Lough Foyle Punts being made in Derry
Lough Foyle Punts are made in Derry by Ken Doherty (featured here) and in Moville by the McDonalds. A number of other makers have also made excellent boats.
The design of the Punt is hundreds of years old and preserved in these FORMS guides…
and the tools and and the methods of construction have changed not very much…
Its a skilled process with a lot of by eye judgement…
made by hand, yes but extremely accurately made. Ken D also made this rather nice scale model of the Punt. I wonder will he bring it along to the Clipper Punt Race for people to see….I must ask him…
