Enavigo 39 Classic Cruiser

The new Enavigo Power 39, for Enavigo Yachts, is a development of my Yellow Cedar design from 1997. Major requirements for the Enavigo design were: Cold-molded wood construction to the highest standards; Accommodations for 4-6 people with good privacy; 15 knot cruising speed; ISO Category B certification for coastwise and inland cruising.

Design Catalogue, Sail and Power Boat Designs Over 30'

Schooners, 36' to 80'

    • 30' Wolf Island Schooner

      Vee bottom cruising schooner. Fast, simple build. Plywood planking on solid timber stringers over plywood ring frames/bulkheads.

    • 36' Ragsdale Schooner

      36' twin-keel raised deckhouse steel schooner. Origami construction. NC-cut patterns.

    • 36' Steel Halibut Schooner

      Smaller sister to the 42’ Halibut Schooner. A traditional motorsailer, she could be fitted with a trolling cockpit aft for offshore tuna fishing.

    • 42' Steel Halibut Schooner

      Multi-chine full keel with round stern in the style of 1920’s halibut schooners

    • 42' Wildcat Double-ender

      42' Double-ended wooden schooner, jib-headed mainsail and gaff for’sl, plus fore stay’sl and roller-furling jib on bowsprit. Short NACA foil keel to improve performance to windward in light/moderate winds

    • Future Cruiser 44, Affordable Bluewater Sailing

      Future Cruiser sizes run from 28' to 54', construction is simple, beam moderate, displacement moderate, draft minimized with lifting ballast keels, rigs unstayed, and systems basic.

    • 52' Steel Cargo Schooner

      Single chine vee bottom full keel traditionally styled steel schooner. Smaller version of my 60’ cargo schooner, with a round stern. The boats are intended to be simple working vessels that really sail and can go anywhere in the world.

    • 58' Longliner Fishing Schooner

      58’ LWL, house aft, midships hold, “schooner” style boat. Accommodation is divided between the deckhouse and the foc’sle.

    • 60' Steel Cargo Schooner

      A traditionally styled simple vee bottom gaff schooner. The shape is easily driven at lower speeds yet can be driven very hard should that need arise. Accommodations forward and aft of a 16’9” long cargo hold, pilothouse aft over the engine room. Full box ballast keel with integral tanks.

    • 60' Classic Schooner

      60' Classic Schooner

    • 64' Forward Wheelhouse Fishing Schooner

      This arrangement has a number of advantages, the hold is aft close to the fishing action and all in one piece (not divided as with the aft “schooner” style house), the working area is sheltered by the deckhouse forward, and the accommodation is connected together.

    • 80' 3-masted Fishing Schooner

      A very comfortable boat at sea that will run at good speed with low power. The rig is kept short using multiple masts and sails to add versatility and reduce the worry of giant sails causing problems. Mostly sails will be raised or lowered, never reefed except in extreme conditions. This long boat has space for two large holds again to increase versatility in balancing the load. The engine room is midships with tanks either side and in the keel.

Cutters and Sloops, 34' to 108'

    • 34' 6" Flash Fin-keel Sloop

      Of light displacement, with a tall rig and pared-down underwater appendages, Flash will require constant attention to sail her best. With her rounded sections and deep narrow keel and rudder, we have minimized wetted surface for good speed in light air. Wide beam with powerful quarters will give her the ability to get up and go when it blows.

    • 39' Wizard Fin-keel Ocean-cruiser

      In hull form Wizard is what I call a modern classic. Her overhangs are not as long as boats featured 40 years ago but they are still long enough to draw out the lines gracefully.

    • 96' Classic Cutter

      This big cutter is a cross between a traditional cruiser and J Boat style racer with about maximum overhangs. Relatively high-sided and beamy so as to have adequate cruising accommodation considering her construction cost. With two large cockpits the deck is roomy and versatile for both crew and guests. Main saloon is in the deckhouse forward of the midship guest cockpit. Construction is possible in steel, aluminum, cored fiberglass, or cold-molded wood.

    • 108' Classic Aluminum Cutter

      Combining high-performance and good manners under sail, with a classic exterior and stunning Art Nouveau interior, this 108' aluminum centerboard cutter will standout in any fleet. From a distance, this cutter appears a typical traditional sailing yacht, but the tall prebent mast with swept-back spreaders gives a clue that something is different. I believe this cutter could be termed a classic performance cruiser.

