This site shows the progress of the building of a 10 foot lapstrake ply dinghy, as shown in the picture above. It is a design from Iain Oughtred, called Puffin. This dinghy exists in a few variations, known as "Acorn 10" and "Acorn 15" The Puffin is derived from the "Acorn 10".

The building is done by Jos v.d. Zalm and me, Meindert Sprang. The progress of it is recorded as a diary with pictures. We mainly work on the boat in the evenings, with an average of 3 hours per evening.
Click on the thumbnails in the diary to see a larger image.

Questions, remarks etc. are welcome. Just send us an e-mail!

Latest update: October 31, 2001

Puffin

The hull is now finished and she looks really nice. But the following still needs to be done:

On the page about the Puffin, you can find details about the finish. The diary will keep jou updated about our proceedings again. New is the page with interesting links about boat designs and boatbuilding.
E-mail: Meindert Sprang and Jos v.d. Zalm