12' Hylan Oonagh/ARRIBA (2021)

A wonderful example of Doug Hylan’s OONAGH design. She’s designed for rowing and sailing (and even motoring with a small outboard). She’ll be just as comfortable fishing as she will teaching the grandkids to row and sail.

CONDITION & DETAILS:

Excellent condition.  Lightly used for a season, then cleaned up to better-than-new condition and stored inside under cover.

All fittings are either silicon bronze or brass. The exterior of the hull is sheathed in Dynel as called for in the plans. So she can take being draffed up the rough beach. There are special details such as maple knees and gunwale spacer blocks.

Photos and video clip accurately represent condition now.

ALL INCLUDED:

Included with the boat are a set of virtually new Shaw & Tenney oars. Sail by Gambell & Hunter. Some lines and fenders are included. She has a beautiful new custom Sunbrella travel/storage cover for when on the trailer.  Trailer is modified to fit the hull shape and it has good working lights.

MORE ABOUT THE DESIGN:

More information on the design can be found here on the Hylan & Brown website and here on Off Center Harbor.

Description from Designer Doug Hylan:
“She will tow much more easily than an inflatable, and row four times as well. Within the same general size she will give much more interior room, and her passengers will be down in the boat rather than sitting up on the pontoons where soggy drawers are almost inevitable. And we don’t even need to mention sailing, do we? With a little care, your OONAGH can be passed on to your grandchildren.

I know that many people are going to want to put a motor on OONAGH, so she is designed for it. The same tucked up transom that makes for decent rowing will preclude planing, so there is no point in putting anything more than 2 horsepower back there. In fact, one horsepower is as much as she can really use effectively. This begs the question – why not electric? Why not indeed! The smallest of electric motors will push her along nicely, and you will be able to carry on a private conversation while enjoying the scenery.

Beyond use as a tender, OONAGH will make a fine boat for family sailing, fishing trips or just an evening row with the kids. Her simple construction and detailed plans will make for a good family construction project as well. I can guarantee that the experience of building, then using, a small boat will be a treasure that your kids will carry with them throughout life.”

WHY SELLING?

She is a dream boat for us, so it’ll be very hard to let her go, but our family has needed to shift to other priorities.