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Site last updated 23/10/23
(see list of updates below)

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Blog updated 16/06/22

Welcome to the Selway Fisher Web Site. On this site you will find details of our full range of boat building plans (nearly 450 at present) and building manuals, CD’s and DVD’s.

Click on any of the pictures below to go directly to the pages for each type of boat - or use the links above.

The range of designs includes :-


13 Kayaks	50 Open Plywood Canoes	6 Open Strip Planked Canoes

8 Outboard Motor Canoes	6 Sailing Canoes	83 Dinghies

27 Rowing Skiffs	57 Dayboats	37 Pocket Sailing Cruisers

42 Sailing Yachts	76 Motor Boats and Launches	34 Steam and Electric Launches

And to help with constructing our boat designs, we have 8 Manuals and 2 DVD's covering plywood, strip plank and clinker ply construction as well as sail making.

Click here for information about what you get in the various Design/Plan packages

Click here for information on the Boat Building Methods and Materials used in Selway Fisher Designs

Click here for details on Ordering Plans, Manuals & Catalogues and our Post & Packing Charges

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Blog & Latest News

Blog updated 16/06/22

NOTE NEW FOR SELWAY FISHER DESIGN – ELECTRONIC FILES FOR PLANS
All Full Construction Plans and Study Plans are now available as electronic PDF files which can be sent to you as email attachments, for you to download. When you go to order a plan you will have a choice of two Buy Now Buttons - one for the Printed Plans (to be sent by post) and the other for the electronic PDF version of the plan, which will be sent to your email address. Generally, the prices of the PDF versions for boats above dinghy size (where there is usually more than 4 sheets of A1 print), are lower than the printed versions, as no printing is involved. Once payment for your order has cleared, sending the PDF files attached to an email is almost immediate with no waiting for the post and with guaranteed delivery to any country. Please also note that the Construction Manuals are also available in PDF format and can be emailed to you.


LATEST DESIGNS ADDED TO THE SELWAY FISHER CATALOGUE

*Saffron 44' LOD Gaff Cutter*	27' Green Woodpecker Launch

Fulmar 34' ply Cruising Yacht	*40' Viking Longboat*

*18' Cross Channel Rowing Skiff*	*27' Sharpie Schooner (also a 28' version)*

*18' Outboard Motor Freight Canoe*	Inisheer 18 Strip Planked Motor Cruiser

Surf 12' Nesting Dinghy	*Trinity Cove 57' MY*

*Trinity Cove 62' MY*

List of Latest Site Updates

23/10/23 - photograph of the first Jarvis 21' clinker motor launch added to the Motor Cruisers 21' to 30' page.
02/10/23 - Photos of a Felix 16' Steam Launch almost complete added.
20/09/23 - Photos of the 24' New Bedford Whaler added.
10/09/23 - Mark 3 hull panel and frame shapes added to the Power 2 design with more beam and hull depth, plus a new design, a 28' Sharpie Schooner
03/08/23 - photos of the 10' OB Motor Canoe added, one of which is built in two halves.
31/07/23 - 2 new designs added - the Trinity 57' and Trinity 62' motor yachts and a photo of the finished Jarvis 21' clinker motor launch.
05/07/23 - New design added - the Surf 12' Nesting Dinghy.
04/06/23 - New design added - the Inisheer 18 open strip planked motor cruiser.
15/05/23 - Photos of the start of the construction of a 14' strip planked Duette pocket cruiser added.
02/05/23 - A study plan option has been added to the 15' Adirondack Guide Boat plans and a set of drawings and sketches has been added as an option to the 16' Curlew Motor Punt to make it into the 16' Geriatric Motor Sailor.
24/04/23 - Photos added of the Woodland 15 Sailing Canoe and the 18' Cross Channel Rowing Skiff.
27/03/23 - New design added - the 18' Outboard Motor Freight Canoe.
19/02/23 - Moulds and jig details added to the 14' Prospector canoe plans.
08/02/23 - Photos added of the YM Senior Pocket Cruiser; 17' Ptarmigan Pocket Cruiser; Stornoway 12 Dinghy; 13'4" Plywood Melonseed Skiff and Morning Tide 14 and Ruby 22' models.
01/01/23 - New design added - the 27' Sharpie Schooner.
17/12/22 - New design added - the 18' Cross Channel Rowing Skiff.
12/12/22 - Photos added of the 10' Waterboy open canoe.
03/12/22 - Photos added of the 16' Bourne Classic Runabout and a steel version of the Highlander 18 Dayboat.
25/10/22 - photos of the Viking 16 canoe and 22' Kittiwake clinker ply canoe yawl added.
09/10/22 - Photos added for the 17' Hazelnut and 15'8" Prospector canoes.
12/09/22 - photo of the 15' Lillie Canoe Yawl with an alternative Gaff yawl rig added.
27/08/22 - 12' beam mould and panel shapes for the 57' Avoncliff wide beam barge.
15/08/22 - New design added - the 40' Viking Longboat.
01/08/22 - Photos of the Clyde 18 motor cruiser and the Rhum 12.5 dinghy added.
27/07/22 - New design added - the 34' Fulmar 6 berth cruising yacht.
25/07/22 - Photos of the first 15'6" Whitehall Skiff added.
18/07/22 - Photos of the first Rhum 12.5 dinghy added.
28/06/22 - New design added - the 27' Green Woodpecker strip planked steam/electric launch.
27/06/22 - Photos of the first Surf 9 'Survival Dinghy' added.

Paul Fisher BSc. MRINA - the Yacht & Boat 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.

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). 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.

Note - for more information on Selway Fisher Design go to the A History of SFDesign page.

Blog & Latest News

Blog updated 16/06/22

and finally............. OTHER WORK BY PAUL FISHER

Apart from almost 450 plans for yachts and small boat designs (above) Paul has also produced 18 plans for model boats, all based on his full-size designs. He is also a watercolour artist and produces YouTube videos on how he does his artwork. And he writes books based on his artwork and of his early boating adventures.



For further information click on the pictures below.


*SFDesign Model Boats*		*Paul Fisher Art*

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