Anyone recognise this?

[amidships]

Hi All,

In addition to my Folkboat (the one I keep asking all the questions about lifting it, keel bolts etc.) I have recently been given this boat.

http://www.acountrylife.com/misc/tender1.jpg http://www.acountrylife.com/misc/tender2.jpg

She's 17 feet long (approx) and about 7 feet wide. She's lapstrake (don't know what wood) and is very heavy.

Needs to thoroughly dry out (could account for some of the weight!!) but apart from a lot of peeling paint (about 7 layers) is in generally good shape.

Sheer plank/gunwales need replacing and some of the knees (oak perhaps) require repair. Not sure if the outboard 'well' is original as she seems to have an engine bed......anyone in Nova Scotia got an old 'make & break' or 'putt-putt' (shaft and prop too) they'd like to get rid of?

Any info would be great

Kind Regards
Amidships

[ 09-28-2005, 10:35 AM: Message edited by: amidships ]

[Thorne]

From a quick look it might be the larger of Gardner's Semi-dory plans with the motor well. Check _The Dory Book_ if you can. That boat is 16' long by 5'5" wide with the motor well being 2' 10" to the forward frame, so then again maybe not...

[ 09-28-2005, 09:22 AM: Message edited by: Thorne ]

[dmede]

looks more like a simmons sea skiff (or a version of one). is the forward part of the hull slightly v shaped?

gardners semi dories have knukles in the side frames, not straight sided like the sea skiffs.

[amidships]

Originally posted by dmede:
looks more like a simmons sea skiff (or a version of one). is the forward part of the hull slightly v shaped?

gardners semi dories have knukles in the side frames, not straight sided like the sea skiffs.The whole of the hull is 'V' shaped though it is much 'flatter' at the stern.

Amidships

[mmd]

It is highly unlikely that is a design by a "name" American designer. More likely to be a locally developed hull by one of the regional builders. There is quite a variety of undocumented shop-designed boats around here, built by eye and based on regional boats and builders' moulds that get modified many times during their useful life.