The 26’ Whaler has been designed to get the youth interested in activities on the water from building the boat to mounting expeditions. She can take 10 crew with at least 8 rowing and has plenty of space for stowing gear. Her shape has been based on the British Naval Whaler with it’s rounded bow and ample midship section. But in this instance, for ease in construction and to keep building time and costs down, we gave gone for a multi-chine hull shape in plywood.

Construction is simple stitch and tape or ply over frame with 4 planks per side. The hull is symmetrical about amidships and can be built and stored in 2 identical halves if required.

Although not drawn yet, she could take a simple rig with rudder etc. Full construction (which includes seating and sole etc) takes approximately 20 sheets of 9mm plywood.

26' WHALER PLANS COST

This is a modern ‘sit-on’ type kayak where the cockpits are essentially open and sealed from the remainder of the kayak. The areas around the cockpits are used for both storage and buoyancy.

Construction uses 3 or 4mm plywood throughout and the stitch and tape process for the hull. The marked tumblehome in the topsides gives maximum stability for the crew and allows water coming over the deck to shed easily.

The drawings give the position for an alternative single cockpit version and for a simple rudder system.

17' SITON KAYAK FULL PLANS COST 

The Thames 19 is a stretched version of our 17’ Thames Skiff and has the same sweet wineglass shaped transom. She has the same beam as the 12; and 17’ versions and can be fitted out either to have a single or double rowing position.

Construction uses the stitch and tape method with 5 planks per side.

The Hazelnut has been designed for those who want a similar hull shape to the Peterborough model but without the turned up ends. This gives a flatter sheer line more like a guide boat—she retains the 5 plank per side shape with tumblehome for ease in paddling and stability. The ends form tanks for stowage or buoyancy and construction uses the simple stitch and tape method.

14'6" HAZELNUT FULL PLANS COST 

Dilys is a Welsh name and means “perfect, true and reliable” which is just right for this sturdy little ship—it also happens to be my wife’s name and the meaning certainly fits her too! This is a 4 plank per side ply on frame version of the well known North American Catboat—boats with a generous beam giving enormous stability and vast room inside for their length.

She has the standard layout for a catboat of this length of just 2 berths with comfortably sized wc compartment and galley and very large cockpit. She could of course, with some redesign, take 4 berths. Maximum headroom as drawn is 6’ (1.83m).  The drawings give details for both an inboard diesel engine installation and an alternative outboard well.

Many had a centreboard rather than a fixed keel and she could also be adapted to take this arrangement. Construction is based on a modern pre-shaped egg-box type plywood framework of frames/bulkheads slotted together with fore and aft girders.

LOD 25’8” (7.82m); Beam 12’ (3.65m); Draft 4’2” (1.27m): Sail Area 515 sq.ft. (47.88 sq.m.); Displ. To WL. 12546 lbs (5690 kg); Ballast 4080 lbs (1850 kg).

25'8" DILYS CATBOAT SAILING CRUISER

Most East Coast Cobles were of clinker (lapstrake) construction but a few were carvel and the 27’ Northumbrian Coble emulates one of these by using modern strip planked construction. I have not attempted to ‘modernize’ the concept too much and so have gone for the traditional deep forefoot, well angled rudder and twin ‘drafts’ (skegs) to help keep her to windward under sail and ‘grip’ the water. She is essentially a large open working boat with moveable seating set up mainly for rowing but with and an optional outboard well and a traditional standing lug rig.

Although not shown at present, we can produce the moulds and jig details for a clinker version, if that is preferred.

27' NORTHUMBRIAN COBLE PLANS COST

The Hazelnut has been designed for those who want a similar hull shape to the Peterborough model but without the turned up ends. This gives a flatter sheer line more like a guide boat—she retains the 5 plank per side shape with tumblehome for ease in paddling and stability. The ends form tanks for stowage or buoyancy and construction uses the simple stitch and tape method.  

This a smaller version of our popular 12’9” Waterboy. The design has the same high volume hull with tumblehome and 4 planks per side with a narrow flat bottom as it’s bigger brother. Construction is simple stitch and tape using 4mm ply. The beam means that the 10’ Waterboy will not be the quickest canoe at this length but it will certainly be able to take a much larger load and is really conceived as a minimum length fishing canoe.

10' WATERBOY FULL PLANS COST 

 Our Felix 13’ was lengthened to 15’ and the beam increased to accommodate batteries for electric power and now this design has been lengthened a further 12” and the beam increased by 6” and the hull depth also increased so that she may accommodate an aft saloon.

  This new Felix now has the ability to take 2 in comfort for over-night stays or to be fitted out without the saloon as a work launch or small fishing boat. Construction is in strip plank and the machinery arrangement shows an electric motor but she could of course take steam or diesel power.

FELIX 16' PLANS PRICE

 This is my first ever design resurrected—I designed her as a school kid in 1969 and built her in the garage during 1970. In those days home computers did not exist and so she was built ply over frame.

  Having remodeled the lines I have redeveloped her for stitch and tape construction and incorporated much of what I have learnt in the last 40 years as a yacht designer. Like the Stornoway designs, she now has a narrow flat bottom panel which is set up with the ply fore and aft girder which incorporates the centreboard case. The ply frames are then slotted onto this backbone followed by the hull panels.

