Identify my dinghy!!!

Dave Kenyon · Post by **Dave Kenyon** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:55 pm

I have just come into a rather beautiful cold (or hot) moulded wooden dinghy. She has a rounded bow and a curved entry. Thwarts tramsom etc are varnished and the two rowing position rowlocks are brass mounted. She is gunter rigged with a drop in center board and lift up rudder. I have been told that she might be a Fairey Gosling? Drop me an email to davekenyon@ntlworld.com and I will sent a picture.
Many Thanks

Dave Kenyon.

Post by **Rupert** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:25 pm

More likely to be a Fairey Duckling. Ed will be able to confirm, but I think the Gosling was the outboard version of the Duckling? The Duckling is 9' long and 4' wide, and the veneers will run diagonally on the outside of the hull, and mast goes through the forward thwart. Hope this helps.

Post by Ed » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:11 pm

mmmmmm.....gosling....can't say i remember it....but I reckon Rupert might well be right, it could be a duckling with outboard.

the other possibility is that it might be a Merron Dinghy. Length approx 10-11ft, moulded ply. Distinctive feature would be that it has moulded thwarts, that look like 1970s swedish furniture if you know what i mean.

Most of these were gunter rigged, but not all.....wheras many of the Ducklings that I have seen have been bermuda rigged.

The merron certainly had a dagger board....can't remember off top of head about the Duckling.

send me a small jpeg and I will post it to this list for you...or if you have some webspace you can do it yourself.

cheers

eib

Post by **Rupert** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:21 pm

The Duckling started life with a gunter, with 2 battens in the sail, and no insignia. And has a daggerboard and 2 rowing positions.

Post by Ed » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:06 pm

All in all the Duckling would seem more likely.....but the length would prove it one way or the other.

Both the Ducklings and the Merrons came with both gunter and bermudan rigs....but I suspect the gunter was more popular in both cases. I just seem to think of Ducklings with bermuda rigs because of seeing some racing together at the Fairey 50th aniv...and to the best of my memory, they were all using bermuda rig.....but maybe my memory fails me...

cheers

eib

Post by **Rupert** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:21 pm

seen some pics now (I hope they will be in readers boats soon!) and it isn't a Duckling.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:46 pm

A Gosling had a motorcycle engine driven by a belt according to the Fairey owners association website.
I have seen a "Duckling" with a hole for a prop shaft that probably hatched as a Gosling.
A Combi dinghy - Norwegian I think, is a similar moulded boat with a rounded bow.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:28 am

Sorry might be a Kombi.

Post by Ed » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:15 pm

sorry to take ages....but here are some images.

I have to say it looks very familiar....has it ever been to a cvrda event? Clywedog even....a few years ago? If not, then a boat exactly the same did come!!

anyway here you go

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What do ya all think?

I have my thinking cap on.....but I have to say, I was pretty sure it wasn't a Duckling when I saw it at Clywedog, although that is what we said it was.......it ain't a Merron thats for sure! Pretty sure it isn't a Peanut.

So Jury is still out.....with Duckling as best guess until someone can put a tape measure down it to give a overall length

cheers

eib

Dave Kenyon · Post by **Dave Kenyon** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:30 pm

Latest on mystery dinghy - it is 10' overall length with a beam of 4'. So not so ugly duckling?

Dave

PS Thinking of selling Offers? 07887 925308

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:48 pm

not a penquin (canoe) either then, which has a beam of 2ft 8

Post by Ed » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:51 am

Dave,

is it the boat that came up to Clywedog a couple of years ago?

cheers

eib

Dave Kenyon · Post by **Dave Kenyon** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:47 pm

No idea on prevoius appearances at events I'm afraid.

alan williams · Post by **alan williams** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:43 am

Hi Guys
The Boats a Peanut and is the same design as the one that turned up at Clywedog. Note sail emblem a shelled peanut.
Cheers Alan

ps any chance of you coming to MSC CVRDA Meeting?

Post by **Rupert** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:39 pm

Must be a different peanut to that in the books, which is not only hard chined, but also American. Have you any history of the class please?