JOHN NASH - A 23ft river and lake cruiser

The JOHN NASH is a deceptively simple design by Andrew Wolstenholme – originally conceived for use on the River Stour in Suffolk near Sudbury. Her type is that of an extended flat-bottom skiff with clinker topsides and buoyancy compartments bow and stern. The length gives ample room inboard for lounging and camping, and to facilitate this the thwarts are removeable (the daggerboard case is free-standing). She is built of 12mm gaboon ply with a double thickness bottom, a method which avoids much framing (and also provides useful buoyancy in the
hull skin). Although not light she is easy to launch and retrieve, rows well, and sails surprisingly well with her small rig, chosen for ease of use. She is classed in Category D of the RCD – her hull is a seaworthy type but the freeboard is low for exposed waters.