Beach Point 18 canoe yawl

[fish948]

i am interested in antonio dias design beach point 18 canoe yawl
anybody know anything about this boat or if and where the plans are available. ?

[Thad]

Try emailing Antonio Dias a.dias@cox.net

[Clinton B Chase]

Please share what you find out. Have you seen Wm. Garden's Eel? In the WB store.

Cheers,
Clint

[TerryLL]

Hey Clint,
Quite a few Garden Eels out on this side of the world. Garden says they can be built lapstrake, but all the ones I've seen looked to be strip or cold-molded. My first impression years ago seeing my first one was that it's a lot of boat for only 18 feet.

[JimConlin]

There's a very nice article in Boat Design Quarterly #8 (http://www.woodenboatstore.com/Boat-Design-Quarterly-Vol-8/productinfo/197-008/). It's on the cover. BDQ can be purchased through our hosts.

http://www.woodenboatstore.com/images/thm197008.jpg

A most elegant boat! Unlike Eel, the centerboard trunk doesn't intrude into the interior and the rudder will survive a grounding.

There's also a 22'6" version.

[James McMullen]

I saw an Eel in the Portland area once that was lapstrake. It was definitely prettier than the smooth-skinned strip-planked ones I have seen.

I don't like the Eel's rudder arrangement very much. Other than that, they're sexy!

[fish948]

thanks everyone am much indebted to you all
have emailed tony for cataloque or study plans or plans
have bought the design quarterly delivery to oz could take a while
and checked out garden,s eel which looks alot similier
but i do love the look of the old seabird an tony,s design being trailable and possibly lapstrake which i have had some experience with might be a better choise.
regards rick

[Wiley Baggins]

fish948, if you don't have any luck with that design you might want to look at Bolger's NORD KOSTER - http://www.boatbldr.com/html/boats/koster.html. She was also featured in BDQ - issue No. 23. The boats is a bit smaller than the BEACH POINT 18 so it may not suit.

[Ben Fuller]

Harrier that Tony did for me is a higher performance development of the Beach Point 18. Nice article about the boat in the new Small Boats published by WB.