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IMP Canoe Yawl |
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Light-weight, simplified canoe yawl:
15’ x 5’ 3” - B15 - is the
origin of the Imp. |
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The bottom sections are
fully conically developed, which ensures
that the fore body and after body are very
strong, exceptionally rigid and very light.
Note the amount of curvature in the
first two bulkheads above. There is
no torturing of the ply whatsoever, and
the panels bend naturally to shape. Once
the bottom is joined together,each side
can be sewn on in 20 minutes - apart from
the last 18 to 24" of the stern - see
left and immediately below - where, because
of the very full stern in plan view, very
flat buttocks in profile and flared topsides,
it might well take an hour to ensure that
each panel is absolutely perfectly
aligned. This type of stern has considerable
reserve buoyancy, unlike the slim conventional
canoe sterns, as well as being attractive,
so perhaps the extra work can be excused,
but is less suitable for the inexperienced
builder. Note, too, how well the panels
fit together. In the photo on the
left can be seen the small plywood tabs
that maintain perfect alignment at the keel,
and which are removed later. |
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Quite a pretty shape for a simple hard-chined
dinghy - a truly curvacious little craft
for two panels a side construction. |
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Below is
the modified version
of the 15, the IMP:
the same apart from
the topsides at
the stern, which
have been eased
to aid construction,
with a single balanced
lug for simplicity
- as were some of
the original 19th
century canoe yawls,
including at least
one by Albert Strange.
For the record,
canoe yawls are
not and never have
been narrow-beamed
sailing or paddling
canoes that have
a so-called 'yawl
rig' even though
they developed out
of the often ketch
rigged sailing canoes
of the last quarter
of the 19th
century. 'Canoe'
refers to the double-ended
hull shape - intended
from the very beginning to
be rowed, not paddled,
when not under sail as
a result of the
wide beam - as
well as being a
reminder of its
origins, whilst
'yawl' meant a small
boat - which may
or may not be 'yawl
rigged'. The
rig of a canoe yawl
with an additional
sail aft of the
main is more
accurately described
as one of 'main
and mizzen'. Both
options - main and
mizzen and una rig
- have been drawn
up for the IMP.
Plans including
three A1 sheets
of drawings cost
£54 - [54 pounds
Sterling]. Post
and packing £3 UK,
£5 airmail overseas.
But if your fancy
turns to glued clinker
or multichine, there's
a variety of designs
from 13 to19 feet awaiting
construction drawings.
Or how about
a 151/2 foot x 30
inch 7 plank aside
sailing/paddling
canoe?
Or perhaps something
radically different?
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Email:
td@campionboats.co.uk
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