Re: Camping in a Punt

Posted by Chris Waite on
URL: http://uk-hbbr-forum.61.s1.nabble.com/Camping-in-a-Punt-tp4027262p4027339.html

ChristoPart

I'll design a punt for you if that would help?  They really are about as simple as you can get and great fun - punted, paddled, or rowed.  Looking back, you reckoned about three foot beam, but how long? Sixteen to twenty feet would maximize the use of the ply.

Hold on, the mind's starting to go into overdrive....

I think Meyer Timber ( http://www.meyertimber.com/Contact-Us/Southampton-(1).aspx ) in Southampton docks does ten foot by five foot ply sheets; birch is good and 6mm would suffice with strengthening runners around the place, though 9mm would improve rigidity.  Two pieces would give you a three foot wide floor with one foot high sides and at eighteen foot long, enough for two bulkheads.

I suggest two, because it would be sensible and easy with decks over stern and bow, to have buoyancy chambers under each, though I know punts usually only have one decked end.  A removable centre thwart with rowlock outriggers attached.

In my head, it's as good as built; press 'Start'?

The Doubtful Designer himself

CW