Design Thoughts (At Home & Abroad)
New Design: Big Alder 24' Simple Flat-bottomed Workboat
May 2, 2012New Design: Big Alder 24' Simple Flat-bottomed Workboat A good choice for harbour work boat, island tender, simple towboat, or economical sport fisherman.
Design Update: Original Harry Plans are available again; sprit sail, gaff, and junk rig options
New Review at Boat Bits blog of the Future Cruiser Series, 28', 38', and 44'. Affordable bluewater cruisers. Construction is simple, beam moderate, displacement moderate, draft minimized with lifting ballast keels, rigs unstayed, and systems basic.
New Design: Fidler 19, Gillnetter-style Displacement Cruiser. With styling and arrangement closely based on BC gillnetters of the 1920-30’s, the Fidler 19 is a minimum BC Coastal displacement cruiser. Red Cedar strips over taped in plywood bulkheads.
New: Boatbuilding Books Recommended By Tad Roberts. List of 20-odd boatbuilding books covering modern and traditional wooden construction as well as aluminum, steel and fibreglass.
An interview with me, "A Quick Chat with Tad Roberts" is up at boatbits.blogspot.com/ncr, 2012/02/27. And Jigger is boat of the week, from Feb. 28, at boats.woodenboat.com.
Design Update: Pearson 28 Troller. New version to 31' for commercial trolling in Alaska. Aluminum.
Updates: Revised Sketch of the Future Cruiser 28 with New Comments and Future Cruiser 38
New Design: 20' Shanty Boat, Two Arrangements. Affordable independence.
Design Update: Big Saturnina 25. Final sailplan and arrangement.
Recent preliminary: 30' Halibut Ketch. Traditional small steel motorsailer. Like the Johnson 30, on the edge of being a small boat. In the Sail 30' and Over section with the similar design, 36' Halibut Ketch.
24' Big Alder, a flat-bottomed displacement work boat - Harry, 26' Sailing Barge, Sprit Rig
- Future Cruiser 28, affordable bluewater cruiser
- Fidler 19, displacement cruiser based on BC gillnetters of the 1920-30s. Shown with the Timbercoast Troller 22.
- Fidler 19, displacement cruiser based on BC gillnetters of the 1920-30s. Profile.
- 20’ Cruising Shanty 20, version A
- Updated Sail Plan. 25' full keel schooner Big Saturnina, modeled on her little sister Saturnina and the small commercial coasters of the late 1800s
30' Halibut Ketch, Traditional Small Steel Motorsailer- Pearson 28, Trailerable Mini-troller for SE Alaska Waters
- New design: Johnson 30, Scottish Ringnetter, Traditional Heavy Displacement Wooden Power Boat, Double-ended Version
- New design: 28' Double-ended BC Workboat-style Traditional Cruiser
