Houseboats/Livaboards

With the number of hulls modeled on our YachtCAD system, this launch demonstrates our ability to quickly design a craft which embodies features from a number of other craft in order to meet the rquirements specified by a particular client and to easily...

We have often been asked for a wood version of a steel narrowboat and here it is. Narrowboats were of course made from timber in the first part of the last century although then, they used heavy boards of Elm and Oak. This version uses several layers...

The Chaffinch is a trad sterned narrow boat - drawings give the computer faired and generated hull panel shapes and full details for steel construction. The steel work drawings give details for the FW tank, rudder, sterngear/engine installation and weed...

Shanteuse is a slight enlargement of the mini shanty Harmonica. Shanteuse is 1' wider than Harmonica and has a 3' extension on the stern to allow a small back porch and a motor mount that is totally out of the living area...

We have construction details for the hulls only of two 1930's style motor yachts. The first, shown above has a LOD of 60' (18.3m), beam of 13'11" (4.24m), draft of 3'8" (1.10m) and displacement of 30 tons (30.4 tonnes) and uses a simple form of ply...

This was a commission for David Graham Boatbuilders at Wargrave on the Thames for an electric river launch. The hull is based upon our Edwardian series with a graceful counter stern but instead of the clipper bow, a vertical stem was called for. She...

Harmonica is a tiny shanty boat that sleeps two in its cabin. There is a porch up front suitable for lounging and a small room in the stern for the kitchen and the water closet. I think it is arranged so that two people could wait out an all day soaker...

I have recently drawn up the steel work/construction drawing along with the frame and plate shapes for a steel multi-chine version of the 45' Teign Motor Barge. We can also send details for the rudder engine beds etc for the 45' version as guidance for...

This is a simple ply cruiser designed specifically for canal use on the UK's narrow canals. She uses simple ply on frame construction and she has parallel sections aft which mean that she can lengthened or shortened easily. The drawings are for the...

This is a simple barge with flat bottom single chine shape and a "ramped" shaped bow and stern. Despite the fact that this is a 'static' boat, the hull has been drawn to give a tough basis for whatever top is required. the drawings give the details for a...

The Edwardian 50 has been designed for canal and inland river use. She has a beam of 7'6" which allows her to navigate much of our inland waterways and a height (air draft) which will let her get under most bridges. Her construction drawings are for...

Go ahead and laugh. Sleeps two. 5 hp max. Very protected water only. Nail and glue construction from two sheets of 1/4" plywood and four sheets of 3/8" plywood. Plans include two pages of drawings and a page of written details. These plans do require a...