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YACHT &
BOAT DESIGNS, PLANS & MANUALS
FOR THE
HOME & PROFESSIONAL BOAT BUILDER
(last updated
05/04/08
- see list of updates below)
(Selway Fisher Designs
in the above picture
- going from the top left corner in a clockwise
direction - are the 24' Strip Planked Beaumaris Trailer Sailer, 25'6" Snow
Bunting Steam Launch, 10'6" Northumbrian Coble, Ailsa 22 Trailer Sailer,
JC10 (Trainer for the IC10), 24' Power 3 Motor Boat, Petite Brise 12' 4"
Swampscott Dinghy - to the right of that is the 15' Lillie Canoe Yawl and in the
centre is the 15'8" Fisher Prospector canoe).
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Welcome
to the Selway Fisher Web Site which includes our extensive range of stock
boat designs, catalogues and manuals. For those who ask us for
different sail plans, keel arrangements, methods of construction etc., we are constantly
adding alterations to our design packages - so
when going through the web site, if you cannot see
quite what you want, someone may have already asked for it and it may
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What
is on this site? - this is quite a large site with
details of all 350 or so of our designs plus descriptions of our design
catalogues and construction manuals.
You will see at the top of this page - links to the various
different pages describing the designs etc. A brief description of the
design packages & services can be found below along with ordering information plus a list of site updates.
Please read the ordering
information carefully as there are now several ways in which you can place
an order. |
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The Design
Packages
- all designs are complete for amateur DIY
construction (unless otherwise stated) and have details, notes and a building procedure -
please
note that we also run a full back-up service allowing you to contact us by
phone/fax, post or e-mail with any queries you may have before, during or
after construction - we also have several Construction Manuals as an aid
for those unfamiliar with modern boat-building or who want to keep up with
the latest techniques.
We normally have at least 5 or 6 new designs on the drawing board at any
one time (see the page on our Latest
Design Work & Boat Builder's Photo Gallery) - all our work is done
on commission for a particular client and then put into the Design
Catalogue for sale to the Boat Building enthusiast.
All designs are
by Paul Fisher BSc. AMRINA who formed Selway Fisher Design in 1974. His
previous design experience comes from working in the design offices
of McGruer & Co. and Silvers, both on the Clyde for a period of 9
years.
Selway Fisher
Design now has over 300 stock designs in it's Catalogue ranging in length
from 4' to 60' and including over :-
The 3 main
construction techniques used for these designs are:-
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Stitch &
Tape plywood using computer generated hull panel shapes.
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Ply on frame
(or combined with stitch & tape).
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Cedar Strip
Plank using computer generated and faired mould shapes.
Using our YachtCAD
system, we can change from one construction method to another in a design and
we can often offer details for clinker ply construction for any of our
designs too. |
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Study Plans & Full Plans
- for many of our
designs you may order a Study Plan which is usually two A1 (approx. 2'x3')
sheets. The first A1 sheet gives large views of the design with sections, construction
notes/details, and a wood materials list and the second A1 sheet is
usually the main hull construction drawing allowing the potential builder
an overview of the construction - plus,
many study plans now come with a colour photo sheet of examples in-build
and/or on the water - the Study Plan enables you to investigate the design in greater depth and to do an initial costing.
A Full Plan
consists of the full detailed set of construction drawings and details
necessary to construct the boat.
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Ordering
Plans, Manuals & Catalogues
- there are several ways in
which you can place an order with us - these are separated into 2 mains
methods :-
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- Directly with your credit/debit card whilst you are
on-line - we have added an Ordering Cart system
which allows you to add the plans etc you wish to order to the Cart
before going to the secure area to place your order. You will find a
"Buy Plan Now" button under the description of each item.
Please Note - for the moment, the On-Line Ordering Cart does not
add the cost of Postage (Shipping) to your order - however postage
& packing charges will be added - for a note of these P&P
charges please go to the Postage
(Shipping) Charges Table.
All card
transactions are in Sterling.
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By Post, Fax,
E-mail or Phone - for those who do not wish to order on-line, we have
retained our Order Form - go to our Post/Fax
Order Form page (see also the Navigation bar at the top of this page for
a link) and you will find an order form which you can print out, fill-in
and send by post or fax with either your credit/debit card details or
cheque/postal order.
