Paul Fisher

This latest version of the Drake series of sharpies was drawn up for someone who had already purchased the plans for the Drake 11 but then decided that the 11 footer was going to be too big for his...

The original Little Kate has been a very popular design for those wanting a lightweight, easily portaged single canoe - I was then asked to design a longer version and so the 13'6" Big Kate came...

The inspiration for the Cygnet Two originally came from barge yachts which were yachts based on traditional Thames sailing Barges with their single chine flat bottomed hull form. As the concept moved...

'Guddling' is to fish using your hands by groping around under rocks or in a stream from the bank or a boat - it is a term more commonly used above the border in Scotland. Back in 1999 Tony Simmons...

Back in 1993 A. Simmons Aluminium Craft asked me to produce the hull panel and frame/transom shapes for a single chine version of the Skylark 8. Tony Simmons wanted an ultra simple small dinghy...

Having developed the strip plank details for a strip plank version of the 14' Morning Tide, another client asked me to draw just the mould shapes, building jig and hull construction for a 16' LOD...

 I was asked to design a handy little double ender for construction in welded aluminum and the Avocet was my answer - however, aluminium is not everyone's preferred building material and so I...

The DRAKE 15 has ben designed for a client who has already built the Drake 18 and now wants something lighter, more for personal rowing with the occasional pasenger and some gear. The design has...

The 15' Sand Martin is a simple 'V' bottomed plywood runabout/fishing boat that will comfortably take three or four people and more if required.  Construction is stitch and tape using 6mm...

I was asked to design a handy little double ender for construction in welded aluminum and the Avocet was my answer. She is beamy, robust with enough space for a decent self draining cockpit, 2 berths...

Over the years I have often been asked about the design for a nesting dinghy. The Skylark pram dinghies have often been split at their centre frame and built with 2 frames back to back so that the...

Note: You will also need to purchase the Curlew plans to build this boat  This is an additional set of sketches, drawings and notes allowing the builder to construct a larger version of...