The new design will see the engine hatches moved aft to create a more spacious open forward cockpit. She is also large enough, with sufficient freeboard to be comfortable and feel safe at sea or in rougher weather. This combination makes the boat a good candidate for any of the grand lakes. Her new hull incorporates chine flats, convex bottom sections and a deadrise of approximately 12В°. He is currently in the process of producing a completely new hull from the ground up, that picks up the styling elements of the original.

Upon expressing an interest in putting together a new-classically styled runabout, Michel sent me the original lines for the boat which I immediately fell in love with.Д«efore beginning work Michel said he would like to re-visit this design and start over. Temptress is a design that was first produced by Michel Berryer back in 1995 and had sat in his archives since then. TemptressвЂ™ modern wood construction will ensure a strong, lightweight, low maintenance wooden boat that bears a far greener carbon footprint throughout her lifetime when compared to similar boats of fibreglass construction. More and more manufacturers are turning back towards building boats from wood again, and thatвЂ™s what I like to see! Utilising modern construction techniques and materials, dimensionally stable wood boats can be built that are capable of rivalling their composite competitors in their maintenance and strength to weight ratios. Gone are the days of swelling bottoms, bilge pumps that run all day and varnish that needs topping up every season. In conjunction with that we have seen advancements in the way wood can be used in modern wooden boat building. Many old design, re-powered classic wood runabouts were simply not set up to accommodate such power. Today we are seeing a standard V8 engine, comfortably producing 3-4 times the power it did some 80 years ago and at a reduced weight. Perhaps most notably, engine power and weight. Since the early days of wooden runabouts, as you would expect, technology and design in several respects has advanced. However our latest venture to design an all new, modern wooden runabout is set to change thingsвЂ¦ The issue I face with my current approach in recycling old plans and designs from this period is that their hull shape and build methods are now somewhat outdated. I have always leaned towards older designs because I love classic lines, and wood of course. Since then, among our conversations I had expressed that I would like to put together a design for a new, modernised, classically-styled runabout. Michel Berryer and I have been working together since he helped me with the design of the rudder system utilised on Miss Isle. I am excited to present to you the early stages, and a little preview, of the latest design collaboration between myself and Berryer Design & Manufacturing.

Wood runabout boat