Design
Kernic
Designed by François Vivier
Kernic is a 5.70 m sail and oar boat for a team crew of up to seven, 1.80 m wide, created in 2015 when an Australian builder of Vivier designs had an order from sea scouts and a cadet organization. She has a transom stern, which keeps her short enough to store in a garage, and is meant to be simple, light and cost-effective.
The flat bottom and garboards are 9 mm plywood joined by stitch and tape, and the upper planks are clinker in 6 mm plywood. She is rowed with four oars and carries a lug yawl rig, so the mizzen can stay up to steady her while rowing. Construction relies on a CNC plywood kit that includes the building jig.
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