Fast Brick, Brick tender
As I recall from a quick look at the plans, the main thing that Fast
Brick has in common with Brick is that they are both pretty ugly. I'm
afraid the file reference is coming up too slowly, so I'll have to rely
on that dim memory from the Ontario messabout.
I would hesitate to use a Brick as a tender, because it's not very
pleasant to row. If you don't make a sail rig (it sails okay) then you
only have one way to get around, though of course in a pinch you can row
it slowly. OTOH, I don't know of any other 8 foot boat that I would be
comfortable in motoring out to an anchorage with 4 adults on board.
Brick does tend to tilt fore and aft easily, so it might sit at a very
strange angle with one occupant and a motor on board. Also, it sits
pretty high in the water even with two on board. I think Boger's
drawings do show some of the waterlines. That other suggestion about
making the back half of the bottom flat makes some sense, but then it
will row even worse. Another approach, I suppose you could use an
electric motor and keep the battery in the middle.
For quick, short trips I find oars to be very convenient as opposed to
wrestling with an engine, tho I admit that my distaste is sufficient
that this isn't based on personal experience so much as watching my dad
deal with this many years ago.
BTW, I have a hul file someplace for a dinghy that is almost as simple
and ugly as the Brick and rows quite well, and even, according to its
owner, tows well. If there's sufficient interest, maybe I could draw it
up and sell some plans. I suppose I could distribute the hul file for
free. However, the sides curve as well as the bottom, and I designed it
to fit between the railings at the ramp down to the Marblehead dock in
Salem Harbor, so somewhere around 400 or 450 lbs the transoms start to
get in the water. The Brick will carry a lot more!
Brick has in common with Brick is that they are both pretty ugly. I'm
afraid the file reference is coming up too slowly, so I'll have to rely
on that dim memory from the Ontario messabout.
I would hesitate to use a Brick as a tender, because it's not very
pleasant to row. If you don't make a sail rig (it sails okay) then you
only have one way to get around, though of course in a pinch you can row
it slowly. OTOH, I don't know of any other 8 foot boat that I would be
comfortable in motoring out to an anchorage with 4 adults on board.
Brick does tend to tilt fore and aft easily, so it might sit at a very
strange angle with one occupant and a motor on board. Also, it sits
pretty high in the water even with two on board. I think Boger's
drawings do show some of the waterlines. That other suggestion about
making the back half of the bottom flat makes some sense, but then it
will row even worse. Another approach, I suppose you could use an
electric motor and keep the battery in the middle.
For quick, short trips I find oars to be very convenient as opposed to
wrestling with an engine, tho I admit that my distaste is sufficient
that this isn't based on personal experience so much as watching my dad
deal with this many years ago.
BTW, I have a hul file someplace for a dinghy that is almost as simple
and ugly as the Brick and rows quite well, and even, according to its
owner, tows well. If there's sufficient interest, maybe I could draw it
up and sell some plans. I suppose I could distribute the hul file for
free. However, the sides curve as well as the bottom, and I designed it
to fit between the railings at the ramp down to the Marblehead dock in
Salem Harbor, so somewhere around 400 or 450 lbs the transoms start to
get in the water. The Brick will carry a lot more!