Gartside Sailing Pram "Porgy" #195
Description
The Gartside 8'6" Sailing Pram "Porgy" (Design #195), crafted by renowned wooden boat designer Paul Gartside in the 1980s, is a versatile tender and daysailer blending traditional aesthetics with practical performance for coastal rowing, light sailing, or as a yacht auxiliary, prioritizing buoyancy, load-carrying capacity, and ease of handling in sheltered waters. With its broad beam and sealed centerboard trunk to prevent flooding under heavy loads, it offers a stable, dry platform for solo or family use, rigged simply with a sprit sail for tangle-free operation; the 2013 shop-built example (double-planked white cedar on bent frames, fully glued and epoxy-sealed) served as a foredeck tender for a 40-foot sailboat, showcasing its compact footprint and fancy traditional finish, though adaptable for novice builders via modern methods. Plans from gartsideboats.com consist of 4 sheets (36" x 24" rag vellum) with lofting details, priced at $150 USD, suited for a high-skill-level project taking ~300 hours.
Construction Details
| Designer | Paul Gartside |
|---|---|
| Length | 8.500 ft |
| LOA | 8.500 ft |
| LWL | 28.830 ft |
| Beam | 4.333 ft |
| Displacement | 132 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.500 ft |
| Min Draft | 1.000 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 40.25 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 12 ft |
| p | 40 ft |
| e | 13.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40.25 ft | 12 ft | 40 ft | 13.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
Blueprints
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