R40

Owner

Tadhg and Phil Scannel

Provenance

A project punt restored to sail by the Rankin Dinghy Class for the 2025 season. The Rankin Dinghy Class bought her in 2023 as a project boat from Dick Gibson. Dick had kept her in hibernation for a number of years, never having the time to do her up. Dick advised he bought the punt from Ronnie Hackett of Currabinny in 2015. Ronnie used it as a runabout on the Owennabue River. She had a foredeck and longitudinal seat fitted between the thwarts which one would sit astride and control the outboard via a series of pullies leading aft. Ronnie had bought the boat from Brian Love (a brother of Clayton Snr) in the 1970’s.