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RonW
06-11-2006, 01:40 PM
Does any one have a date as to year that weston designed his launch, the piute??
eastern270
06-11-2006, 09:38 PM
Ron,
I have a set of those plans. When I received them it came with an article about the boat and had 1954 hand written at the top of the first page. Hope this might help.
RonW
06-12-2006, 10:13 AM
1954, that was a good year....thanks....

Where and when did you get your plans?
I have the small set along with a very good article from d.n.goodchild for the outrageous price of $7, also have weston farmer's book - my old boatshop and it also has the lines and offsets.
So I don't need anyhting more to build from, but never did see a date...

Wonder if any one has a piute or seen one and taken a ride on one???

If the creek doesn't rise, I plan on building one this fall and winter, changing the batten seamed planking to strip planking, and putting a 50 or 60 horse 4 stroke on the transom, by way of a 10 inch backset jackplate.And probably a center console.....
JimD
06-12-2006, 10:16 AM
Tried Duckworks?:

http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/wf/index.htm
RonW
06-12-2006, 10:29 AM
Oh yea, duckworks is selling weston farmer plans....thats good..
I have all that I need to build from....
Keith Wilson
06-12-2006, 01:48 PM
My understanding is that in the case of Paiute Weston Farmer just redrew Wm. Hand's design. I think that's what he said in the article in From My Old Boatshop. Great design either way. D.N. Goodchild also sells a reprint of the article containing the plans
mcdenny
06-19-2006, 10:49 PM
Ron, I was looking at the Piute chapter tonight and remembered you writing you were going to put an outboard on a bracket off the transom. The plan shows a 640 lb motor right in the middle of the boat. How are you going to get your center of gravity as far forward as the designer intended?
RonW
06-19-2006, 11:15 PM
Well, I am going to put the fuel tank forward, under the bow deck, and probably use a little concrete bricks for ballast if needed.
Remember that 60 horse only weighs 250 lbs. no monster hanging off the transom.....but it will have to be rebalanced.....

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Ron Wolfe...
mcdenny
06-20-2006, 09:02 AM
Good luck. That's going to take some work to get the CG right.