Ideal Series Books

[dm_scott]

I love this series, and collect them as I can, and saw these 2 on e-bay, http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Vols-1920-Design-a-Motor-Boat-Build-a-Motor-Boat_W0QQitemZ390046007192QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiq uarian_Collectible?hash=item390046007192&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

This is Vol's 1 and 2, does anyone know who the designers were in these 2 books?

I've looked here, http://www.boat-links.com/Ideal/index.html but it does not show who the designers were for all of the books.

Thanks

[Bob Cleek]

I chase the Ideal Series, too. I have maybe eight of them. Those two look to be very early ones. Most all of the later plans are Atkins, but these 1920 editions would predate Atkin's tenure.

[holzbt]

Volume 1-
How To Design A Motor Boat
Hike You, a 20-Foot Skimmer
Goblin, a 20-Footer
Panther, a 20-Foot Hydroplane
Magnet, a 21-Footer
America, a 21-Foot Cruising Runabout
Curlew, a 22-Footer for Open Waters
Sandpiper, a 24-Foot V-Bottom
L'Allegro, a 25-Foot V-Bottom Ship
Tuna, a 27-Foot Shallow- Draft V-Bottom Craft
Zora, a 28-Foot Round Bottom Boat
Trident, a 24 1/2-Foot Bottom Cruiser
Cygnet, a 25-Foot Cruiser with Trunk Cabin
Halcyon, a 28-Footer That's Different
Flashlight, a 30-Foot V-Bottom
Dawn, a Double-Cabin Bridge- Deck Cruiser
Sunray, a 36-Foot Double Cabin Cruiser
Spook, a 36-Footer with Unusual Accommodations
Ruth, a 38 1/2-Foot Double Cabin Cruiser
Jerry, a 40-Footer with Small Sail
Penguin II, a 20-Foot Yawl with 10 H.P.
Drift, a 20-Foot Sloop
Victory, a 21-Foot Catboat
Bonita, a 25-Foot Ketch
Volante, a 25-Foot Waterline Yawl
White Cap, a 26-Foot Sloop
Little Pal, a 23-Foot catboat
Gob, a 28-Foot V-Bottom Auxiliary Motor Boat
Carina III, a 30-Foot Yawl
Chester, a 35-Foot Yawl
Josephine, a 35- foot V-Bottom Craft with 15 H.P.
Indrashama, a 35-Foot Schooner
Pirate, a 60-Foot Ketch

No designer is listed for any of them but I'd guess that William Hand was responsible for quite a few of them.