Designer: Ian Oughtred Year: 2016 Location: Nr Rutland Water. LOA: 19'10" Beam: 5'6" SPECIFICATION Ian Oughtred Sooty Tern sailing/rowing skiff craftsman built by the owner from Alec Jordan molds. The Sooty Tern is a slightly stretched version of the Arctic Tern design, a sailing beach boat with a large following. This particular boat was built for rowing and day sailing with a lug rig on Rutland Water. Length Overall 19’10″ Beam 5’6″ Construction Planked in 9mm Robins best qua... read more

This boat is very stable with lifting steel centreboard .The lugsail rig is easy for single handing is powerful and has 2 lines of reefs to reduce power when necessary. The boat rows beautifully with two large sets of oars. There is a small Mercury outboard which is very capable of pushing the boat along smoothly. The road trailer is light and allows for single handed launch and retrieve.... read more

Ian Oughtred Guillemot design. Beautiful "swallow and amazons" dinghy self-built by the first owner to a very high standard. Gunter rigged. Hull and both sails are in a perfect condition. Second owner added aft and stern buoyancy compartments for costal sailing. The boat has been stored in the dry storage for the last 18 month but is getting no use as I've got a larger boat at Portsmouth early last season. Comes with oars, additional buoyancy bags and a combi trailer (road trailer might need some servicing). Currently located at the sailing club in the upper stretches of the riv... read more