Owner
Jim Black
Club sail number
R141
Length and Beam
LOD 5.84m, Beam 1.6m
Keel/Centreboard and draft
Centreboard 1.14m
Weight
130kg
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Design
Ness Yawl
Builder
Jim Black
Build location and year
Karrinyup, Western Australia, 2011
Cabin/Open etc
Open
Rig
Lug yawl
Sail area
11.25 m2
Construction
Hull: Epoxy glued clinker (lapstrake) plywood, fitted out with Kapur, Hoop Pine and Australian Oak. Spars: Hoop Pine (solid).
Engine
2 or 4 x oars
DoT Registration
GA563
Extra information
Timber kit sourced from Duck Flat Wooden Boats (now Stray Dog Boatworks) of Mount Barker, South Australia.
Build time: three years of evenings and weekends.
Won first race (OGA Regatta) five days after launching in 2011.
