Plans & Kits

The Cradle Pram Papoose, for the newborn sailor

Round-bottomed pocket cruiser with room for an inboard auxiliary and accommodations for two.

Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.

Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip

Lofting is required.

Plans include 11 sheets.

Meghan has a constant deadrise V-bottom hull with  a capacity of 1-2 passengers and features for & aft flotation chambers. Her rig consists of a 16ft free standing mast, 9′5″ wishbone boom and 65 square ft sail.

Athey is a 15' open water recreational rower for one or two based on a lines sketch by N. G. Herreshoff. Built from 4, 6 and 9mm glued lapstrake plywood, she weighs just 65 pounds and is cartopped.

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.

This charming addition to our cradle boat fleet is adapted from a type known as a pram. Prams have transoms at both bow and stern, and are used extensively as tenders for larger vessels because of their roominess in a relatively short length.

This runabout reveals the influence of Zimmer’s association with John Hacker, and will require expert boatbuilders.Construction: Batten-seam planking over sawn frames.Lofting is required.Plans include 4 sheets.

The baby of our pocket cruiser range, Design 077 is a remarkably robust and sea-kindly small cruising sail boat. Available as a gaff yawl or gunter rig cutter.She is very straightforward to build on five ring frames and a backbone, laminated up over the frames.

ROBERTS 470 - WOOD EPOXY

A small river ferry has been designed to transfer up to 60 passengers.

The design is a catamaran of marine plywood construction using fibreglass/epoxy to connect the seems.

The design is using the torqeedo electric motor concept using power dense lithium ion batteries.