Elterwater Pram

Product Description

This 7 foot 10 inch pram is perfect as a tender, a pond utility boat or for just messing about in.

We finished this boat last winter — launched in Nov. We are based at a Sailing Centre where this boat is the smallest regular sailing craft out on the water.

N.V.

The latest version of this ever popular boat. This Pram is designed for people in a hurry to get out on the water. It is of a classic design with three buoyant compartments forming the seats. It is light enough to be car topped and short enough to be carried whilst towing a caravan.

This boat is ideal for fishing or simply messing about in on rivers and lakes. The epoxy makes it a low maintenance vessel where the paint is largely cosmetic. It can be roughly treated as a work boat or lovingly cosseted as a picnic pleasure craft. This is the ideal first boat for children, it can be ‘improved’ over the years as the children's taste for adventure changes.

Despite the photographs this is a rowing boat kit which can later be converted for sailing. The standard kit is for a rowing version but this can be developed to become an able sailer using an unstayed mast.

Being light, this boat is easily towed behind a larger vessel for use in harbours for ferrying equipment or just for fun.

If you have problems with flooding this little boat can be stored vertically in a small area ready for when it is needed.

The kit includes:

Pre-cut wooden panels with pre-cut joints
Epoxy resin
Epoxy activator
Epoxy fillers
Woven glass fabric
Woven glass tape
Ties
Hatch, seals and screws
Comprehensive building manual
Pair of rowlocks and sockets
Free technical support from a competent builder

What is in a boat kit.

Study manual

This is intended for pre-build study or to help with the decision to purchase. Reading this manual will help you decide whether or not you can build the boat. It is the manual that accompanies the kits. It describes all of the techniques that will be used during the building and also a step by step guide to construction. Scale drawings are used throughout as well as photographs of critical jobs.

If, later, you decide to purchase the kit the cost of this printed manual will be deducted from the kit price.

This manual does not contain the plans of the panels with the cutting instructions so it is not possible to build the boat from scratch using only this manual.

PDF Version of Manual

An electronic, non paper, version of the study manual above that can be viewed only using Adobe Reader.

After credit card authorisation the file will be sent to the email address put on the order form. The file is about 800 KB and takes about 30 seconds to download on slow broadband.

Full Plans and Manual

This describes all of the techniques used during the building and also a step by step guide to construction. Scale drawings are used throughout as well as photographs of critical jobs.

This contains the plans of the panels with the cutting instructions so it is possible to build the boat from scratch using these plans and manual.

Plans and non-wood materials kit

This package is designed for those building the Elterwater Pram from scratch who want the convenience of purchasing the plans and most of the materials in the correct quantities from one place. The Kit contains the non-wood items needed to build the boat.

This kit includes:

26 page construction manual
Plans (3 sheets)
Epoxy Resin
Epoxy Activator
Measuring/Dispensing Pumps
Epoxy Fillers
Woven Glass Fabric
WovenGlass Tape
Ties

It does not include the Ockoume plywood, soft wood, paint and varnish or any of the hardware. We can supply the plywood, paint and varnish if required.