Design
Walkabout
Designed by John Welsford
Walkabout is the Australian term for a journey taken without notice, of no fixed duration and no particular destination. The boat came from flying the length of the Maine islands and thinking about the Maine Island Trail: a few hundred miles of small harbours and campsites, never too far between islands for a small boat, always a sheltered cove or a beach within reach. With her tent up she is comfortable accommodation for a coastal cruiser and can still be rowed with the top on, and the plans include the tent, its poles and its fittings.
A 16 ft 2 in cruising dinghy drawn for the Maine Island Trail, with a boom tent on fibreglass poles that gives real accommodation for a coastal cruise and can be left up while rowing. Carries 80 sq ft at about 92 kg on a 5 ft beam.
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