Design
Amatasi
Designed by James Wharram
Amatasi won first prize in the 2010 Classic Boat design competition for a fishing boat under 10 m that could work under sail or oar. She is 8.4 m long and 4.2 m wide, modelled on the fishing canoes of Samoa but built in plywood, epoxy and glass.
Beams and spars are naturally grown roundwood and the whole boat is lashed together. The hulls can be open and self-draining or fitted with a lift-off cuddy, and the planked platform takes a camping tent for two or three people. She has a cat yawl rig with a gaff main and a small sprit mizzen, and Indonesian style side rudders. The designers suggest her for youth groups, raids and coastal trekking.
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