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DINGHY
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We have 10 dinghy designs in this section - but there are more designs above 13' in length in the various other sections within the dinghy page.
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Dinghies on this Page |
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| Skylark 14 | 14'7" Cub Skiff | Kingfisher 14 | Stornoway 14 | Stornoway 16 | DCA Roamer | |
| 14' Rod Fishing Coble | Oxford Skiff | Skylark 14 Mk3 | ||||
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The Highlander 14' has comfortable sitting room for up to 8 people and with it's
two athwartship rowing benches is an easily handled and stable pulling boat.
With her loose footed lug rig she makes the ideal sailing craft for family
sailing, club use and for beach camping. Her construction takes 5 sheets of ply
and with the 12 footer uses a special chine construction developed by Selway
Fisher Design utilising both a stringer and epoxy fillet in a normal stitch and
tape construction adding stiffness and strength whilst retaining the ease of
stitched construction. The versatility of these craft is endless (they can be fitted with cubbies, boom tents and different rigs), and the designer is more than willing to discuss and draw up modifications to suit individual requirements. All these craft are ideal for use with outboard engines.The beam is 5'4" and the weight 155 lbs with a sail area of 84 sq.ft. The example left shows an example with extended/pointed bow - notes are given on the drawings for this modification. |
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HIGHLANDER 14' (ROW) FULL PLANS COST |
| FULL PLAN £72 (incl. VAT) |
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HIGHLANDER 14' (SAIL) FULL PLANS COST |
| FULL PLAN £82 (incl. VAT) |
| SKYLARK 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Skylark 14 is another example of a modified set of standard plans. Mr. Rodrigez of Portugal asked for a longer version of our Skylark 12 and we were quickly able to stretch the original on our CAD system. The new panel shapes were developed very quickly so that the client was able to get construction started straight away. The Skylark 14 has a useful beam of 4’10’’ and she may be fitted out with 4 thwarts plus side benches. Essentially, the plans consist of the standard Skylark 12 set of plans including the 12’ rig plus an additional drawing showing the hull panel and transom shapes for the 14’ version along with details of the extended interior arrangement. |
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SKYLARK 14' FULL PLANS COST |
| FULL PLAN £67 (incl. VAT) |
| 14'7" CUB SKIFF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14’7’’x 3’9’’ (ex. gunwale). Approx. weight excl. gear 90 lbs. A skiff for rowing, sailing, paddling and punting. Built from pre-shaped ply panels in two halves for ease in car topping and carrying. Designed for fun, exercise and pic-nics on the river or canal. Details are also given for a deeper and wider version - see also the Electric Skiff on the Motorboat page. |
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14'7" CUB SKIFF FULL PLANS COST |
| FULL PLAN £38 (incl. VAT) |
| KINGFISHER 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
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| Paul Fisher designed the Kingfisher for Jack Chippendale
of Chippendale Craft Ltd as a large roomy dayboat for the family which could be
built from a kit or from plans in an average sized garage using only domestic
DIY tools. We wanted a boat for the family who wanted to graduate from Mirrors
or who wanted a boat that they could cruise in as a family as well as race, if
they wished. The idea has been to keep everything as simple as possible and to
give as much internal floor space as we could so that, with a boom tent, she
could have 2 people sleeping onboard.
We have kept to a gunter rig for it's efficiency and to keep the spar lengths down. She is both fast and very stable and her side decks (which increase her range of buoyancy) plus side bench seating give her crew the feel of sitting 'in' her rather than 'on' her. There is plenty of space for storage and her relatively light weight makes her easy to trail, launch and recover. LOA 14' (4.26m); Beam 5'6" (1.67m); Draft 8"/3'11" (0.2/0.58m); Sail Area 122 sq.ft. (11.36 sq.m.); Weight (excl plate, rudder and rig 240 lb. (109 kg). Complete boats, part complete boats and kits are available from Seabird Boats at Unit 1, Rock Channel, Rye, Sussex, TN31 7HJ, Tel 01797 227707 and fully detailed construction plans are available from ourselves. |
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KINGFISHER 14' FULL PLANS COST |
| FULL PLAN £85 (incl. VAT) |
| STORNOWAY 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last we have added a 14’ version of our Stornoway design to our range
of Dinghies & Dayboats—she has been much requested and we have
taken the opportunity to base her construction on the highly successful
Kingfisher design with it’s continuous backbone set-up—consisting of
a forward girder, centreboard case and aft girder fastened to a narrow
bottom plank to form a rigid structure onto which the ply
frames/bulkheads and transom are set-up.
