14’8” Parker Dinghy

I built this boat in Washington state from local lumber and sold it to someone in the San Juan Islands where she remains today. The Parker Dinghy is a beautiful design from Deer Island, New Brunswick with lineage coming from the small working craft of the area that were used to tend herring weirs. This boat was built from plans made available by Harry Bryan who took the lines off a boat built in the 1940’s by Deer Island boatbuilder Lindon Parker. Here’s what Harry Bryan has to say about the boat from his website:

“Built about 1945 by Lindon Parker on Deer Island, New Brunswick, this is one of the most handsome and able dinghys produced in an area renowned for its boatbuilding. Few if any plans were ever made of these boats as designs were produced from half models or from molds and patterns passed from one builder to another. This is an excellent, large capacity rowing boat.”

Here is a link to an article I wrote about the Parker Dinghy for Small Boats Monthly https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/parker-dinghy/

She makes a lovely rowboat and I hope to build another someday. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in having one built.

Length: 14’ 8”
Beam: 4’ 8”