No its not a National 12. It is a Lapwing an Aldeburgh Yacht Club One Design dinghy designed as an alternative to the "expensive" development class we are racing no 57 "Tringa" this week. No racing today so a few hours work on Bobtail.......

The original gunwhales were oak and as the Yard have run out of mahogany it was an easy choice to make when I saw some nice straight grained oak on a building site. A suitable 4 metre length was duly delivered by Mr Duggan in his mercedes SL convertable..

The Oak was too dry to bend cold so 10 minutes in the steamer ws required to make it nice and flexible. A quick turn in the front garden and the port side is now in place. Soon be time to get the varnish out.

Transom complete including spline to cover the end grain of the ply decks