dinghy identity ? (pic)

[Popeye]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p0be17c8e4fe6a017995a588896b734e8/fb9d1dd8.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p47446f6ac9c41f01bd052b86dc84c4d2/fb9d1dd4.jpg

.. does anyone wish to hazard a guess as to her designer? cause i dunno...

about 10' LOA..

[Thad]

Go answer, but it looks like a good job and possibly English to me.

[Popeye]

.yep, good eye m'boy. i don't even know who built her or when or where and neither does the guy who i bought her from. she is well proportioned and built by person or persons more skilled than i., british seems bloody likely, harumph.

[John E Hardiman]

Why must there be a designer? At 10'and her shape, it was most likely not run up as a dedicated rowing craft. Most likely a tender from the look of her sheer. Any good boatwright or boatyard could have built her for a customer's needs or on speculation. No builders plate? Or any other info?

[Ian McColgin]

Why, that's "Fat Annie" that my Uncle Vin made just before he went missing over China in '32 . . .

But seriously, John's right.

Treasure her knowing that not all artists require named appreciation.

[fair&fair]

I agree with John. The boat definitely looks English, and the designer will probably never be known. When I was over in England building boats, I knew a guy who built hundreds of boats like that with only one mold...they all pretty much ended up like the dinghy above.

[JimD]

Originally posted by Ian McColgin:
Why, that's "Fat Annie" that my Uncle Vin made just before he went missing over China in '32 . . .

But seriously, John's right.

Treasure her knowing that not all artists require named appreciation.Ian, Vin was your uncle??? :eek: . Nice boat, though I never met Annie.