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YACHT &
BOAT DESIGNS, PLANS & MANUALS
FOR THE
HOME & PROFESSIONAL BOAT BUILDER
last updated 01/01/21
(see list of updates below)
NEW FOR SELWAY FISHER DESIGN – ELECTRONIC FILES FOR PLANS
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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.
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List of Latest
Site Updates
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01/01/21
- A New Design - the 24' Oarsome
Coastal Rowing Skiff added plus photos added for the Hartford
18' Rowing Skiff and the 20' Calm
Harbour Dayboat.
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06/12/20
- Nothing to do with boats, but for Paul's latest book, his first
artbook, go to the bottom of this page.
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26/11/20
- A New design - the Kari 24'
Norwegian Faering added plus photos added for the Thames
12 Rowing Skiff, 15' Strip Lobster Boat
and the 25' Siam Motor Sailer.
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12/11/20
- A New Design - the 16' Koa Hawaiian
Fishing Canoe added plus photos added for the Jarvis 21 Clinker
Motor Launch and the YM Senior Pocket
Cruiser.
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22/10/20
- A New Design - 15'6"
Whitehall Skiff for Clinker, Strip Plank and Stitch and Tape
construction.
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30/09/20
- A New Design - the strip planked Siam
25 motorsailer is now available.
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20/08/20
- A New design, the 14' Asymmetric Raven
open canoe added to the open canoes up to 15' page.
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26/07/20
- We no longer sell Catalogue CDs as all the information on them is
now on this site - if you want further photos or information on a
particular design, please contact us.
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05/07/20
- All plans are now offered in both printed (and posted) and PDF
elecronic format - see the note above.
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29/06/20
- A New Design, the clinker/ply Jarvis
21' motor launch added to the Motor Cruisers 21' to 30' page.
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21/06/20
- The Paul Fisher Art link page (top
of this page) has been updated and changed.
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18/06/20
- NOTE from 1st July 2020 Royal Mail have dramatically increased
airmail charges to the USA and introduced a new, separate zone for
post to that country - the Postal charges for the rest of the World
remain the same - for the chart of postal charges go to Ordering
Plans Manuals & Catalogues.
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14/06/20
- Makeamodelboat.com our web
site for model plans of Selway fisher Designs has been moved to this
web site and has a link at the top of the page.
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07/05/20
- A New Design, the stitch and tape ply
version of the 13'4" Melonseed Skiff is now available plus
photos have been added for the Felix 16
Steam Launch, Oarsome Rowing Skiff
and Loosemoose 36' Sharpie.
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22/03/20
- A Montague type sail plan has been added to the 26'
Whaler plans and 2 new designs have been added - an 18'
Outboard Motor Canoe and the 16'
Bourne classic runabout.
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23/02/2020
- Photo of the Gdansk double ended dayboat added to Dayboat
Double Enders.
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22/02/2020
- The Manual of Fit-Out for Yachts & Launches is now available as
PDF files which can be sent by Email - go to Catalogues/Manuals.
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16/02/2020
- The Manuals of Clinker Plywood Boat Construction and Plywood Boat
Construction for Larger Craft are now available as PDF
files which can be sent by Email - go to Catalogues/Manuals.
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09/02/2020
- The Sails for the Home Boat Builder Manual and the Plywood Canoe
Construction Manual are now available as PDF
files which can be sent by Email - go to Catalogues/Manuals.
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28/01/20
- The Stitch & tape Boat Construction Manual and the Strip Plank
Boat Construction Manual are now available as PDF files which an be
sent as Email attachments - there are now separate 'Buy Now' buttons
for the PDF versions - go to Catalogues/Manuals.
The other manuals will also be available in PDF format shortly.
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01/01/20
- New Designs has now been updated to New
& Old Designs and includes some of my
Early Design Work and also Proposal
Drawings. A total of 4 complete Early Designs and 22 Proposal
Drawings have been added so far.
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and
finally............. Paul
Fisher BSc. MRINA - 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.
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 new page - A
History of SFDesign
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And for those wanting
to read more about how he started off on a boating career, there is now
Paul's first semi-autobiographical novel 'A
Slight Mist on the Horizon'
Apart from the
words, the novel also has 28 colour cartoons to illustrate the events
drawn by Paul.
The book can be
purchased in Kindle or as a paperback from Amazon or on a CD in Word.doc and pdf format
Click
on the images to the right.
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........and
you
can now get the novel on
a CD in down-loadable Word.doc and pdf format with interactive Contents
pages - cost £4 - click on the image below for
more details.

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The latest
from Paul Fisher - nothing to do with boats and more to do with his
artwork.
A new book
"Desperate Doorways" - often, we pass a doorway and ask
ourselves, "I wonder who lives there - or who has, in the past,
lived there?" - this book is both an art book and a story book.
Inside you will find 25 pen and wash paintings of doorways, many in need
of refurbishment and each with an accompanying short story to get your
imagination going.
The book can be
purchased in Kindle or as a paperback from Amazon or on a CD in Word.doc and pdf format
Click
on the images to the right.
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