[Public-List] Dinghy for A-30

[Ira Helms via Public-List]

I also built the Nymph about 25 years ago out of AC exterior grade plywood and it is holding up well. And it does row great!

Lanny Helms
s/v Windswept
A30 - 562

On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Greg Bover via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

>>>> Ahoy Mates!  I would like to hear about the dinghies you have chosen and
> why. Also whether you tow or stow on deck, and any thoughts on ones to
> avoid. Thanks in advance! - Abel C Mann<<<
> 
> I built a Bolger Nymph (about 7’- 9”) from a book I got out of the public
> library, Dynamite Payson’s Build the Instant Boats. Stitch and glue ¼”
> plywood, about 40 hours work, a nice winter project. I upgraded the trim
> from pine to mahogany and it still only weighs 65 pounds, so it car tops
> easily. It tows and rows extremely well, I’ve never felt the need to put it
> on deck. Carries three adults no problem and can be rigged with a spritsail.
> It has a longitudinal thwart so it can be rowed by persons of very different
> heights. I recently borrowed the wider version, Rubens Nymph, and found it
> heavy and not at all as nimble. I wouldn’t go near those unrowable
> inflatables.
> I introduced a little camber to the tops of the transoms just to give it a
> little more eye appeal. It was on top of my car outside the local marine
> supply when Phil Bolger himself walked in and asked who had built it. When I
> sheepishly admitted I had he congratulated me on a nice job, not at all put
> out by my modifications.
> 
> Greg Bover
> A-30 #114
> LINNET
> Gloucester
> 
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