The ply planks (6 per side) - the shapes for which are given on the drawings—are then stitched into place and the seams finished with glass tape and epoxy. Mould shapes and building jig details are also given for those who want to build her using the clinker/ply method (these details can also be used to strip plank the hull). We have drawn up a gunter rig as standard so that the mast and spars fit within the hull for easy towing—she could also take the gunter yawl rig with bowsprit which is given as an alternative rig for the Kingfisher 14 design.
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STORNOWAY 14 PLANS PRICE |
| UK/EU - STUDY PLAN £10.00/FULL PLANS £85 (incl. VAT) |
| USA/ELSEWHERE - STUDY PLAN £10.00/FULL PLANS £72 ($14/$115) |
| STORNOWAY 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The
Stornoway 16 has been designed for Walt Scherf of Oregon USA and continues
the lovely rounded lines of the Stornoway family with their firm bilges
flowing into an attractive and not too deep transom, making them both
excellent sailors and easy rowers.
Like her smaller sisters, she has a narrow bottom plank with a further 6 planks per side — 5 or 6 planks per side seems to be a good compromise between having enough planks to give a nicely rounded hull shape and not over complicating the construction with too many planks. Construction follows the same procedure as the Kingfisher 14 and Stornoway 14 with a rigid backbone consisting of forward and aft girders connected by the centreboard case. Again, as with the Stornoway 14, we have included mould shapes and building jig details for those who want to use the clinker/ply method — the same details may be used for strip planking too. She has a sunken foredeck and side benches as standard but she may be fitted out in a number of ways (ie. with raised foredeck and side decks etc). We have given her a gunter rig but she could take any of the other 4 rigs given for the Highlander 16 (lug, sprit, bermudan or yawl). Note - the plans now include moulds and details for a strip planked version plus the plank and frame shapes for an 8 plank per side stitch and tape version - and for those wanting fore and side decks similar to those on the Stornoway 14, we can provide the deck drawing for the Stornoway 14 which can be easily adapted for the 16.
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STORNOWAY 16 PLANS PRICE |
| UK/EU - STUDY PLAN £10.00/FULL PLANS £100 (incl. VAT) |
| USA/ELSEWHERE - STUDY PLAN £10.00/FULL PLANS £85 ($14/$136) |
| DCA ROAMER |
| This is the 14' Roamer dinghy which has self righting properties - the Dinghy Cruising Assoc. asked us to digitize the original hull shape onto our YachtCAD system and to develop the stitch and tape hull panel shapes for her - like the YW Heron, you will need to purchase the original plans - contact the DCA for further details. |
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DCA ROAMER S&T PLANS COST |
| FULL PLAN £30 (incl. VAT) |
| 14' ROD FISHING COBLE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cobles
take many different forms—this is a very different type to that found
on the NE Coast of England which are used in the sea off exposed
shorelines—this coble is of a type found on rivers and inlands waters
and was used for rod fishing—mainly for salmon.
She has a very stable hull with a generous beam making her ideal for the fisherman who has to stand up and she is usually powered by sweeps (shown on the drawings) which are secured by a leather strap to a thole pin The drawings are set up for clinker/ply construction with 6 planks per side attached to a narrow flat bottom plank—the mould shapes are given full-size and we could develop the plank/panel shapes for those who want to build her using the stitch and tape technique.
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14' ROD FISHING COBLE FULL PLANS COST |
| 60 (incl. VAT) |
| OXFORD STRIP PLANKED SAILING/ROWING SKIFF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A strip planked skiff for Mr. P. Hobbs with a simple lug rig - the hull is based on a traditional Thames skiff with it's slender and graceful shape ending in an attractive “wineglass” transom. She has a centreboard arrangement and plenty of room inside. LOA 16'4" (5m); Beam 4'9" (1.45m); Draft 7 1/2"/3'2" (0.19/.97m); Sail Area 91 sq.ft. (8.43 sq.m.). Full size mould shapes are given along with details for the building jig etc. She may be built without the rig etc to give a pure rowing skiff. |
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The above example is by Pat Hobbs. |
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OXFORD 5m PLANS PRICE |
| UK/EU - STUDY PLAN £10.00/FULL PLANS £105 (incl. VAT) |
| USA/ELSEWHERE - STUDY PLAN £8.50/FULL PLANS £89 ($14/$142) |
| See also the 15'4" Fly Fishing Coble which is for rowing and outboard power - go to Motor Boats up to 16'. |
| SKYLARK 14 Mark 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The
original 14’ Skylark was drawn up as a simple extension of the Skylark
12 using the same rig and simple fit-out details as the 12. We then
remodelled the hull with an additional chine to give the Mark 2 version.
This version uses the same hull shape as the Mark 2
but has been drawn up with gunkholing in mind—the interior is
half decked and the centre space has been kept clear to allow sleeping
(perhaps under a simple boom tent).
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SKYLARK 14 Mk 3 FULL PLANS COST |
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