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Note
that there are 2 "Buy Plan Now" buttons for each set of
plans - one for UK/EU customers which includes VAT and one for
USA/Elsewhere customers which excludes VAT. Catalogues and Manuals do
not incur VAT for UK/EU customers and these items therefore only have
one "Buy Now Button".
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Please
note that all credit/debit card transactions have to be done in Pounds
Sterling - the US Dollar prices given in the price lists are estimated
at an exchange rate of 1.6 USD = £1 Sterling and therefore our US
clients may find the amount charged on their card statements will vary
(up or down) from the US price given, if the exchange rate at the time
is different - however, do remember that
we are more than happy to accept payment by personal US Dollar cheque
at the US Dollar price given in the price lists if you would prefer to
order by Post - go to the
Post/Fax
Order Form page.
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List of Latest
Site Updates
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02/03/06
- A new rowing skiff - the Mandarin 17 based on the traditional Thames
Boatman's Skiffs added plus photos of the Rathlin 20 Motorboat,
Tideway 14 Pocket Cruiser, Rona 21' Yacht, Chincoteague Skiff, Rhum
Dinghy, 12'6" Northumbrian Coble and Henley 18 Slipper Launch.
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06/05/06
- Had hoped to add at least 5 new designs but for the moment it is the
15' Mandarin Thames Boatsman's Skiff and the Cambrian 20' steam launch
- a 41' steel MB, a 25' version of the Kari 3 and a 23' Canal Cruiser
will be added soon.
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07/06/06
- 4 new designs - the 16' Port Sorell Rowing Skiff, 6m Flushing
Clinker Daysailer, 23' Ply Canal Cruiser and the 41' Humber steel
Motor Barge - go to our New Designs
Page .
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30/07/06
- New photos of the Esk 14 kayak, Peterborough 14 open canoe, Thames
14 skiff, Felix 15 steam launch and the CR25 yacht added.
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04/08/06
- New photos added of the 15' Fly Fishing Coble (strip planked
version) - go to Rowing Skiffs and
the 16' Chincoteague Sailing Skiff - go to Other
Dayboats.
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30/09/06
- New strip planked design - the Safe Harbour 12 - very much a mini J
class yacht - go to Other
Dayboats.
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23/11/06
- More art work put onto the Paul Fisher
Art pages.
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04/03/07
- The 19'6" Pocket Cruiser which was part of our Professional
Series of designs has now had it's plans amplified with full details
for home strip plank construction, go to Pocket
Cruisers 16' to 20'. There has also been several photos added
including pics of the Adirondack Guide Boat, Frigate's Boat,
Chincoteague Skiff, Pinky, Port Sorrel Skiff, Cape Cod motor semi-dory
and Thames 17 skiff.
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25/08/07
- 6 new designs - a 11' Scow, Skylark 14 Mk3 dinghy, 22' version of
the Rufus MB, Marlow 27 strip planked launch, 17' Prospector canoe and
a 35' Dragon Racing canoe - go to our New
Designs Page. Plus, over 30 new photographs uploaded to the site
for designs including the Power 2.2, Corn Bunting SL, Pinky ketch,
Stornoway 14, Fanny Launch, Golden Bay, Frigate's Boat, Skua, Freight
canoe, Yamato Japanese Sailing yacht etc etc.
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07/10/07
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We have
launched a new site dedicated to canoes and kayaks -
go to www.makeacanoe.com where
you will find the full range of SFDesign canoes and kayaks plus many
more builder's photos of our canoes and a section on strip planked
canoe construction - you can order canoe and kayak plans from either
site but you will find a lot more info about our canoes on the new
site.
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11/10/07
- 3 new pages added to the makeacanoe site including Katei and Mike's
canoe building page, a page of canoe bits and pieces (rudders, sails
etc) and a useful FAQ's page about canoe building (times and costs
etc).
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11/12/07
- several new designs are being worked on and some will be available
before the end of 2007 - go to our New
Designs Page for details.
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11/12/07
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Home Boat
Building - The Stitch & Tape Method.
This new DVD
uses our 10'6" Northumbrian Coble as an example - go to
our Catalogues
and Manuals page. |
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12/12/07
- 4 new
designs added - a 20' plywood version of the Hawke Bay Skiff, a 26'
version of the Ijssel strip planked launch, a wood version of the 36'
Bullfinch narrowboat and the stitch and tape hull construction details
for the YM Senior pocket cruiser - go to our New
Designs Page.
