The Wren is an attractive, traditional-looking praam dinghy of superior qualities, trim and finish.  She was designed to meet the need for a praam dinghy that would row well with one or two adults; cope better than most praams in choppy water; be stable; and have sufficient sheer and flare to the sides and bow transom to be drier than most in a chop.
The Wren rows exceptionally well: with one person on board, she will carry her way well between strokes - as will a well designed larger dinghy - but unlike many praams; with two people on board, she will not drag her transom nor push her bow-board through the water in smooth conditions - and thus still rows well - unlike several so-called "multi-purpose " dinghies currently on the market.
With good depth to the hull, an attractive sheer, flared sides and raked bow, she tends to be buoyant and dry in waves; and with straight floors, no deadrise and a hard-turn to the bilge amidships, she is reassuringly stable for such a small craft.
The Wren excels under oars: she tracks well, yet is very responsive and can be made to spin round easily; she is a pleasure to row because she does run between strokes and does not pull up short; and while not having a high hull speed - like all boats this small - she can, as a direct result of the previous qualities, be used for exploring anchorages or backwaters without the effort being  wearisome.  Her attractive looks and behaviour help to engender pride of ownership and a sense of responsibility - whatever the age of crew or owner. 
The Wren does not require the initial expense, the running costs, the maintenance charges, the noise, the fuss, the mess of an outboard motor to get the best out of her: only a pair of oars - with preferably a spare in reserve - is required.  Indeed, the qualities which make her such a good boat under oars prevent her from being a good outboard boat as the hull is not designed to plane.  No small dinghy can fulfil all roles well - a simple, unassailable fact that many builders choose to ignore.
The Wren is an attractive, well-mannered praam dinghy that really is a pleasure to row.

A "wet lay-up" technique is used for the planking - ie. each plank is laid onto thickened epoxy glue as it is placed on the hull; this avoids the necessity for filling the seams with epoxy paste afterwards, and ensures that there are no gaps between the plank lands where it has been impossible to force the epoxy paste; as a result, no filleting for structural or cosmetic reasons is needed inside the hull along the plank seams, and there are no possible voids to harbour water and encourage rot.  The whole structure is stronger in one more way: each seam is wetted out with unthickened epoxy at the out-set, and no reliance is placed on the thickened epoxy to wet out the seam.  This method of construction is stronger and more durable than the "dry lay-up" approach.