Ketches and Yawls, 30' to 66'

    • 30' Steel Halibut Ketch, Traditional Motorsailer

      A smaller version of the 36’ Halibut Ketch, designed to go to sea and actually have reasonable cruising performance under sail. Steel or wood construction.

    • 32' Tilikum, Centreboard Barge

      Tilikum is aimed at a certain type of performance--the ability to sail coastwise in open water, yet also creep up tiny creeks to wait out tides while resting on the mud. Because there is no need to be running up to the mast, Tilikum can have a raised deck forward of the cockpit. This provides a wonderfully spacious interior, even though the vessel is of only moderate beam.

    • 34' Sailing House Barge

      A simple steel hull and full width raised deck cabin provide roomy accommodation for up to 4 people. Entry is through the small pilothouse and down two steps into the main cabin with large galley on port aft and settees port and starboard. Forward is the woodstove next to the double berth on the starboard side with a head opposite. Both masts are in tabernacles and the simple lug sails can be unrigged in minutes.

    • Dean 345 Motorsailer

      The 34'5" aluminum ketch is single chine round stern with deep vee sections. Moderate beam and deeper sections for comfort in a sea as well as excellent stability characteristics.

    • 36' Steel Halibut Ketch, Traditional Motorsailer

      A traditional motorsailer. A smaller version of my 42’ multi-chine Halibut schooner hull. This one is slightly simpler with a bar stem rather than the box stem on the larger hull.

    • 38' Future Cruiser, Affordable Bluewater Sailing Cruiser

      For sailing vessels my own take on the Affordable Bluewater Cruisers concept is my line of "Future Cruisers", these are post-modern, less-is-more freedom machines. Sizes run from 28' to 54', construction is simple, beam moderate, displacement moderate, draft minimized with lifting ballast keels, rigs unstayed, and systems basic. The smaller versions (28', 34', and 38') do not require an inboard engine. A dinghy lashed on the quarter with a 4HP outboard is perfectly adequate.

    • 38' Pilot Bay, Liveaboard Cruising Cold-molded Ketch

      My thought is to make the cockpit into a front porch with an awning over the mizzen boom. I have also incorporated a two level cockpit in this new arrangement, with a higher level outboard which will enable everyone to see over the pilothouse. And then we have a lower section about 4' by 5' inboard and forward which can have protected seats and provides space for a 5' high sliding door to the pilothouse. Sheathed strip-planking on laminated ring frames and laminated back-bone.

    • 42' Steel Halibut Ketch, Traditional Motorsailer

      A ketch-rigged version of the 42’ Halibut Schooner with flying bridge. Steel or wood construction.

    • 45' Pilot Bay, Ocean Cruising Home, Ketch or Schooner Rig

      PB45 is designed as a full time home for up to 3-4 people, and is capable of travelling anywhere. Two basic layouts, aft or mid deckhouse, and two basic rigs, schooner or ketch. Emphasis on large storage areas and big capacity tankage throughout. A large “beach” transom door opens into a huge aft garage, big enough for a rubber boat, bicycles, kayaks and surfboards.

    • 48' Sailing House Barge

      Designed for full time living aboard by a small family, with good heat, insulation, double paned windows, solar panels and windmill. Freshwater collection system, and composting toilet minimize reliance on shore systems. Numerous interior arrangements available.

    • 58' Classic Yawl

    • 65' Classic Ketch

    • 60' Modern Steel Motorsailer

      60’ modern steel radius chine motorsailer. In the style of a small Perini, with large deckhouse and cockpit on the same level, with good protection from weather and views all around. Large owners cabin and office aft with access to the aft cockpit/swim step. Guest cabins forward and galley downstairs under the cockpit. Large tank space under the deckhouse. Tall split rig (ketch) for easy handling and versatility.

    • 66' Modern Steel Ketch

      A modern fast cruising ketch able to comfortably cruise anywhere and able to carry the supplies required for long terms of anonymity. Split (ketch) rig for ease of handling (with the help of powerful winches) and versatility. There are two cockpits with the forward one being larger for working the ship with good protection and control positions. The aft cockpit is a private area accessed from the owner’s aft cabin. Large saloon with big windows all around, galley aft under the cockpit and guest cabins forward.

Traditional Wooden Displacement Powerboats, 30' to 56'

    • Johnson 30 Scottish Ringnetter

      A traditional Scottish Ring Netter type. She is a big hull with very small accommodation; actually the owner will use her as a day boat though there's just enough space in the foc'sl for a vee berth with toilet under. The pilot house will have one seat and the smallest woodstove available. She'll also have a dry stack exhaust and keel cooling for simplicity and reliability.

