Marsh Hen
MARSH HEN offers seaworthy and seakindly performance, good speeds with modest horsepower, and handsome looks. Her plywood construction is more accessible to amateur builders.
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MARSH HEN offers seaworthy and seakindly performance, good speeds with modest horsepower, and handsome looks. Her plywood construction is more accessible to amateur builders.
A shoal-draft, two-sail bateau from the Chesapeake - comfortable cruising for a couple and a daysailing party.
Construction: Traditional Chesapeake bateau construction.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
Kingfisher’s shape was inspired by famous Chestnut Prospector. Hull width of 93cm, flat bottom and slim shape gives good stability and maneuverability. It is designed for crew of 2 with additional equipment (tents, fishing rods…).
Rustica 570 is a cabin motor boat ideal for coastal cruising and camping. It’s particularly suitable for river tourism in protected waters. The shallow V hull, semi-displacement, is designed for an outboard motor hosted inside the cockpit with a power range between 10 HP and 15 HP.
Oceangoing carvel-planked cruiser with a choice of centerboard or ballast keel configurations.
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
Based loosely on the Folkboat, this plywood lapstrake double-ender combines comforting rough-water ability, and good looks.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood over laminated frames.
Alternative construction: Traditional plank on frame, strip or cold-molded.
Open daysailer featuring plywood construction.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood over sawn frames
No lofting is required
Rig: Sliding Gunter
Plans include 35 sheets
Elegant, high-performance, sliding-seat pulling boat designed to mitigate the speed-robbing pitching associated with some sliding-seat craft.
Construction: Lapstrake planked over steamed frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded, strip or glued lapstrake.
A modified V-bottom, with constant deadrise in its after sections. Construction: Plywood and Mahogany over sawn frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded, double laminated plywood. No lofting is required. Plans include 8 sheets.
Custom Builder. Length 15' 3",; beam 4' 1", weight 93#. Marine grade Okoume plywood.
Excellent condition and freshly painted, custom 16’ Amesbury Skiff 2003, Oak Frame, lapstrake ced
Own a rare piece of sailing history! Witchcraft II, designed by B.B.