  The original was fast and highly maneuverable —this new version will be even better. Our house was in Fitzroy Crescent, Woodley, hence the name.

14' FITZROY FULL PLANS COST 

 Based on our Safe Harbour design which was based on the Dark Harbor 12 designed by B.B. Crowninshield in the early part of the 20th Century, this design has been made beamier so that she can carry less ballast and use a steel centreplate.

  She retains the elegantly long overhangs on a 12’ waterline length but has a draft with the plate up of just 1’7” (0.48m) which allows her up tight creeks and back waters.

  Construction is for modern strip planking using Western Red Cedar over computer faired moulds.

CALM HARBOUR 12 DAYSAILER

NEW HOWTH HEAD 22

Construction is ply hull panels over a framework of plywood bulkheads/frames slotted onto a ply fore and aft girder. the chine seams are either conventional wood stringers or expoy and tape. She may take inboard engines up to 50 hp.

HOWTH HEAD 22 PLANS PRICE

The steel hull panel shapes are given so that the hull can be constructed either by tacking the plates together over wood moulds and then fitting the framework or by assembling the full framework first and fitting the panels over the top. Although the drawings are for steel construction, the Saltee Island would be easy to convert to ply over frame or even stitch and ply construction.

The hull has a double chine U/V bottomed shape giving an easy riding displacement hull that can be fitted out in a number of different ways.

SALTEE ISLAND 26 PLANS PRICE

 4m MINI YACHT

 At just over 13’ length, the 4m Mini Yacht has 2 berths and space for a portable wc inside plus large areas for stowage or floatation.

  She has a daggerboard type keel with a steel core and lead bulb which is bolted in place for sailing but which can be raised using the main halyard for easy trailing.

  Construction is based on a ply framework consisting of ply bulkheads and a ply fore and aft girder which incorporates the keel box. The planks can then be fitted and finished using the simple stitch and tape method for the chine seams.

4M MINI YACHT

 The traditional Punter is a small Dutch work boat with a simple single chine and flat bottomed hull and an upper strake which is shaped to give tumblehome. Her sprit rig is very practical allowing the sail to be brailed up against the mast when not in use rather than having to be dropped into the boat. Brailing up also allows power to be taken off the rig quickly.

  Construction is ply over frame with softwood frames and ply girders erected upside down on a strongback, chine stringers fitted and the ply planking put on oversize and trimmed back. This method is used rather than stitch and tape because of the shape of the bow although S&T could be used if all the planking was fitted in 2 thin layers. She uses 7 sheets of 4mm ply and 10 sheets of 9mm ply.

16' DUTCH PUNTER PLANS COST

 The 14’ Goshawk has emerged in the same way that the 16’ Goshawk did—by someone asking for a wider and deeper Skylark. What the client wanted was a small boat which was more than the normal dinghy type which tends to have a mid hull depth around 18” (450mm). The additional hull depth (around 24” (0.610m) with it’s associated increased beam gives a craft with much higher carrying capacity which can take a cuddy or even a small cabin and which will allow someone to sleep on board perhaps under a boom tent.

  To help facilitate this, the hinged board is not in the centre but is accommodated on the side of the seating which gives a completely free area in the middle of the boat.

  Construction is simple stitch and tape and would normally use 9mm more or less throughout. 6mm ply could be used for lightness. She may be fitted out and used in a number of ways and without the pivoting board and sail rig if a pure motor boat is needed.

GOSHAWK 14 FULL PLANS COST 

 This is a simple barge with flat bottom single chine shape and a ‘swim’ shaped stern (under the waterline similar to narrow boats). The bow would be vertically staved plywood in 2 or 3 overlapping layers. Construction details are available for the hull only and approximately 45 sheets of 18mm ply and 40 sheets of 24mm ply are used for the hull skin.

 She may be fitted out to the builders requirements and we can give advice on deck construction etc. She is designed for use as a houseboat in inland waters.

HINTON 15m PLYWOOD BARGE HULL PLANS COST

 15' HERON POCKET CRUISER

 The additional 1'4" hull length over the original 14' version gives a lot of useful additional space - enough for 2 comfortable berths, a small galley area and curtained side space for a Porta Potti type wc.

 Unlike the 14 foot which has fixed bilge keels, this version has a centreplate (with an external pivot) which means that the interior is not divided by a case.

 Construction is centred around a simple plywood framework consisting of a fore and aft girder (which includes the centreplate case) onto which are slotted the ply frames, bulkheads and transom. The hull panels are then fitted over the frameworks and the chines finished with epoxy. The chines can also be solid wood if required.

 A pretty looking and simple little ship with plenty of cruising potential.

15' HERON POCKET CRUISER

The 15' Huntsman is a simple 2 planks per side open canoe with a V bottom and single chine making construction fast with the stitch and tape construction method. The canoe can take 2 adults and more if required and is ideal for trekking with camping gear, food etc. If the stretcher is made removable, the hull would be relatively comfortable to sleep in and the design would be ideal for a simple sailing rig, rudder and leeboards or daggerboard (we can supply the sail details if required from another of our designs).

15' HUNTSMAN FULL PLANS COST