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30/12/07
- 30 new photos added to the site - Skylark 4 and 6, Waif, Petrel,
Sunray, Woodlark, Coble 9 and Rhum dinghies; Tideway 14, Grey Swan,
Avon 12, Mystery pocket cruisers; Lambay Island, Henley 16 and 18
motor cruisers, Bungay and 15' Northumbrian Coble dayboats.
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05/01/08
- A new design, the 22'8" LOD Ranworth Broads Sailing Cruiser for
strip plank construction - go to New
Designs Page.
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12/01/08
- New details and photo for the Stornoway 16 dinghy - go to GPDinghyover13
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26/01/08
- Another new design - the long awaited Highlander 23 - on the drawing
board since 2002 and now complete - go to New
Designs Page. Also more photos have been added including strip
planked versions of the Islay dayboat and Kari 3 pocket cruiser.
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01/04/08
- At last - the new Micro 10 pocket cruiser design is complete - go to
New
Designs Page.
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05/04/08
- New rowing skiff added - go to
New
Designs Page.
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Where
too next? -
simply go to the
and click
on the links to the various different design pages.
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User
Group/Forum for Selway Fisher Builders & Sailors
We now have a User
Group/Forum on the web for those who are building and using Selway
Fisher boats - it has only just started (24/09/01) but has become a
forum for those with questions, comments, photos etc., etc concerning
all aspects of our design work. Photographs
of SFD boats under construction are posted up and builders from all over
the world are able to share questions/problems and get quick feed-back
both from ourselves and each other.
The User Group/Forum is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFD_builders_sailors
- when you link to it press the "Join" link if you want to
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User
Group/Forum for Selway Fisher Canoe Builders & Users
This is a new Group
started 04/09/06 for those building our canoe designs - this will be a
group/forum to exchange ideas on construction and to share photos of the
canoes you are building and the treks that you have undertaken with
them.
The Canoe User Group/Forum is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFDesigncanoebuilders
- when you link to it, press the "Join" link if you want to
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News/Latest
from Selway Fisher Design
I thought that this
section would be helpful to keep regular visitors to our site up todate
with what we are doing - for the latest design work to be added to our
design range please see the List
of Latest Site Updates (above) and the New
Designs page- and do keep an eye on the Photo
Gallery for photos of some of our designs recently built by clients
from all over the world. |
Latest Magazine
Articles about our Designs - there
have been many articles written about our designs over the years but the
latest include :-
- Classic Boat
Magazine/March 2002 No. 165 - Our Oxford 5m Strip Planked Skiff -
this is the first of a series which details the construction and use
of this newly designed skiff for use on the Thames by Pat Hobbs.
- The Funnel -
magazine of the Steam Boat Assoc. of Great Britain/Spring 2002 Issue
No. 112 - An article by William Fuller about our Amaryllis 30' Steam
Launch + a photo of a modified (straight stemmed) version of our
Edwardian 26 launch.
- Watercraft
Magazine/Nov/Dec 2001 No.30 - Islay Skiff - a construction and
performance article by Rob Johnsey her builder + an article on our
Martlet 30 cruising yacht.
- Watercraft
Magazine/May/June 2002 No. 33 - an article on our Northumbrian
Cobles.
- Watercraft
Magazine/Sept/Oct 2002 No. 35 - an article with photos on 3 of our
sailing canoes - the Lillie, Carrick and JC.
- The Funnel -
magazine of the Steam Boat Assoc./Christmas 2002 Issue No. 115 - an
article by Mike Bell on his 29' 10" version of our Edwardian 26
and a photo of Julian Garrett's straight stemmed version of the same
design.
- Duckworks on-line
magazine - go to -http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/articles/kate/index.htm
- for an article by Steve Fisher on his Little Kate open canoe.
- Watercraft
Magazine/May/June 2003 No.39 - Article by Mike Breewood on the
construction and use of a Raven open canoe and an initial article on
the new 23' Golden Bay steam launch.
- The Funnel -
magazine of the Steam Boat Assoc/Winter 2003 Issue No. 119 - an
article by Stuart Russell on his Felix SL and by Wash Kohnke on
progress of his Corn Bunting SL.
- Boat Mart - April,
May and June 2004 issues - a series of 3 articles by David Webber on
the construction of one of our Simplicity 8 pram dinghies.
- Watercraft
Magazine/Sept/Oct No. 47 - a description of the 25'5" Shanghai
yacht design.
- Watercraft
Magazine/Jan/Feb 2005 No. 49 - a 9 page article on the construction
of the 25'5" Shanghai yacht design.
