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SOUTHWESTER DORY
John C Harris nails
issues with new Dory
It’s always exciting when a new John C Harris design appears on his
website, and the Southwester Dory is no exception. After 500 orders
for the Northeaster Dory, and feedback about the impossibility of
mounting an outboard or passing the RCD test for European
markets, John came up with this. It’s a foot longer at 18ft 10in (5.7m),
with side-bench seating, more buoyancy and stowage, and an
internal outboard well. Harris describes her as an expedition boat,
equally suited to sailing, with her lug yawl rig, power or rowing. At
just 250lb (113kg) and with the narrow shape, it will be seriously
slippery. Dinghy cruisers could rig a boom tent between the two
masts and add slats to create a sleeping platform. She has a kick-up
rudder and centreboard for easy beaching. It’s build-it-yourself, but
we know from experience that CLC kits are well-designed and easy
to build. She can be built as a rowing boat, with the rig and outboard
well added as extras. The price below is for all three.US$ 4,438 (c£3,000), contact fyneboatkits.co.uk or clcboats.comVAN DE STADT 41
Classic-look newbie
More at classicboat.co.uk/new-classicsC/O FYNEBOATKITS.CO.UKHere’s a great-looking gaff cutter that no one’s ever heard of. That’s quite
surprising given that she’s from the Van de Stadt design house in the
Netherlands. She’s design No641, and the first (and so far only) one,
built in wood/epoxy a few years ago for superyacht project manager
Jos Scholten (Athos, Windrose of Amsterdam, Mirabella V et al). The
idea was for a light, fast, shallow-draught yacht that would be
sufficiently seaworthy for North Sea crossings, and with the look
of the old world above decks. Influences here were Harrison
Butler, William Atkins and the Falmouth Quay Punts. Below the
waterline, she’s of moderately modern shape, dishy with a
lead-bulb keel, with a more traditional transom-hung rudder.
The rig is simple, but again aided by modern thinking: the
gaff is made of carbon and weighs just 20lb (9kg). With
only one built, this hardly counts as a new ‘production’
classic. But the boat has general appeal and was
conceived for a very discerning owner! Van de Stadt has
the design, so it’s ready for its second incarnation. Next
month, Theo Rye looks at an older Van de Stadt.£POA, stadtdesign.comC/O VAN DE STADT