
The Thames 20 rowing skiff
is an elegant and very attractive skiff based upon a craft
that we originally designed for a client who wanted a simple
personal exercise craft which could be used on open inland
waters. Construction uses the stitch and tape process with
pre-shaped 4mm ply hull planks. These are marked, cut out
and then stitched together along the chine seams with scrap
copper wire. The seams are then epoxy filleted and when
the epoxy has cured the wire stitches are removed allowing
the inside of the seams to be glass taped without any bumps
caused by leaving the stitches in place. The outside of
the chine seams is then epoxy filled and cleaned off - so
that no tape is used on the outside chines of the hull allowing
a beautiful varnished finish to be applied if required.
Although we have not done so, so far, we can produce the
mould and building jig details for her to be strip planked
in Cedar.
LOA 20' (6.1m); Hull beam
26 1/2" (0.67m); Approx. weight depending upon materials
and fit-out 70 lbs (32kg).