Build yourself a mini tugboat for fun
Like many other boating fathers I made a couple of small dinghies using the stitch and glue method for my sons in the early 1990s and now it’s the turn for my grandchildren aged nine and five. This would be a winter project and, as it turned out, perfect for the imminent lockdown.
Small tugboats have long been popular in the USA and Canada but not so much in this country. Children’s boats must be smaller than adult size, stable, easy to handle and preferably ecofriendly (electric) with a maximum speed of 3-4 knots. Dimensions of 8ft (2.4m) LOA and 4ft (1.2m) beam seemed ideal
