tamar.
She’s 13ft 2in in length, 4ft 10in in beam, is gunter-rigged with a jib, and has an iron centre plate and rudder. The owner thinks it may be from the West Country, but I think she may have a touch of The Broads about her – that veed half deck forward and her elegant low sheerline has me thinking that she’s an inland boat.
If you have any information – or even a good guess – to share about this boat, please drop me a line at gmatkin@gmail.com, and I’ll pass the information along.
