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Study Plans are available for these designs - remember a study plan gives you more details and a wood materials list usually on two A1 sheets, so that you can cost out a project before ordering the full plans. When you order the full construction plans you do not need to order the study plan as well, as all the study details are on the full plans. We have 9 designs all for modern plywood construction and some also have details for round bilge Strip Planking - there are study plans (A1 sheets with sections, construction details and a wood materials list, for most of these designs - for further information please see the price list on the main page.
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| Ptarmigan 17 | 17'6" Evening Swan | 19'6" White Swan | Galway 18 | Micro 18 | 19'6" Pocket Cruiser |
| 19' Jola Gaff Cutter | 18' Morning Tide | 20' Fisher Skipjack | Avocet 18' | Wader 18' | |
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| The 6 beam version of the Ptarmigan 15 is quite popular and now we have
extended the whole design to 17x611. Although only 2 longer than
her sister, the Ptarmigan 17 has quite a bit more volume for larger berths and
more stowage. Construction is just as simple using pre-shaped ply hull panels
which are held together temporarily by wire stitches until the chine seams are
epoxied. The frames and transom are again are all pre-shaped and are simply
slotted into place to give the basic shape of the boat. Building is therefore
quick and simple and uses the minimum of materials. She may be fitted out in a
variety of ways but the standard plans show a good size of cockpit and a
comfortable cabin with 2 berths and stowage for the cooker etc. LOD (Length over
deck) 17; Beam 611; Draft 12/35; Sail Area 139
sq.ft.; Approx. weight 1300 lbs.(with steel centreplate).
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The plans include the mould and jig details of a clinker version with 4 planks per side - see below with photographs of an example by Steve Cormack. |
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One of our clients, Mr. Masters liked the Grey Swan but wanted a cruiser just a
little bit bigger so that she could accommodate an inboard engine and provide
more room for a basic galley and stowage for a Porta-loo. Having extended the
Grey Swan hull, we have also given her deeper sections allowing more space in
the cabin. Some of the additional length has gone into the cockpit giving more
sitting room for the crew. Installation details are given for the inboard engine
to be mounted under the cockpit sole aft of the cabin but details are also shown
for an outboard well right aft. The standard keel configuration is a long
central ply box ballast keel with additional bilge keels which will also allow
her to sit upright. Construction starts with the assembly of the pre-shaped ply
bulkheads, transom and fore/aft girders. Chine stringers then go on (the plans
also show alternative epoxy filleted chine joints) followed by the hull panels
shapes for which, are given on the drawings. Note - the plans also include details/moulds for a strip planked hull. Above - "Saskia" a strip planked Evening Swan built by Chris van der Craats in Australia - as he says"this has to be the Morris Minor of sailing boats, small in LOD, but enormous inside" - and below two other examples, to the left a ply version by Alan Masters. |
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After many requests from clients, the 16 Grey Swan has been stretched in this new version to 196, The beam has not been increased too much to enhance sailing performance and the additional 36 in length has greatly added to the space available for berths and stowage. The standard drawings show a four berth arrangement with cooker, fold away basin and space for a bucket w.c, However this may be changed to suit. The centreboard could also be changed for bilge keels or a central ballast keel. Construction is of pre-shaped frames, fore/aft members and bottom panel fastened together in a simple prefabricated assembly to which stringers are applied. The hull skin then goes on oversize to be trimmed later. A client has recently asked for the design to be modified for sheet grp construction so the plans now include details and all hull panel shapes for this fibreglass method of construction which requires no mould and is very similar to ply/epoxy construction (which can also be used). The plans also now include details of a modified centreboard arrangement along with details of an inboard engine installation. The engine is a 9 hp Yanmar and the new arrangement keeps the centreboard below the cabin sole with control to the cockpit. |
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The Galway 18 has been designed as a replacement for a clients ageing
Lysander and incorporates a number of his thoughts and ideas on the design of a
safe cruising boat of this size. The main requirement is, of course, that she
should be easily trailable behind the average family saloon car and therefore,
her weight with permanent ballast has been kept below the 2000 lb. mark. In
order to keep the weight down and yet still have a robust design, the
construction of the Galway 18 is based upon pre shaped 3/8 ply bulkheads
and fore and aft girders which are slotted together along with the transoms to
form a very strong structure which incorporates much of the internal joiner work
(bunk, locker, galley and cockpit seat fronts) and also forms the shape of the
boat. The chine stringers and gunwale are then laminated in situ and the 3/8
ply hull panels are then applied. The bottom consists of 2 layers of 3/8
ply and virtually no beveling is required, even on the chine stringers as the
V gap between the stringer and the hull panel is filled with WEST epoxy
putty. The design is very adaptable and bunk heights etc can be altered to suit.
