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Sailboats - Daysailers
NEMAH SHARPY SKIFF
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
NEMAH features a stable, flat bottomed, sharpie type hull that can handle up to 3 passengers and a small outboard up to 5hp. Sides are ¼” plywood and the bottom is 3/8” plywood. A trussed gunnel rail insures hull stiffness.
HEADWATER 14
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
The Headwater Fourteen [H-14] was designed and the prototype built in the Summer of 1985 to test the viability of using frameless, stressed skin construction to build a serviceable Whitewater drift boat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Goat Island Skiff
Designer
Michael Storer kits by Clint Chase | Chase Small Craft
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
- LOA 15′ 6″
- LWL 14′ 9″
- Beam 5′
- Draft (board up/down) 4″/36″
- Depth amidships 20″
- Sail Area 105 (lug) 14 sf (sprit)
Sailboats - Daysailers
Hanze Yawl
Designer
Bert van Baar/Pepijn van Schaick
The Hanze Yawl was designed some years ago during a course on lofting at the Bootbouwschool in the Netherlands.Bert van Baar, the owner of the school was very pleased about a Swedish design he had build previously in a project on the streets of Old Amsterdam.
Oar / Paddle
Noank Pulling Boat
Designer
Nick Schade
The Noank Pulling Boat is an 18′ x 36″ [5.5m x 91cm] sliding seat rowing boat suitable for open water travel.
Sailboats - Cruising
27' 9" Cutter, CAPT. BLACKBURN
Designer
William Garden
For cold-molded construction, a rugged cutter, popular with serious cruisers.
Construction: Cold-molded.
Alternative construction: Carvel, strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 11 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
18' Swampscott, JOHN DORY
Designer
Iain Oughtred
A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.
Plans include nine different rigs.
Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.
No lofting required.
Oar / Paddle
Echo Bay Dory Skiff
Designer
Clint Chase / Chase Small Craft
Fun / Lightweight / Simple & ClassicSpecifications:
- LOA 11′ 7″
- LWL 8′ 6″
- Beam 48 3/4″
- Draft (board up/down) 5″/27″
- Depth amidships 14 1/2″
- Sail Area 50 (lug) 45 sf (sprit)
Key Features:
Sailboats - Daysailers
14' 6" Whilly Boat
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Considered a smaller version of the well-loved Calendonia Yawl, the Whillyboat also takes its cues from traditional Norwegian small craft, and is an ideal daysailer.
Building won't be at all daunting, as she's glue-lap-ply construction, and upkeep will be a snap.
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33' English style Gaff Cutter
Peter Buxton completely restored 1927 Cutter. Long leaf yellow pine on black locust frames.
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FREE COLLECTION OF WB MAGAZINES
FREE COLLECTION OF WB MAGAZINES.
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FREE-33' JOSEPH HACK DESIGNED SLOOP
FREE-33 ft. JOSEPH HACK DESIGNED SLOOP
8 ft. beam
4 ft. draft
Classified
Wooden Kayak Miramichi 17' - 1 person
Crafted for elegance and performance, the Wooden Kayak Miramichi 17 Ft is a one-person vessel des
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