Following are the stock plans available for the various types of boats, separated into the different categories. Brian at melbournes wooden boat centre showed me how to loft the offsets of the 18foot modified sharpie skiff from reuel b. The best online retailer of boat building supplies, hardware and tools marine plywood. Meant for home boat builders of various skill levels, these magazines featured a variety of plans ranging from simple knock.
They were traditional fishing boats used for oystering, and later appeared in other areas. Covers the history, design, building and sailing of the sharpie, a working. This daysailer is included in one of the wb books, 10 wooden boats you can build. This enables you to focus on building your boat, not searching around for all the bits and. Shallowwater beach cruising in a small sailboat sail magazine. Reulls book is wonderfully illustrated and superbly written. Phil bolger was unconventional in many ways and, among many large boats, yachts and custom designs, took an interest in what he termed evolving crafty ways of building boats. When antonio dias designed his 17 campcruisier, the harrier, he had accommodations for rowing in mind, but almost certainly didnt expect that one builder, detlef arthur dueker, would rig his harrier for.
Read our story each item on our site has a product page where you can add the item to your cart. She can be built with or without the centreboard and rig to offer a simple rowing boat that can be used as a utility tender for fishing etc and which can take an outboard on the transom or fully fitted out with the lug sail, centreboard and rudder. Jul 07, 2015 heres a sweet example of one of these boats. We have been providing buildityourself boat plans since 1938. After reading reuel parkers the sharpie book, it wasnt a week before i set out to build my own version of a sharpie skiff.
All frames have straight contours using standard materials, and. If you want some model boat plans instead, see the model boat page first of all, the pdracer has been many peoples introduction to boatbuilding, easy and cheap, with many different free plans available. Premium cnc boat kits in aluminum alloy and steel welcome to metal boat kits. Chapelle, a naval architect and curator of maritime history, wrote several books on traditional work boats and boat building, some of which include sharpie design and construction. Most of our sailboats can be cartopped, all of them sail beautifully, and all of them are easy to build. Free stitch and glue boat plans in no particular order. Dec 28, 2014 made my first video for my lovely boat. And yet another is that they can be such elegant boats, despite their relative simplicity.
A simple sprit sail scow, which can be set as a tent at night on hoops frames. Sharpie sailboat plan same to graphic sharpie sailboat plan if anyone has had any experience with the s. From his book and from what i have read and learned over the past few years, yes they can be relatively fast off the wind for what it is. Parkers book describes how to build sharpies based on traditional forms using modern materials. One main central long keel and two bilge skegs to sit upright.
The plans were the same as shown in the book, but larger and to scale. Sailboat plans wooden boat, building, restoration and. Here are links to all the free boat plans i could find on the internet. Sailboats embody the mystery of the sea, of going only where the wind is willing to take you. Everything within reach without passengers being in the way.
A boat that you have made yourself can b boat plans. In 1993 we were one of the first companies to offer cnc kits publicly and in doing so we helped establish an industry. Norwalk island sharpies the norwalk islands sharpie is a line of boats from 18 ft. Shallow draft, super simple to build, even good looking in my view. Sailboat yacht, sailboat plans, classic sailing, float your boat, florida style, nautical design, boat stuff, boat building, fishing boats the milford 20 yacht is a trailerable, shallow draft day sailer modeled on the new haven sharpie type from the late 19th. To be seaworthy in the context you describe i think you need knockdown stability at least, say 120 degrees or so. Strong, lightweight okoume plywood means strong, lightweight sailing craft.
Planning to build a chesapeake 20 sharpie any comments. Simplicity boats simple boatbuilding, home made skiffs, sailboats, row boats, kids boats. Building your own boat can be cheaper than buying a manufactured boat. Free stitch and glue boat plans for building plywood boats. I might be looking for one if i find the right design. I have reuel parkers book on sharpies, which is an excellent read. This doesnt mean that they are useful for only that area. The plans show basic construction and rig but the designs may be adapted for many different uses, ie. The sharpie dory hull with flatbottom, hardchine form is ideal for the amateur. This article from the december 1930 issue of yachting and part ii from january 1931 gives full plans and instructions for building the most boat for the lease cost, and so simple anyone can build her.
Building boats from glenl plans is simple and straight forwardi honestly have never run into a problem, unless it was of my own making. A sharpie can be designed to recover in those conditions and some already meet those requirements. Construction is plywoodepoxyfabric of the simplest kind. However, the two things the revolution 29 has to overcome are its questionable upwind performance and its kind of ugly. They have high initial stability and are efficient sailing boats. I can vouch for sharpies being easy to build and with limited tools.
The amateur will be surprised to find how many different skills have to be learned to build a sailboat. Parkers first cruising sailboat on a california beach in the mid1970s, and sailing her 35,000 miles to twenty foreign countries. I can vouch for sharpies being easy to build and with limited tools and experience, using reuels book and plans. Another copy of the sharpie book i was aware of this and intend to pass it on to one of my sons to enjoy, four 8x10 nice color pictures printed on copy paper, and three 24x36 fold out plans. Sharpies are a type of hard chined sailboat with a flat bottom, extremely shallow draft, centreboards and straight, flaring sides. The boat is drawn full scale on the wooden boat centres drawing board.
