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About one year or so, I ran across a web page about and 18ft sailboat with a cabin built on a dory hull. I contacted the owner who told me the boat was sold. The web page is gone and the type of craft is now a mystery to me. I am very interested in identifying it or similar designs in the 18 - 22 ft range. Any boating sleuths out there willing to guess or guide?Here are the clues: 1 she is a wooden dory hull encased in epoxy. 2 Although the hull looks like my Swampscott Dory she has a small cabin and sleep-aboard capability. 3. She had a yawl rig with fractional headsail, Bermuda main and small mizzen. 4. She was based in Canada (I don't recall where)5. She had an electric inboard motor, generator and battery bank.
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Hi Tim,This may not be the boat you saw in Canada, but it has a certian charm and could be a good camp cruiser. The design is by John Watkinson, the fellow who made the Drascombe Luggers so popular in England. This design is Watkinson's Drascombe Peter Boat shaped for glued-seam lap construction in plywood.
Particulars: 19' 9" LOA, LWL 17' 1", Beam 6' 8", Draft Board Up 10", Draft Board Down 4', Displacement 1,280 Lbs. There is a Gunter Rigged Version with 195 Sq. Ft. of Sail (with a lovely curved gaff) and a Lug Yawl Version (shown here) with 175 Sq. Ft. of Sail Area. She sleeps two under the 'hard' cabin top with room for a Galley Area and a Head just aft of the V-Berths. She has a bridgedeck and a decent Cockpit that can be made self-draining.
All in all a tidy little ship with double ended good looks. Plans can be purchased through WoodenBoat magazine.
She looks very interesting. I'll try to research her a bit. Thanks
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