- New 05/09/05
- Watercraft
Magazine/March/April 2005 No. 50 - the first part of an article on
Julian Garrett's modified Edwardian 26 Ursulla and a design article
on Pete Greenfield's 26 SL "Golden Virginia" (currently
under design).
- Watercraft
Magazine/May/June 2005 No. 51 - second part of article on Julian
Garrett's modified Edwardian 26 Ursulla.
- Classic Boat -
Sept'05 issue - an article on the 18' LOD Bungay Broads dayboat
built by Julius Pursaill.
- Small Craft Advisor
- Sept/Oct'05 Issue No. 35 - Paul Fisher painting of the Evening
Swan on the front cover and article about the E'Swan.
- Watercraft
Magazine/Sept/Oct'05 No. 53 - photos of Able, 12' N'Coble at Beale
Park and article on 14' Exe Dory plus review of our Strip Plank
Manual.
- The Funnel -
magazine of the Steam Boat Assoc/Winter 2005 Issue No. 127 - photos
of the Edwardian 19 stretched to 21' and Edwardian 26 stretched to
30' plus 4 variants of the Indian Runner steaming together.
- Italian Sailing
Magazine "Bolina" - September 2005 - article on the Nordia
10 yacht.
- Watercraft
Magazine/May/June 2006 No. 57 - Article on the Iain Tolhurst's Pinky
Ketch with many photos of her being fitted out plus an article on
Julian Garrett's Edwardian 26 in France.
- Note - if you want
to see these articles, contact the relevant magazine via our Useful
Links Page.
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| User Group/Forum - just
to remind you of the Group - it's relatively new and well worth joining
- you will learn a lot about using epoxies etc from builders from all
round the world - and you can get help sourcing materials and fittings
locally - go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFD_builders_sailors
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DVD about Building
Wooden Boats using modern method
Graham
Young
is making a DVD programme about wooden boats and would like to talk
with, and film builders and their boats both finished and in
construction. His is particularly interested in stitch & tape and
clinker ply builds (although he has also mentioned Strip Planking as
well) of any size. If you would like to be involved in the production
please contact Graham in the first instance through the SFDesign User's
Group. He is planning to execute all filming over the course of this
summer and would like to film boats in the workshop and if possible, out
on the water and...........................
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..............Alec
Jordan (www.jordanboats.co.uk) is organising a home built boat
"meet" at the Cotswold Country Park (Nr. Swindon, UK) for
16/17th September 2006 - anybody interested please contact Alec.
Robbins Timber have
agreed to sponsor the event if there is enough support, and Watercraft
Magazine will offer a free 3 month subscription for people who bring a
boat (the numbers of subs available may be limited if there is a big
response) .
All types of craft are welcome, but fixed keel boats will have problems
launching. Skippers of boats with engines over 5HP will be required to
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finally.............
| Paul
Fisher BSc. AMRINA - the Designer
After
a youth messing around in all sorts of boats on the Thames, I gained
my degree - a
BSc (Bachelor of Science) in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding from
Newcastle University in 1974 and shortly after l became an Associate
Member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects.
Straight
after University l worked in the design office of McGruer & Co.
Scotland for 4 years - famous for high performance racing /cruising
yachts beautifully crafted in wood (cold moulded as well as
conventional clinker and carvel). We were also involved in major yacht
refitting and repair and the fit-out of GRP commercial craft - this
under James and George McGruer on the Gareloch (north of the Clyde). l
then became Technical Manager at D.M. Russell Marine - formerly Jas.
A. Silvers yard just up the road at Rosneath, for 5 years - famous for
their motor yachts - this period found me sailing/cruising in all
sorts of craft around the coast of the UK and regular racing in
everything from Dragons to the IOR fleet on the Clyde.
So,
after a degree and 9 years apprenticeship plus much personal research
exploring the uses of epoxies in modern wood boat construction l went
out on my own as a designer and l now have a catalogue of over 350
designs most of which are commissions for individual clients.
Enjoy
the site! - Paul
Fisher BSc. AMRINA
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For further details
of our designs and services write to :-
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SELWAY
FISHER DESIGN
15 KING
STREET,
MELKSHAM,
WILTSHIRE, SN12 6HB,
UK
Tel/Fax
UK 01225 705074
International
+44 1225 705074
E-Mail Address - Selwayuk@AOL.com
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