Auk

We built one, or rather one of clients built one years ago in our old Jam Factory workshops, deep underground in Adelaide City, South Australia. He built his in strip plank, which worked but it was a fight with all that curvaceousness. Would have been lighter, cheaper and faster to build in glued clinker ply and would have made nicer chuckling noises in the water into the bargain. Personally I think this is the nicest tender in the Oughtred pantheon. Looks proper. Pointy bow, nice rocker, balanced lug sail, and oh heaven, a centreboard. Don't like those baitboard leeboard things! Not a quick boat but able to carry a load, safe to sail row and small outboard with one, two or even three people easily and as Iain acknowledges, even five of modest avoirdupois in not too choppy water. With a u bolt fitted at the water line, Auk will tow well too. With her rocker and short, fat form, she won't rush on and collide with your transom when youslow down, either. Helpful, that.

Construction Options: traditional plank, strip plank, cold moulded.

Puffin

John Kerin, an amusing owner builder client of ours has one of these, called Sweet Pea. At least it started off life that way; now it looks more like a tug boat, with it's wheel house forward (in a 4m rowing dinghy!!) and sounds like one, too, since he put a new 10hp Yanmar diesel into the thing. John is the internationally renowned professor of what we choose to call fertility medicine in South Australia; his boats reflect an equally fertile imagination. This little boat goes together well, we have seen them built in glued plywood clinker, the preferred method, and because it has relatively soft lines it strip planks pretty well, too. Sail choices include balanced lug and gunter sloop rig. The latter will be especially good to windward but a bit of fiddle to rig compared to the simplicity of the balanced lug. You really DON'T need that Yanmar, oars are quieter and more fun.

Construction Options: traditional plank, strip plank, cold moulded.

Guillemot

A good steady family boat. Nice initial stability, twoadults, two kids and some gear for minimal dinghycruising in estuaries and bays. The gunter sloop rig will be the one for optimum sail performance; the balanced lug will please because of the set up speed and great safety.

Construction Options: traditional plank, strip plank, cold moulded.

Tammie Norrie

Ted Dexter had an Elm tree blow over in his back yard. Ted saved the elm in lengths and one winter, cut it all up into 6mm by 25mm strips, coved and cusped the fine edges and made this really neat strip plank Tammie Norrie. Enthusiastic in whatever he does, Ted has wildly overpowered the boat with a 6hp Mercury auxiliary, dangling off the otherwise petite little transom. Ted also sails his like a banshee. Most of the happy snaps he sends us art of the boat partly and completely submerged and a grinning but very wet Ted appearing out of the ocean. Must be hell on the outboard. One year we had this job called 'Loaves and Fishes' at the finale of one of the famed Adelaide Festival of Arts. Fishes and breads were cooked off shore and were to be ferried to the thousands on the riverbanks in the centre of the city. It was then that I realised what a commodious and capable boat Tammie was. Ted's boat carried the biggest loads and crews with ease and always remained sure footed, even during the always awkward loading of the food and the subsequent handing of it to those on shore. The cat ketch rig would be fun. Must do that, one day.

Construction Options: traditional plank, strip plank, cold moulded.

Auklet

The smallest of Iain's tenders.

Penny Fee

Similar in design of the Tammie Norrie but with the length of a Fulmar.

Sea Hen

A stretched Auk.