Dispatches A U.S. design on the waters of Ireland
A U.S. design on the waters of Ireland
An Irish boatbuilder is using a time-tested American design from the late John Atkin to launch his business.
Tiernan Roe, founder of Roeboats in County Cork on Ireland's south coast, was born nearly a decade after John Atkin designed the Ninigret 22 in 1963. While choosing a hull form for his first boat, Roe discovered that Atkin's slender, seakindly lapstrake design was just the dayboat he'd been looking for.
Click play to hear Roe discuss his version of the Ninigret 22. Mobile users, click here to watch on the Soundings magazine YouTube channel.
The wooden Ninigret 22 will reach top speeds of 15 to 20 knots with a 20- to 40-hp outboard, says Roe, a former furniture designer and builder with a degree in industrial engineering. The outboard is concealed in a covered well.
Roe followed the Atkin design closely, but varied the deck layout to suit Ireland's climate. "[Atkin] had designed it for a canvas top over the cabin part, which would suit a warmer, drier clime, but here in Ireland we get an awful lot of rain, so I put a hardtop on," he says.
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Ninigret at the WoodenBoat Show See the Ninigret design on this side of the Atlantic June 25-27 at the 19th annual WoodenBoat Show in Mystic, Conn. Pat Atkin and Atkin Boat Plans will be exhibiting at Booth 10A. The Atkin family was honored for their achievements at last year's WoodenBoat Show. |
Roe, 38, used white oak for the boat's frames and western red cedar for the stringers, and it's clad in 3/8-inch marine plywood. He encapsulated the hull with epoxy and finished it off with a two-part epoxy and two-part polyurethane paint.
The Ninigret has a beam of 6 feet, 8 inches; displaces 2,070 pounds; and draws 1 foot. There is a space under the cabin bunk for a 19-gallon fuel tank, or portable tanks can be used. The boat without power sells for 19,900 euros, which currently is around $24,000 U.S.
Roe, who caught the boating bug when he built an Optimist dinghy with his father at age 10, started his company in March 2009. He has sold one Ninigret 22 and is hoping to secure some U.S. orders.
For information, visit www.roeboats.wordpress.com or contact Roe at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Tiernan Roe says his Ninigret 22 will reach top speeds of 15 to 20 knots with a 20- to 40-hp outboard.
I will drop a note to roeboats.