Mystery Dinghy
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2010-02-18 10:54
Got a "mystery photo" for you today...
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A few
things we know from the guy that passed it to me, or can guess with a close examination:
- Photo was taken in France
- About 7 feet long
- Sail/power/both? Looks like it has pintle mounts for a rudder (sail), but transom is fairly beefy... outboard?
- Looks like its a nesting design (looks to have a 'break' at the midpoint.
- Rowlocks - normally nesting boats don't have a good sitting position for rowing, but...
- No seat evident
- Translucent skin - fabric?
- Interesting diagonal supports for the hull form
- Should be light weight
Anybody want to toss a guess out? Some of the skin-on-frame kayaks seem really neat to me, but haven't seen it used on a dinghy, especially something that comes apart for storage.
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Platt doesn't have a pram in its plan line-up though.
These boats tend to be VERY lightweight.
The diagonal supports are Kevlar twine.
The skin is a heat shrinking dacron.
From the position of the oarlocks I would guess that he has a seat that slides over the 'middle' section.
It does look like a nestable dinghy. Probably a tender for a larger boat.
I don't see a any evidence for a leeward resistance system. (Leeboard; daggerboard, keel...) or a maststep. I doubt that this boat can sail.
Hajo
You're right Hajo, it does