Anyone bought Oughtreds Penny Fee plans

[aldebaran]

I would like to know some few things

Planking thickness in Lightweight Gaboon/Okume ply

Is it possible to build it 5% smaller (So that I can get it out of the workshop:D)

[peterAustralia]

aldebaran

why are you doing this. I am sure it was you that sketched their own designed boat in this forum about 2 months ago.

If you wish to build from plans, I am sure there is something somewhere that suits. There are scores and scores of good skiff plans there.

[aldebaran]

Peter, you´re right.

I did draw a 12" cartopper and intended to build it. But I´ve ben on vacations and I have thought things over and I´m not to sure I want to cartop... Its complicated with anything bigger than a canoe, so I dont know if its worth it.

The reason I started the drawing is a very long and complicated story including Spanish Burocracy, but I started of with wanting a sail and oar boat some 15 feet long and a trailer.

There are many skiffs etc out there, but few of the in the size I want. They are normally to narrow.

[Yeadon]

I bought Oughtred's plans for Penny Fee. They cost a couple bucks, definately. I plan to adapt his lug yawl design to my 15 foot peapod, but don't particularly plan to build the boat. It was also interesting to see many of his construction details. There's some good stuff in there, including a very slick kick-up rudder.

I don't feel comfortable posting his construction details online or giving them away, mostly because it is a brand new design. If we were talking about a Caledonia Yawl where a ton of people had built it, then I'd think most of that info would be out in the open anyways.

PM me and I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have about the plans.

I can tell you that Penny Fee is really a pretty boat, and would be a great open boat camp cruiser. I do think there are so many interesting designs out there that there is no reason to stretch, fatten or deepen anybody's design anymore, especially without the designer signing off on it. It seems that if you switch one major element of the boat, that a million more details will cascade behind ... from sail balance to scantlings.

I think the Penny Fee is basically a larger Guillemott, which I had a chance to sail a while back. Guillemott is a tough, stable little fellow. Probably a little heavy to cartop, but not to trailer or drag up a beach.

[aldebaran]

Well, basically, I would like to know the thickness of plywood that Oughtred recommends for the Penny Fee.

I dont think there´s anything wrong in making an information like that public.

[isla]

I have just purchased the Penny Fee plans. Recommended ply thickness is 8-9mm.

[James McMullen]

I would build Penny Fee in a flash if I were limited to a 16' maximum length for some reason. It looks like a truly lovely and useful boat.

[Steve Hornsby]

Aldebaron,

I used 3/8 (9mm) Meranti for my Penny Fee. I've been out in some good weather and the hull feels stiff and solid.

Good luck,Steve