    • Minigrime 32

      A very traditional heavy displacement double-ended power cruiser based on a much larger William Garden design which he called a “Freighter Yacht”. Choice of 3 different interior layouts with either 3 or 4 berths and the galley forward or aft. Comfortable pilothouse with 360 degree visibility and raised seat with table. Interior access via sliding doors port and starboard, skylights forward and aft. Sheathed strip plankingon laminated frames with heavy laminated backbone.

    • Northcoast 34

      The Northcoast 34 is a motorsailer based on the small double-ended fishing trollers of British Columbia. I’ve increased the house length, decreased the depth of hull, given her a finer entry, and added the outside ballast and rig. I believe these changes improve the original to make her eminently suitable for PNW cruising.

    • North West Cruiser 56

      A heavy displacement cruiser in the style of government vessels built to patrol BC waters in the late 1950’s. Designed for heavy sawn or bent frame wooden construction, she could also be economically built of steel.

Fuel-efficient Ocean-going Powerboats, 39' to 80'

    • Passagemakerlite 39

      The traditional Passagemaker Lite arrangement of flush raised deck and sunken pilot house with bridge behind is still workable at 39’ LOA. In this boat it has been adapted to a single mid engine configuration to allow a heavy duty engine with big reduction gear (3:1) to turn a large diameter (27”) prop.

    • Passagemakerlite 46

      The original Passagemaker Lite design. Big enough to be a full time home yet not too big to be built, maintained, and crewed by a couple. Twin engines of approximately 60 HP will push her up to 11plus knots and provide long range cruising speeds of 9-10 knots. Cold-molded, foam-cored or aluminum construction.

    • Passagemakerlite 56

      Another of the traditional Passagemaker Lite series, the 56 is big enough to offer two sleeping cabins forward and a huge office area in the main saloon aft. Twin 75HP engines offer 11.5 knots top speed and economical cruising at ten knots.

    • Passagemakerlite 5602

      Passagemaker Lite 5602 represents some of my latest thinking on the Passagemaker Lite concept. As she is half the weight of a Nordhavn 55, cost to a similar level will be half while speed is substantially faster and accommodation roughly similar. The PL 5602 also offers far less stair climbing between living areas. Daily living functions, galley, helm, dining, and lounging areas all on one level in the deckhouse. This area has windows around 360 degrees and easy main deck access.

    • Passagemakerlite Dawkins 62

      The new ketch-rigged 62' aluminum Passagemaker Lite is for ocean crossing with French canal capability. Her sailing rig is designed to be folded down by the owner and kept aboard during canal cruising. With rig lowered and at her design draft vertical “air-draft” is 11’8”. Construction multi chine aluminum. Three watertight bulkheads and integral tanks forming double bottom.

    • Passagemakerlite 74

      The ship is available in two exterior configurations, Flying Bridge and Low Profile. The Low Profile provides an air draft of less than 12’ 0” (3.65m) for access to many European canals. Interior arrangements will be semi-custom but configuration allows a huge completely private owner’s suite forward, with office, day head, and walk-in storage. Amidships under the pilothouse is space for twin guest cabins each with en-suite head. Galley and dining areas can be up or down.

    • Passagemakerlite 80

      Maxi sized Passagemaker Lite offering large accommodation, high cruising speeds, and long term endurance. Range is 3400 miles at 12 knots. Her huge main saloon is almost 29’ long and the full width of the boat, an area wide open to your arrangement ideas.

    • Ocean 55

      This is a large, comfortable, fuel-efficient boat; an ocean crossing speed of 7 knots at 2.25 gph is a very reasonable cost. Her fuel tankage of 1700 usg in integral tanks will allow a theoretical cruising range approaching 5000 miles at 7 knots. The latest addition for this design is an 833 sq ft ketch sailing rig. This will provide added savings of fuel or increased range and roll stabilization without the underwater drag of fins or paravanes. The sails are individually small and easily handled, and the vertical clearance is still less than 50’ for Intracoastal Waterway travel.

Classic Launches, 38' to 44'

    • Wedge Point 31

      Wedge Point 31 is a larger version of my earlier design, the Wedge Point 27. She is intended for moderate speed cruising on inland or coastal waters. Hull form is a moderate vee-bottom rising aft to operate efficiently at sub-planing speeds. The engine is mostly hidden with an inboard well under the raked and curved transom. There is a centerline keel both to enhance directional stability, and to protect the outboard from floating drift. Construction is mainly plywood, with closely spaced ¾” ply web frames supporting laminated longitudinal members and an all plywood skin.

