Puddleduck - Plan No. 56
LOA: 7' 10-1/4"Beam: 4'
Draft: 7"
Designer: R. H. Baker, 1951
Plans Include: Lines, Offsets, Sail Plan, Construction, Sparring and Perspective (one view)
Difficulty Level: EASY
One of the true all-around dinghies, Puddleduck is good for sailing, rowing or as a deackable tender. The plywood pram was originally designed as a boat for students at St. George's School, Newport, RI, to build, sail and race. Because of a V-bottom with more than the usual deadrise, sheer and rocker, Puddleduck is dry and a good, responsive sailer for two children or one adult. (for rowing, she will carry four adults.) Puddleduck has a sliding gunter rig with spars short enough to stow inside the boat. She's also easy to transport; in fact, many people remember Bob carrying these little boats to regattas on his old firetruck.Puddleduck is available as a complete fiberglass boat, built by Jonathan and Nicole Nomer at New England Skiff Builders located at P.O. Box 267, Wakefield, RI 02880. (Nicole is the daughter of Bob Baker's widow).
"Just something I decided to play with one morning and I worked out a set of lines for her . . . oh heck, let's build the little stinker." RHB