The construction is about as simple as boat building can be. Devlins book is a reference for building using the stitch and glue method. We offer premium quality stock boat kits in aluminum alloy and steel. Metal boat kits premium cnc boat kits in aluminum alloy.
Simplicity boats this site is my attempt to offer some inspiration and information, for it was a hand full of inspired amateurs who most encouraged me to take the plunge and build my first boat. I simply cannot recommend the sharpie book any more highly. Coot a 22 chesapeake bay sharpie plans updated i much admire the sharpie for its simplicity of construction and stability under sail. We hate to say it, but were not the only ones this might be one of those unusual sailboat designs that no one wants to go mainstream. See more ideas about boat, boat building and sailing. My second, a 19ft gaff sloop, consumed about 3,000. In the above photo, you cant see the lines, but you can see the batton being used to adjust the shear to please the eye. Spira international offers a wide variety of different power, rowing, and sailing skiffs, dories, and other boat designs that are simple to build. As an aspiring boat builder i found the book indispensible. Anyone building sharpies on the west coast of florida to buy. Norwalk island sharpie sail boats by bruce kirby marine.
Vika, our 19 ohio sharpie draws attention to herself. We offer sails, hardware, rigging and spar kits for many of our sailboat designs. As far back as 1957 he designed poohsticks as a small plywood rowing skiff to be simply and economically built at home originally by his brother. Aug 02, 2017 in their book, ida and michael talk about what they call beachorages, small islets barely above water at high tide that provide protection from the seas and a place to dry out at low tide. They generally have flat or shallow vee bottoms, and the sides are always bent panels of wood or plywood. The new book, in the works for decades, is about building capt. The sharpie is more obviously suitable for beach cruising and parker has some wonderful designs.
I do believe that it is entirely feasible to build most of these designs right from the book, and along with its other content, this makes the sharpie book a real bargain. Aug 28, 2018 the amateur will be surprised to find how many different skills have to be learned to build a sailboat. With centerboards and shallow balanced rudders they are well suited to sailing in shallow tidal waters. For a coastal cruising sailboat thats inexpensive and easy to build, its hard to beat the sharpie type hull. Yacht design boat design sailboat yacht boat kits small boats boat plans boat building sharpie screen shot. Plywood sailboats plans, pocket cruisers sailboat plan. I had ordered reuel parkers plans and his sharpie book. While i have to admit to a bit of swagger when she is being admired by onlookers, i. It gives comprehensive instructions that can be used to build sharpies of all types and sizes, and includes more than a dozen designs and plans for sharpies from 15 to 40 feet from the likes of chapelle, kunhardt, munroe, boiger, clapham, kirby, and the author. Originally developed in the mid 1800s for the oyster trade off long island sound, where it could operate with speed and safety in the shoal waters, the sharpies quickly spread to the chesapeake and florida. Trimaran 40 fast cruising tri with comfortable interior and big cockpit.
The sharpie book traces the development of the sharpie from its earliest days to the latest plywoodandepoxy designs. A sharpie is a long, narrow, flatbottom craft that evolved in the 19th century along the connecticut shore as an. In this case it was built by a chap called mack horton, and a very nice job he has made of it. I have sailed on the the 23d before and they are fun and fast. If youre looking for a simple and inexpensive cruising sailboat with traditional character, our fancy free should fill the bill. I was looking at a definition both in a book and online that defined loa as. Boat kits and plans tendercraft boats and supplies page 8. Sharpie 600 is designed as a daysailer and weekender, a use most boats are put to, regardless of their design purpose.
If you are looking for the right little boat to build or have built or if you just like to dream over boat plans youll be delighted with the wooden boat design collections of john 19181999 and william 18821962 atkin, which are now being sold by johns widow, pat. Im sailing my homebuilt devlin zephyr sailboat on lake washington near seattle. Princess sharpie 22 the princess sharpie 22 is an easy to build trailerable, beachable vessel that will happily take you and yours on social sails with several friends, a family weekend, a romantic vacation or a solitary adventure. For the record, my first boat, a ft 6in sailing dinghy, required 419 hours. Based in new zealand, we send our boat designs all around the world. Sailboat building timelapse, 16footer, part 1 youtube. Building your very own boat is the most fun you can have on dry land, but wait until you take your boat out for the first time. It would be great if we had a set of updated plans to build this boat using. Jan 07, 2011 perfect conditions for a 1904 design sharpie built from reuel parkers the sharpie book. At the boat ramps and on the water, vika, our 19 ohio sharpie draws attention to herself. Narrow of hull at a trailerable 8 feet 6 inches and shallow of draft, with a centerboard, the presto 30 needed a sail plan with a low center of effort, and the cat ketch rig fit the bill.
