Wherry
Product Description
The Wherry is a traditional looking clinker style rowing boat that offers thoroughbred performance. Her handsome hull shape reminds us of classic Thames wherries.
The boat is for my use just perfect, even on the river!
PS, Switzerland
Wherry has been turning heads since 1997, with hundreds and hundreds built all around the world. Observers have described her as “the most sophisticated stitch and glue kit available” and “the best looking boat kit ever”. She makes a splendid open water exercise shell and, at weekends, she will serve as an elegant picnic boat for two.
Solid stability, sea kindly lines, excellent tracking, a buoyant bow and ample flare make the Wherry a natural choice for rowing in choppy conditions. The open design allows for plenty of sprawling and a picnic basket when beach cruising. Stability is high for a performance rowing boat: you can step into the boat from a quay and even stand up. However, the narrow waterline means that the Annapolis Wherry is as fast as many recreational shells, sprinting at 7 knots and cruising at 4-5 knots. At this speed you could cover 30 or 40 miles in a day. We hear of Wherries being used for camping and fishing expeditions.
The Wherry can be rowed using normal fixed rowlocks, or a Piantedosi sliding seat and out riggers may be installed — and removed — in under a minute (sold separately). With a sliding seat she displays a rewarding speed while having enough stability for a novice oarsman. Used with a sliding seat, the Wherry might be unsurpassed as a rowing trainer, exercise boat, long-distance cruiser, or even for open water racing.
Construction is of 6 mm okoume with mahogany gunwales and knees. The Lapstitch technique of construction means that no strongback or formers are required. This boat is built using CLC's patented LapStitch™ joints which means that the result is a remarkably stiff and strong hull that has the appearance of traditional lapstrake or clinker planking. The hull is simply wired together and glued. She is reinforced along her keel with fibre glass for abrasion protection. The building time is typically about 70 hours. The Wherry is built of 6mm okoume, epoxy encapsulated throughout. Fibreglass cloth is applied to the bottom panels inside and out for extra stiffness and to resist beach abrasion. 9mm okoume frames, thwarts, and flotation tanks ensure stiffness. The outwales, breasthook, and quarter knees are solid mahogany.
The kit includes:
- Pre-cut wooden panels with pre-cut joints
- Epoxy resin
- Epoxy activator
- Epoxy fillers
- Woven glass fabric
- Woven glass tape
- Ties
- Comprehensive building manual
- A pair of silicon bronze sockets and rowlocks
- Free technical support from a competent builder
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 45 page manual that accompanies the kits. It describes all 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.
