Topic: Dudley Dix Designs

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Kits: We are now cutting kits for the Dix Lynnhaven 16 Canoe.

Third Coast is ready to cut CNC Plywood Kits for the Lynnhaven 16 Canoe.

From Dudley's website:

The Lynnhaven 16 is designed for those who want a family fun boat that they can build themselves. I built the prototype in 3 weeks of weekends and evenings, total less than 100 hours of single-handed work.

This is about as much boat as can be built from 3 sheets of plywood, with very little scrap left at the end of the project. I built the prototype from 6mm (1/4") plywood, which produced a robust boat but a bit heavy at 32kg (70lb). It can be built from 4mm (1/8") plywood to about 20kg (45lb) or anything between.

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Didi Mini Mk 2 from Dudley Dix Designs

We are cutting kits for the Didi Mini Mk 2, designed by Dudley Dix. First kit shipped to Quebec, Canada. Check the Web Links for a link to builder web site.

The Didi Mini is designed to the Open 6.50 Prototype Rules and if care is taken during build, the Didi can be built as light as a full out Carbon Fiber Proto at a fraction of the cost.

You may not know but I am building a Didi Mini Mk 1 from a kit that I purchased from Eric over two years ago.

You can follow my progress and non-progress on my building website Mini-Sailor.US. I am building an all out Plywood Prototype Mini, carbon fiber rig, canting keel, water ballast, etc.

I purchased a plywood only kit and have located suppliers for all of the other components and will add them as options as we complete the kit and kit pricing.

Click here to read more.

Note: November 7, 2007.

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Paper Jet 14 - Award Wining Design from Dudley Dix

Third Coast Composites announces their first kit - Paper Jet 14.

From Dudley's Website.

The Paper Jet 14 is designed primarily as a training boat, with the intention that it can cater for a wide range of sailing skills. I wanted a boat that will allow a club to race it as a class boat that will give exciting sailing to those who have the skills but will also allow less experienced sailors to develop their sailing skills in the same boat at a much lower level of performance.

The same features that I designed into it for club use will allow a family to use one hull as the platform on which Dad can have his excitement of blasting across large expanses of water but junior can sail the same boat (if he can pry it loose from Dad's grip) with a smaller rig and at slower speed.

I am not trying to produce a design that will sail the pants off any of the other single-handers. It is fast and it will be really exciting to sail with the Turbo rig, but from the outset (this boat has been in the back of my head for over 10 years) it is intended to provide an economical path for sailors to progress between boats like the Optimist and the costly single-handed skiffs without having to trade up their boat each time to go the next step. They can build a Paper Jet at the cheapest level or the level that they think that they can handle and progress from there. Meanwhile, as long as Dad is not out sailing, the kids can use the same boat at a more basic level. It makes sailing more viable for many families. With time and skill improvements they can move into more costly boats if they feel the need. Click here to read more....

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