The small transom at the bow allows a safe and large recessed foredeck area which acts as a self draining anchor and chain locker and there is a large outboard well at the stern. The standard arrangement shows 2 berths, a cooker and WC inside with 2 further people sleeping on wide cockpit seats under a boom tent, but there is space for 1 or 2 further berths to be fitted inside and extending under the cockpit area. With a view to safe easy handling, both a junk rig and a sprit boom rig with jib are shown on the plans and full details are given for the making of solid wood spars. The central ballast/bilge keel arrangement may be changed to centreboard or fin keel. |
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This
project presents the amateur builder with little more difficulty than
building an Enterprise dinghy. She is of multi-chine configuration with
pre-shaped bottom, hog and bulkheads for quick construction. The latest
low waterline beam/planing design has been used and yet she has 3/4
berths and sitting headroom. Plans include sail construction for the
amateur sail maker. The keel lifts vertically using winch and tackle and
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This little ship, with its shallow draft, is ideal for exploring estuaries as well as for coastal cruising with a young family. Having bilge keels means that she will dry out level making her easily berthed in a creek. LOD (Length over deck) 196; LWL 17; Beam 710; Draft 2; Displ. 2700 lbs.; Ballast 850 lbs; Sail Area 200 sq.ft.; Headroom 43. Note - this design was part of our Professional Series of designs (for professional boat builders) but has now had it's hull computer modeled and plans amplified to include all necessary details for home strip plank construction |
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This cracker of a little ship, will take you cruising into shallow waters and creeks whilst at the same time provide a seaworthy yacht for coastal and cross-channel sailing. Starting from aft, she has an outboard well, spacious self-draining cockpit and a cabin with up to 4 berths and space for a Porta Potti WC and small galley - if you do not want 4 berths you can have 2 or 3 and a larger galley area. Like many of our small designs the centreplate is housed below the cabin sole and the plans show both Gaff Cutter and Bermudan Cutter rigs. Construction details are shown for stitch and tape, ply over frame and clinker ply construction. |
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Many moons ago when I first started as a designer with McGruers on the Gareloch, I drew the lines of a 19' pocket cruiser for myself, partly as the day job was full of racing yachts - I never got to build her but the drawing was kept safe and would casually drop into my lap just to remind me of her existence when I was busy searching for other things in the office. I drew up a smaller version and called her the Tideway 14 (after an area on the Thames I had enjoyed boating on) and you can see her on the Pocket Cruisers up to 16' page renamed as the Morning Tide 14 - at the same time I sketched 18' and 22' versions and after many years of gestation I have finally detailed the 18 footer. She can be fitted out in a number of ways - the plans show forward V berths and a reasonable galley and WC compartment aft but one or other of these can be moved or omitted so that 1 or 2 quarter berths can be accommodated. The plans also show an optional outboard well. Like her smaller sister, she has a long keel with a simple ballast box. Other keel options could be used. Construction is egg-box type with ply frames and fore and aft girders slotted together - the hull panels can then be fitted and the chines finished in stitch and tape style, or stringers can be fitted and the planking completed plank over frame or clinker. |
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Apart from their distinctive hulls, they usually sported a gaff main with single jib and were characterized by their sweeping sheer line. All in all, these features lead to a very seaworthy, easily built and very 'salty' looking craft. Construction is ply plank over frame with the ply fore and aft girder combined with the centreboard case set up with the ply bulkheads and frames upside down. Stringers are added before everything is cleaned up and made ready for the ply planking. To make things simple and low cost, the ballast, as in the original boats is in the bilges in the form of scrap steel or lead. The standard layout is for twin berths plus room for a galley and wc and a large cockpit but this can be easily altered to suit your own requirements. Note - the specification has alternative width measurements for the frames etc so that the overall beam is within the 2.55m limit for towing behind a car. |
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I was asked to design a handy little double ender for construction in welded aluminum and the Avocet was my answer. She is beamy, robust with enough space for a decent self draining cockpit, 2 berths a Porta Potti wc and sink and cooker. The rig had to have as few strings as possible and be easy and quick to put up whilst the hull needed to have a shallow draft without a centreboard an be able to sit upright when she dried out. Because she is made of aluminum I was able to integrate the ballast keel box with the hull so that access to the ballast is via hatches in the hull bottom allowing the lead shot to be adjusted in weight and position easily. Motor power comes from an outboard mounted on a beam across the quarter deck. Please note, it is my intention to redraw these plans for plywood construction - See the Wader plans below. |
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I was asked to design a handy little double ender for construction in welded aluminum and the Avocet was my answer - however, aluminium is not everyone's preferred building material and so I have redrawn/designed the Avocet for construction in plywood and called her the Wader. All aspects of the Wader are the same as for the Avocet - so she is beamy, robust with enough space for a decent self draining cockpit, 2 berths a Porta Potti wc and sink and cooker. The rig had to have as few strings as possible and be easy and quick to put up whilst the hull needed to have a shallow draft without a centreboard an be able to sit upright when she dried out. The ballast keel box is a simple plywood box partly filled with lead shot or a combination of scrap steel and concrete. Motor power comes from an outboard mounted on a beam across the quarter deck.
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