Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan WAVE
Wide, shallow racing sloop designed by Cornelius Gorman in 1878.
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Wide, shallow racing sloop designed by Cornelius Gorman in 1878.
BEN GARVEYS - Ben 15' 9", Big Ben 19'
Fine boatyard skiffs or small harbor ferries.
A pair of boats that will feel right at home on the working waterfront.
SILVER 45 is a very classical small runabout capable of planing at full charge with a 25 to 40 HP outboard engine.
VILA 620 is the intermediate model of the VILA family of three small planing motor cruisers/fisherman designed for amateur boat builders.
The traditional yawlboat is a hard-working boat, carried on the stern davits of a larger working vessel. They have sweet shapes to be easily driven and as was befitting the pride of workmanship that went into their construction.This latter day version is much lighter and smaller in size.
Construction - Glued lapstrake plywood.
Alternative construction - Traditional, cold-molded and strip plank.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 8 sheets.
Sail Area - Lug 87 sq. ft.
Sloop 104 sq. ft.
Yawl 121 sq. ft.
The Fast Skiff 12, a simple, economical, easy to build and fast small planing boat.
S/V 14 designed by Simonis Voogd Design has been specifically created for sailors with disabilities. The E-book consists of 100 pages plan + videos, it is offered for free BUT, it must be for the benefit of the disabled community.
Our Talon Series boats are designed to handle good seas with speed and comfort. We use a 30 degree dead rise found on production speed boats to make a soft ride.
Start Building ... Get Floating!!
28′ LOA carvel-planked daysailer with small cuddy. Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.
17' 9" glued lap strake sapele plywood with ribbon Sipo mahogany bright work.
Mahogany planked on oiled oak frames. Spruce spars and stainless rigging.
SUNDANCE II "Colonia" sailing dinghy designed in 1901 by Nathanael G. Herreshoff.
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).