Sneak Boat ?.

[Penelope]

The benefit of the Aquapeche is that they are flat bottomed and don't draw too much, but are not really a sea going craft as such, although perfectly adequate for salting work.

 

Theres a nice range of small boats called Pioneer 12 - 14 ft unsinkable very popular for loch and inshore fishing and you don't need a big outboard to shift it, also orkney do spinner at about 13ft another useful boat,

or as Penelope suggest's aquapeche look fantastic

[The Mighty Prawn]

There's a company called Selway Fisher who specialise in plywood plan boats that are pretty cheap and also fairly customisable - i'm a right spam hands but managed to make one of their canoes in two days and it didn't sink!

[Big Al]

Thanks for all the links. This is a very interesting thread!

[GADWALL41]

Hello Mighty Prawn ,

well done on your Build .

 

Plastic , some form of , would be my choice at this point .That being the case, of the Plastics Boats out there, I like this one .

http://www.marinerevolution.com/av3500.htm

 

 

Big Al,

you will find a Dealer in your Home county , in Portrush, details here .

 

http://www.marinerevolution.com/dealers.htm

 

By the way Im on the same Island as you , only way down South , in Co Cork .

 

FMS , Flood Marine up in Tyrone have some fine small boats . I was up there last year and John Flood is very helpful . I get all my Outboard engine

service parts in the post from him .

 

Islandgun ,

thanks for the info , you are right , the 400 Linder is great for A to B , runs and light Fun jobs , when things get , Interesting on the Water ,

leave your linder at home . The beam on this is quite wide which makes rowing for me , a bit difficult . A 6ft tall , younger gent , should be ok in that regard,

both of which I am not .

 

P.

[Big Al]

 

Big Al,

you will find a Dealer in your Home county , in Portrush, details here .

 

http://www.marinerevolution.com/dealers.htm

 

By the way Im on the same Island as you , only way down South , in Co Cork .

 

FMS , Flood Marine up in Tyrone have some fine small boats . I was up there last year and John Flood is very helpful . I get all my Outboard engine

service parts in the post from him .

 

 

P.

Thanks for the information and links. I sold a miroku last week and have a bit of money to put into something useful! I'll look at those, and ask around in Fermanagh. Any number of boats around there.... As they say, "for 6 months of the year the lakes are in Fermanagh; for the other 6 months fermanagh is in the lakes."