23'5" East Cornish Lugger Plans

This craft takes it's heritage from quite a number of traditional fishing craft used around the South West and French coasts for pilchard and mackerel driving. These boats had quite a number of subtle variations on the lug rig and in this case we have gone for a dipping main with standing lug mizzen mounted fairly well forward making a bumpkin unnecessary. The hull is a simplified form of a type which we have initially developed for constructing simple versions of classic motor boats. this uses pre-shaped ply sides which are attached to a computer generated framework of ply bulkheads and girders. The bottom is formed using arched ply in 2 layers and the round bilge area is strip planked with the whole hull sheathed in glass cloth. She has a steel centreplate and is fitted out in open fashion with side decks and thwarts and has areas for an outboard well and built-in buoyancy.

23' 5" East Cornish Lugger Particulars
LOA	23'5"	7.14m
Beam	7'2"	2.17m
Hull Mid Depth	2'4"	0.7m
Draft	18"/4'4"	0.45/1.3m
Sail Area	331 sq.ft	30.8 sq.m
Approx. Dry Weight excl. ballast	1100 lbs	500 kg
Hull Shape	U shaped
Construction Methods	Ply over frame
Major plywood requirements for hull	6 x 6mm sheets 6 x 9mm sheets 2 x 12mm sheets 1 x 18mm sheets
Guidance Use	6 adults +
Drawing/Design Package	3 x A1 drawings + 32 x A4 instruction sheets
Additions and alterations included with the plans