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YACHT & BOAT DESIGNS, PLANS & MANUALS
FOR THE HOME & PROFESSIONAL BOAT BUILDER

last updated 25/08/20
(see list of updates below)

Welcome to the Selway Fisher Web Site. On this site you will find details of our full range of boat building plans (nearly 400 at present) and building manuals, CD’s and DVD’s.

CORONA VIRUS - SELWAY FISHER DESIGN continues it's full operation during this difficult period, despite the UK shut down - orders for plans, books and DVD's etc are still being posted out and help, advice and back-up is being provided by phone and email.
Do remember that all these items can also now be purchased in PDF format and emailed to you - keep safe.

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 :-


12 Kayaks	43 Open Plywood Canoes	6 Open Strip Planked Canoes

6 Outboard Motor Canoes	5 Sailing Canoes	79 Dinghies

17 Rowing Skiffs	52 Dayboats	36 Pocket Sailing Cruisers

39 Sailing Yachts	65 Motor Boats and Launches	33 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

Click here for details of the SFDesign Philosophy Terms & Conditions, Use of our Plans, Back-up etc

Note - all the above are for full-size boat plans but we do have 18 plans for model boats all based on Selway Fisher Designs - to see them click on the picture below.

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.

List of Latest Site Updates

20/08/20 - A New design, the 14' Asymmetric Raven open canoe added to the open canoes up to 15' page.
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.
05/07/20 - All plans are now offered in both printed (and posted) and PDF elecronic format - see the note above.
29/06/20 - A New Design, the clinker/ply Jarvis 21' motor launch added to the Motor Cruisers 21' to 30' page.
21/06/20 - The Paul Fisher Art link page (top of this page) has been updated and changed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
23/02/2020 - Photo of the Gdansk double ended dayboat added to Dayboat Double Enders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
08/07/19 - Photos of the JC10 under construction and sailing added.
26/06/19 - Photos added of the Drake 13 sharpie sailing and Michelle 26'8" Steam Launch.
15/06/19 - New design added - 21' Solway Whaler rowing skiff and photos added - 7'6" Redshank dinghy; 21' Grace Harwar dayboat; Taw 12 runabout; Stour 23' Motor Cruiser; Rose 15'3" Steam Launch; Ijssel 21' Motor Launch and 13'4" Melonseed Skiff.
08/04/19 - 37 photos added - Marathon 15 open canoe; Waterman 16 open canoe; Plover 12' double ended dinghy; 13'4" Melonseed strip planked dinghy/dayboat; Hobo 12' Club dinghy; Drake 13 sharpie; Windrush rowing skiff; Firecrest 17'6" Schooner pocket cruiser; Morning Tide 18' pocket cruiser; Taw 12' runabout; Port Pegasus clinker launch and the Fanny steam launch.

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

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.

........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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