Tammie Norrie Launched

[Don Maurer]

After nearly 4 years and a move half way across the country, I finally got my Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie launched last Saturday.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/pf1f62587cd02842e3c05ee619652f1e3/f774724d.jpg

More photos at http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4285931557&idx=1

[ 08-12-2004, 02:44 PM: Message edited by: Don Maurer ]

[Dennis Marshall]

She's a beauty, Don, you should be proud!

Dennis

[Donn]

Gorgeous!

[Jon Etheredge]

Your boat looks terrific.

[NormMessinger]

I didn't want to be too effusive when I commented on your album but, WOW!

[Kevin L.]

Wow! That is a beautiful boat!

[Steve McMahon]

Stunning! :cool:

[landlocked sailor]

Don, absolutely elegant. She makes my mouth water! Rick

[Stargazer14]

Sweet. Wish I could do that.....

[Venchka]

Purrrrrrrrrrrrfect! I'm glad to see you picked the proper rig as well.

Cheers!

Wayne
In the Swamp! :D

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Fantastic job! Burstin' any buttons? Hat a little tight? :D

Steven

[L.W. Baxter]

{insert long low whistle}

Suh-weeeeeet!

[WFK]

Wow.......nicely done!!!!!!!!

[Rogue Sailor]

Gorgeous! And with a set of Shaw & Tenney's too!

Nice.

[Shalfleet]

Absolutely beautiful! I love all the traditional touches, you should be very proud!

Please share a little about your choice of wood, those seats and the floor boards look excellent.

[Chadd Hamilton]

Wow, what a beutiful boat. Love the grating. How does she sail?

[Don Maurer]

Thanks for all of your kind comments. The boat is 13' 6" long, 4' 6" wide 64 sq ft sail area. The planking is 6 mm sapele BS1088 marine plywood. The transom, stem, thwarts, keelson, partner, gunwales and trim is all honduras mahogany. floorboards and grate are oiled cherry that I had laying around for 20+ years. Spars and tiller are douglas fir. I used a little red oak for the mast chock and for extra support around the notch in the mast partner. The only additions to the stock plans were the wet locker in the bow (Iain shows a seat in one configuration) and the side benches between the thwarts. I also extended the cleats for the mast partner to form pin rails. I went a little overboard on belaying pins - 11 of them! I paid more for belaying pins than some folks spend on their entire boats. All of the hardware is bronze from Classic Marine in the UK as are the flotation bags - very nice people to work with. Speaking of flotation bags, the black webbing under the side benches was my addition to secure the flotation bags or gear bags under the seat. The wet locker is kind of interesting, I think. It has a plywood floor about 4" above the keelson with drain holes along the side. The trim is cut away at the bottom to allow the oar grips to fit under the locker and keep the oars in place on either side of the mast. The floor keeps the grips dry while letting the muddy water drain to the sides. I lined the locker with vinyl carpet runner to keep the anchor and rode from beating up the planking. A 4 lb danforth with 15' of chain, 150' of 3/8" anchor rope and 3 small fenders fit perfectly snug for travelling down the road. Almost like it was designed for that purpose ;) From the outset, the boat was conceived as a trainer, so I have 2 mast steps. The cat rigged balanced lug shown or a gaff sloop. Actually, there is a third step behind the centerboard case, although it was not intended as such. I originally planned to travel with the spars and oars on a tree, which fit into the rear step and the belaying pin holes in the rear thwart. I found early on that it was much simpler and sturdier to bundle the spars, oars and sail with the halyard and just lash them to the thwarts - a classic case of K.I.S.S. I can't comment too much on sailing characteristics, as I have almost no experience to compare to. We did not sink, and we did not capsize, so I suppose we sailed successfully. We launched in very light airs and I was initially disappointed that it wouldn't point very high - maybe 60 degrees off the wind was all. Once the wind picked up a little, she did much better. It seemed that we were pointing less than 45 degrees off the wind, but I doubt it. At one point after we had stopped for lunch and to take some photos, we tacked towards the dam. I tried to come about 3 times and failed to my dismay and my wife's near panic. We were slowly drifting closer to the dam, so I ended up pushing the sail over until we caught the wind. When we were finally out of trouble, I looked down, and to my embarrassment found that the centerboard was still up. We did have some pretty good gusts. The boat heeled but was never in any danger of the gunwale going under. It does kick up some spray, but nothing to worry about (my wife took most of it :D . We plan to go sailing again tomorrow, if we can get a couple of hours in before hurricane Charlie starts blowing too strong. Might be a good chance to try reefing the sail.

[Alan Peck]

Awesome! The details make the boat!

By the way, can you tell us the name of the Oughtred Design?

[Don Maurer]

Alan,

The design name is 'Tammie Norrie'. In older catalogs it was known as 'Grebe'. I understand Iain has a 16' version of it now, too.

[Dave Gray]

That's a beaut! Almost too good to touch water! Acres of brightwork too.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

WOW That is STUNNING My kind of boat :D :D

[ChuckG]

uh, yeah, Hurricane Charlie would be a good opportunity to try reefing. :D

I love your bow locker, very nice. The top grate looks very nautical.

Do you pull the pins out of the center thwart when you're rowing? :D

Congratulations on a beauty!

-cg

[Bob Perkins]

It was hard to see the pictures from all of the glare smile.gif

Very nice job.

Please add construction pics to the album so we can gush over them too!

Take Care,
Bob

[Alan Peck]

Don: Can you tell me how to obtain a catalog of Ian Oughtred's designs?

The more I look at your photos the more impressied I am. Absolutely great!

I second the request for some construction photos.

Alan

[Don Maurer]

You can get Iain's catalog from the WoodenBoat store. You have to type in "Oughtred" in the search thingy to pull it up. Or you can write directly to Iain Oughtred for it (he doesn't do email). His address is
Iain Oughtred
Struan Cottage
Bernisdale
Isle of Skye
Scotland IV51 9NS

Phone: 44 1470 532 732

Iain has done a lot of modifications to some of his designs and come out with some completely new ones that are not in the catalog. Regardless of where you get the catalog,I would write to him to ask him about his latest designs.

I'll try to dig up some construction photos. Their not digital, so I'll have to scan them in.

[ 08-13-2004, 10:17 PM: Message edited by: Don Maurer ]

[Pascal]

Don,

Congratulations ! As others have said before, the proportion of painted ply and varnished wood is very balanced, giving a sense of timeless class to your boat.

Quick question: Is the 6mm ply standard for this design ? I always assumed (maybe from Ian´s book, can´t remember) that 8mm was minimum for this size boat. If Ian says 6mm is ok, I´d have a much easier time finding it around here. Also, did you use 5-layer-ply ?

Pascal

[ 08-13-2004, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Pascal ]

[Don Maurer]

Pascal,

6mm mahogany marine plywood is what Iain specified for the planks. It is 5 ply BS1088 and Lloyds of London certified.

[videoguy]

That is one fine looking boat and you did one hech of a job on her! smile.gif smile.gif ...Phil

[guillemot]

That's fantastic! Congratulations on a beautiful boat! Have fun!

Jeff

[Phil Young]

beaudy mate. ian's boats sail well, just get used to her, you'll find your way.

[BrianR]

Awesome! Congrats - you should be proud.