    • Yellow Cedar 38

      Yellow Cedar is a minimum powered cruiser seemingly escaped from an earlier time. But for this type of boat the vertical stem and stern are functional and not a retro styling attempt. In her role as a liveaboard home for a retired couple, the vertical ends provide the most interior space for her length, because livable volume is dependant on waterline length.

    • Memory 38 and Memory 44

      The 44' express design is the fourth boat I have collaborated with Memory Yachts on, first the 38', then the Displacement 43', a 29' Express, and now the new 44 Express. In each case, the exercise has been to create a boat that stands out, that has strong historical ties, economical performance, and is, above all, beautiful from every angle.

    • Enavigo 39

      The new Power 39 for Enavigo Yachts is a development of my Yellow Cedar design from 1997. Major requirements for the design are: cold-molded wood construction to the highest standards; accommodations for 4-6 people with good privacy; 15 knot cruising speed; and ISO Category B certification for coastwise and inland cruising.

    • Badley 40

      An ultralight Georgia Strait cruiser. Built of ¾” red cedar strips over ¾” fir plywood frames spaced 24”, planking is glass sheathed inside and out. The deck is foam cored glass. 12’ long open cockpit aft with the engine in a box towards it’s forward end. Then a 12’ long deckhouse with head, galley, dinette and helm station. Forward is an 8’ long sleeping cabin with two bunks and lockers, and finally a large open forward cockpit.

Expresses, 32' to 92'

    • Pont 44 Express

      The Pont 44 is a continuation of the warped-vee hull I first developed in 1988 for the 33’ high-speed sportfisherman Dixie...This is the same form used in the Hinckley Picnic Boats and our newest Enavigo 39 hull. Further refinements include the use of propeller pockets and full depth skegs to reduce draft and increase propeller protection.

    • Philbrooks 47 Express

      A semi-production boat for Philbrook's Boatyard, two profiles represent two styling options for what is essentially an identical boat. The Express 47 includes a dingy garage under a sunpad in the cockpit that will accommodate a 9'0" Zodiac 275 RIB with a capacity of four adults. The transom opens at the touch of a button and a folding davit lifts the Zodiac in and out.

    • Philbrooks 58 Express

      The "Express 58" will typically provide 30 knot performance. Accommodation will depend on the specific requirements of each owner. For example, the layout shown below will very comfortably accommodate a couple and up to two crew members. Alternative layouts provide accommodation for as many as 3 couples. Alternative layout options include a bow cockpit, double size bunks, alternative power plants, and split galley layouts.

    • Classic Commuter 72

      Cold-molded, all diagonal planking over longitudinal stringers on widely spaced foam-cored bulkheads. The deck is foam cored plywood, fiberglass sheathed, and finished with thin teak strips.

    • Express 92

      The 92 Express is an effort to maintain the stunning looks and performance of Liberty while adding the spacious interior expected in a 92' motoryacht. In the 92' I have increased beam relative to length. The 92' is still narrow by modern standards; the average is 21'-22' but this is entirely in keeping with her retro styling and performance objective. With 19' of beam her interior spaces take on the feeling of a room, rather than that of a passageway.

Lobsteryachts, 32' to 40'

    • John's Bay Boat 32

      Traditional plank-on-frame lobsteryacht

    • White Pine 38

      Whitepine 38 is a "Downeast" coastal cruiser intended to travel at 12-13 knots with economy better than average planning type hulls. Construction, plank-on-frame or cold-molded wood.

Offshore Power Cruisers, 48' to 86'

    • Christensen 48, 55, 78

      The standard main deck arrangement for Christensen Offshore Cruisers is an offset main salon with full side deck on the starboard side only. The boats are also available with full side decks Port and Starboard, or with a full width salon and no side decks. The flying bridge is accessible via a stairway from inside the pilothouse, and outside from the after deck. There is room in both these areas for built in seating with cushions and tables for outdoor living.

    • Peregrine Trawlers, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86

      The Peregrine Series was developed with Scott Welch as a development of his current boat, Island Eagle, designed by Arthur DeFever and built in 1962. All the hulls share the same hullform as Island Eagle, a single chine vee bottom, thus lending themselves to steel or cold-molded plywood construction. And they all share the raised pilothouse over the main deck level main saloon and galley. Staterooms are below and well separated by the amidships engine room.

Tad Roberts