Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Jordan Boats rowing boat

This really is the real thing, seen donkeys years back in places like Windermere in the Lake District in England.

Now available as a design from Jordan Boats, Scotland or from CKD Boats cc in Cape Town under special licence to Jordan Boats.



Hello Roy

Herewith picture of a 15'5" T/N. Std LOA is 13'"

Regards
David

T/N stands for Tammi Norri the name of the design.

Words from Alec Jordan on the design, check out the link to view pictures on the construction method.

I cannot immediately think of any pic's of a TN13 or 15 in build.  http://jordanboats.co.uk/JB/clinker_ply.htm shows the build of the 10ft version of this line of boats, the Puffin.  This is effectively the manual for building my CP kits.  The only real difference apart from the obvious one of size is that the TN has a wineglass transom which makes cutting the bevels on the tuck a little more difficult, but should be no problem for a professional boat builder.

I think given the fact that the kit includes the moulds to build over and all the hull planks are pre cut, anyone with the will to build this boat will succeed.


The easy to set up building jig ensures you start well and can see the shape of the boat right away.


Applying the hull planks, its best to do one or two per side, then move to the other side to balance any loads caused by the ply strips.

Row or Scull, this is a nice design and will be far lighter than the traditionally solid wood planked boats that it resembles.

We have asked a local boat builder to supply a price to build this craft, either fully painted and finished, or as a bare hull you can paint out yourself.

Roy