David Tyler wrote:
Tsk, tsk, Annie, you gave the private link, not the public link to the album.
http://www.junkrigassociation.org/Sys/PublicProfile/
2781717/PhotoAlbums/59982584
Offcuts is seriously small, at 5ft 4in. I reckon most people would be better served by the mark 2 Scraps, at 6ft 3 in.
Sorry, I wasn't thinking that clearly. I twisted my ankle yesterday and it was giving me a lot of grief. When I finished that post, I shut down the computer and took it off to bed for a while!!
Yes, Scraps is what I meant - a really lovely dinghy. My present dinghy is Offcuts, in fact only 5ft 1"! - which will carry two, but they have to be excellent small boat people. Otherwise it is a fantastic little dinghy - it rows well, tows well on the odd occasion you can't be bothered to whisk it on board, can easily be carried up a beach and is amazingly seaworthy in rough conditions.
John won't have his plans ready just yet, but he's always willing to answer sensible emails! He would be very happy to know there's already interest in his JRA design.
I don't know the Roberto Barros design, but have just had a look at it. While it might be fun to sail, I can't imagine how you would row it, with those sidedecks. I think you'd find the Scraps design a much better all round tender. IMHO, if you have built-in buoyancy, you don't really want it interfering with the other qualities of the boat.