Sailboats - Cruising
Goat Island Skiff
The Goat has become known worldwide for being a simple to build and simple to sail that delivers.
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The Goat has become known worldwide for being a simple to build and simple to sail that delivers.
Here's a handy boat that can be rowed, sailed, and powered with up to three large adults. The Passagemaker Dinghy is easy to build but looks great and performs beautifully
Wynfall is a small but capable cruising boat -- although only 26' long, she has a waterline of almost 24', and displaces 9500 lbs.
Simplicity of construction, user friendliness (both for single or double) and high performance – all of this with reasonable costs. These are the main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14’ design and which justify the main choices made, in particular:
A series of Catamaran Houseboats/canal boats has been designed with electric propulsion.
The boats have been designed to meet dimensional restrictions of the french canal waterways, however the design can be easily adapted to other inland waterway requirements.
The idea behind this design was to see how much boat can be squeezed out of a single sheet of plywood 4x8′ (1220 x 2440mm). The resulting boat is suitable for kids to paddle on ponds or very small lakes.
In the spring of 2013, I started to write a book called, How to Design a Boat using SketchUp 3D Software. The subject matter was my design, ‘Kalostyn’.
Comfortable round-bottomed ocean cruiser with carvel-planking and accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 9 sheets.
The Shearwater is an eye-catching, light and fast cruiser that does many things well. It is a strong contender for the budget-minded paddler looking to answer the 'if I could only have one kayak' need
A fast and able auxiliary cruiser with wheel steering and accommodations for three.
Construction: Carvel Planked over steamed frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 5 sheets.
“CHARM” is an 85′ LOA schooner originally designed to be a personal yacht that was built and fini
Built in 1933 as a commercial NC “sink netter”, “Sylvia II” has been totally restored and rebuilt
William Shaw design, 24' Yawl with shoal keel and centerboard, built 1958 in Denmark.