This is about building a sailboat, in our backyard in charlottesville, virginia where i live and sell real estate for a living. The next year brown built another of munroes sharpie designs, nethla. More than once i have considered building one the 27 footer and putting a modern rig on it, it would be a simple and. I have built and restored a number of cold moulded and stich and tape boats, but i am keen to give up the glue and start building real wood boats. Follow my day to day diary building gavin atkins apple pie dinghy. If the resulting vessel has the form of a sharpie, thats no accident. He used the traditions of the sharpie and the advent of modern building materials to draw a boat easy to build for the inexperienced. For many years ive been enamored with this little sharpie, the coot. A bolgerdesigned sharpie schooner, built of plywood in the instant boat style in the 1970s, phil bolger began a long and successful collaboration with harold dynamite payson with bolger designing the boats and payson building them as well as selling plans and writing books about how to do it.
Over 250 examples of the spray 22 have been built and this is a ideal first boatbuilding project that you can complete in one season and sail the next. Simplicity boats is about sharing information that helps people expereience the fun of boat building for the least investment of time, skills, or materials. Assuming youre interested in the latter, there are some excellent plans for home building but compared to a sharpie of similar loa youre looking at a heavier and therefore more expensive boat to build with a bigger more expensive sail plan. There is no building manual for the sharpie, primarily because most amateur builders will do better with a comprehensive boat building book, than with a few pages included manual. He is a wonderful salesman for the sharpie in general and uses great historical references to build reader interest in these great boats. Our collection of sailboat kit designs from 8 to 31 feet. All payments are securely processed online using the stripe. What you must know before choosing one norwalk island sharpiescome in several sizes 18ft, 23ft, 26ft, 29ft see more. The zephyr is a stitch and glue sailboat that is fun to build and fun to sail. Boat kits and plans tendercraft boat shop inc boats. The best online retailer of boat building supplies, hardware and tools marine.
Many, like the carolina dory, midwestern drift boat or pacific power dory are named after the areas where they were first developed. A friend in british columbia took 6,000 hours for a meticulously crafted 23ft bermuda sloop. The drake fits snuggly between the 11 and 18 footers and offers a lighweight and roomy dinghydayboat for family sailing. Building of an ohio sharpie traditional small craft. Fullsize patterns provided for the asymetrical amas. The name atkin has long been associated with the best in basic boats. Boat plans, yacht designs and boat kits for boats built from wood epoxy, plywood, fiberglass, steel and aluminum, boats plans for round bilge, multichine and radius chine boats, from dinghies to cruising sailboats and power cruisers, rowing shells, boatbuilding advice and boatbuilding photographs. The boat pictured in this thread is most likely one built from plans published in 1940 by fawcett publications. The north american sharpie, upon which these designs are based, is a study in functional simplicity.
Mar 01, 20 this is about building a sailboat, in our back yard in charlottesville, virginia where i live and sell real estate for a living. Put some oiled wood on a classic design and you get some strokes. They are believed to have originated in the new haven, connecticut region of long island sound, united states. Sharpie cat 42 there is also a power sharpie cat 42 this cat has a palace for a main cabin and unlike most cruising cats, this one is not a dog. Started building her in july 20 but soon after i had to go to army and thats why its taking so long. Parker has spent a lifetime building, repairing, restoring, designing, and cruising in sail and powerboats. Also be sure to check out my one sheet boat links as most of them are free plans. I built the green pram using the stitch and glue method of boatbuilding.
Stability is derived from a combination of weight and volume. If youve been toying with the idea of building a boat, dont wait. The sharpie catalogue includes 30 sailing sharpie designs and 3 power sharpies. Building of an ohio sharpie steve brookman nice boat, did you build her. The lines in this book are not enough to build from, but the. Also anyone know of any santana 23d boats for sale on the west coast of florida too. Its an 18ft sharpie that many sharpie enthusiasts read about first in reuel parkers the sharpie book. The ability to sit flat on their bottoms in one of these beachorages is a feature of many ultrashoaldraft vessels. We have been providing build ityourself boat plans since 1938.
I try to update everything often but the internet is a fast paced place. He was a particular advocate of pleasure boats based on work boat models and designed many sharpie sailboats, cruisers and yachts. I am looking to start lofting the 20 chesapeake sharpie p293, boatbuilding, chapelle, over christmas and start building in the new year. I purchased a 1949 wooden sharpie sailboat 2 years ago that had been restored. These sharpie designs look fun and easy to sail too. Treasures from the past free boat plans from the late 1930s and early 1940s these plans, drawings, and instructions came primarily from some old howto paperbacks from the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Simplicity boats simple boatbuilding, home made skiffs. There is much to be learned from the book, and it will make a person a better racer. Mystic offers the amateur builder or small boat shop a reasonable sized yacht of simple construction and modest cost. My first recommendation is gougeon brothers on boat construction, but there many other excellent books out there maybe you can find one in spanish. Norman cove, bahamas boat building is one of the few pursuits where utilization of the end product is as rewarding as its. It also is much more comfortable to work on the foredeck.
Welcome to spira international homebuilt boat plans. I locked on the comment that sharpies were suitable for a first time builder. For a composite hull, you also learn fiberglassing and filleting sculpting coves of thickened epoxy to strengthen joints such as bulkheadtohull, and good fiberglassing is not easy. Spira boats easy to build boat plans spira international. A very good way of getting free plans is by purchasing designers books.