Scamp - sailing pram

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Interested in building a small sailing pram/dory... I have built two small rowing prams from scratch in the past so I am not a starry eyed dreamer...
Tripped over the SCAMP design from down under _ I like gorgeous strip planked exotic wood boats with a finish like molten glass- I just don't like the thousands of hours needed to build them... I also like odd appearing boats the perform better than they look...

In viewing the Scamp video showing the resistance to capsize and the easy recovery, video (see url) what to my wondering eyes should appear? No, not a miniature sleigh, but a C-Dory!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRZNWAkdkXM
 
That would be David on Plan C out of Port Townsend, Washington. David organized the C-Dory Safety Patrol for the rowing regatta the summer of 2010 that several of us participated in. Port Townsend is pretty much a "mecca" for wooden boats.

Thanks for sharing the footage with us.

(Pictures of the Port Townsend Safety Launch (that I am referring to) can be found in the "photo" section in the header under Cruises and Events).

Denny-O, since you are interested in wooden boats, google Port Townsend Wooden Boats and I know that you will find a considerable amount of information of interest to you.
 
Denny - I've built 3 wooden pram's. Each also included plans for a sailing rig. If you don't mind the stitch and glue method Bateau.com is a great resource. I have one pictured in my album (not my most recent project folder).
 
The little prams I built are not suitable for sailing because of flat bottoms and no keel... They row nicely but are uncomfortably small for an adult...
And the three grandkids who used these prams are now college students - up to 6' 4" tall...

This Scamp should be a fun sailing little boat for two people... One grandson (the tall one) is going to spend part of the summer on the farm and this will make a good project we can bang out together in a couple of weeks...
Maybe even two of them as I tend to get carried away and making a second set of parts does not take but a few extra minutes once the saw, etc, is all jigged up and ready to cut the first set...

Anyway, it is 23 degrees here this morning... I have the big field tractor heating up and we will get it started and move a planter I bought into the shop so we can go through the planting heads and modernize them with electronic seed metering, etc... Always lots to do..
 
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