Redshank 7'6"
Description
The Redshank is a beautiful traditional English stem dinghy. Her length is 7’6’’ and she has a beam of 4’ making her a very roomy dinghy for her size. Full-size mould shapes are given so that she may be made by the purist using traditional clinker method or the modern clinker ply or strip plank construction methods. However, she was originally designed to be made using stitch and tape methods and the plank shapes are given for this. With 7 planks per side, she retains a round bottom shape. She takes 2 sheets of 6mm ply and around half a sheet of 9mm ply for the rowing version with an additional sheet of 6mm and half a sheet of 9mm required for the sailing version. The drawings show all the details for a simple lug rig with rudder and daggerboard.
Construction Details
| Designer | Selway Fisher Design |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 7.500 ft |
| LOA | 7.500 ft |
| Beam | 4.000 ft |
| Displacement | 45 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.420 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.800 ft |
| Notes | luff 4'5.5", foot 5'10", leech 9'9", head 6'10.75", diagonal 7'2" |
The standard boat dimensions
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| j | - |
| p | - |
| e | - |
| p2 | - |
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| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
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Sails
Redshank 7'6" - STANDING LUGSAIL
| Luff | 4.45 ft - (1356 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 5.833 ft - (1778 mm) |
| Leech | 9.75 ft - (2972 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 87.27 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 7.166 ft - (2184 mm) |
| Head | 6.895 ft - (2102 mm) |
| Area | * 37.65 ft² |
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