The redshank is a beautiful traditional english stem dinghy. her length is 7’6’’ and she has a beam of 4’ making her a very roomy dinghy for her size. full-size mould shapes are given so that she may be made by the purist using traditional clinker method or the modern clinker ply or strip plank construction methods.. The boat is suitable for any manner of pleasure use, and although not fast, it is a safe and stable little craft and a beautiful shape. lines plans and specification table are in the stock plan catalog. stern post detail. normally clinker boats are planked up over temporary molds with the frames fitted later.. What a stunning boat - have been looking for a design with more freeboard after taking an 11ft open carvel clinker dinghy over 2,000 km down the murray river in australia - pretty hairy at times with very limited freeboard..
Boat plans. we sell plans of most of the boats that we have designed. we can also design a boat for you if what you want isn’t already here. our designs range from 9′ clinker dinghies to 200 ton schooners and everything in between.. Will is planning to build one of his 9ft clinker built dinghies during the show, and visitors will also have a chance to have a close-up look at the new 14ft stirling & son sailing dinghy with its rig up. will offers plans for many of his designs.. Clinker (or lapstrake) construction involves the planking of the hull with adjacent planks slightly overlapping one another (in a stepped fashion). it is a method used in northern european countries for centuries and produces a hull with graceful, tapering curves to the planking which stand out to emphasize the shape of the boat..
