20' Isle of Gigha

A client who had already built the 14' Morning Tide Pocket Cruiser asked me to design a 20' double ended 'pocket ship' for him and the Isle of Gigha is the result.In such a short length she has...

20' Kari 3

A Dutch client asked us to use the original KARI - 2 as a model for a craft not too much longer but capable of having a small cabin area which could take 2 or 3 bunks along with a small cooker and wc...

20' Port Louis Plans

This attractive pocket cruiser was designed for a client on the island of Mauritius and has some of the hull design features of the indigenous craft with their sweet and not over wide transoms...

20' Seajay Plans

This is a larger version of the Beaver design incorporating the same simple compound hull construction with a ‘U’ shaped mid section and a gentle ‘V’ section at either end. The drawings show...

20' Strip Planked Kite Plans

The Kite was conceived as a fast and seaworthy dayboat capable of taking a family comfortably on extended coastal camping treks or to provide them with some exciting day-sailing in estuary waters. In...

20' Thames Skiff Plans

The Thames 20 rowing skiff is an elegant and very attractive skiff based upon a craft that we originally designed for a client who wanted a simple personal exercise craft which could be used on open...

20' x 28" Marathon Asymmetric Canoe Plans

This design is a development of the 18’6” Marathon open canoe with it's easily driven asymmetric hull shape. Beam has been reduced to 28" which is positioned down at the waterline. Like her...

20'/22' Kennet Slipper Launch Plans

The Kennet can be built either as a 20' or a 22' slipper launch details and panel shapes are given on the plans for both versions. She has a "V" bottom forward which flattens out as it runs aft...

21' Grace Harwar Long Boat Plans

This design, for a Dutch client, has 8 planks per side which are simply stitched together edge to edge and finished with epoxy and tape. She may be fitted out in many different ways but the standard...

21' Ijssel Launch Plans

This launch has been designed for diesel propulsion (10-15 hp) but she can also take steam or electric propulsion. The layout drawn for her is a simple open thro' plan with no obstructing bulkheads...

21' Rona Yawl Plans

This little ship has been designed for the sailing author Derek Harvey and incorporates many ideas gleaned from his years of sailing experience. The starting point for the design was the...

21' Solway Whaler Plans

A lightweight rowing whaler for easy construction. The hull has 4 panels per side plus a narrow flat bottom panel and the hull is symetrical about amidships to make construction even easier.The hull...

21' Taranto Runabout Plans

We have often been asked about the design of a more rakish runabout - built in much the same way as the Redshrike (a ply inner skin over frames covered with Mahogany veneer) but with more modern...

22' 8" Ranworth Plans

The Ranworth is a typical Broads type sailing cruiser with generous beam and relatively large sail area to catch the wind above the reeds. She has 3 berths and space for a small galley and wc...

22' Hawke Bay Skiff Plans

The Hawke Bay is a large single rowing skiff designed for a New Zealand client who wanted to go on rowing expeditions around the coasts of North & South Islands. She has been given plenty of...

22' Kittiwake Canoe Yawl Plans

I think that the canoe yawls of the early part of this century were some of the most beautiful cruising yachts ever designed. They may not have had as much room inside as their modern...

22' Rufus Motor Cruiser Plans

The standard 17' Rufus plans include the frame and panel shapes for both a 20' and a fantailed stern version but we have been getting many requests for a slightly longer version and so we jumped at...

22' Virginian Skiff (Moulds/Jigs only)

We have the computer generated mould shapes and building jig details (only) for a 22'x7'2" (6.71x2.18m) Yankee Skiff for rowing or motor power. Could be strip planked or completed in clinker ply...

23 Yamato Plans

This is a modern plywood updated version of the Japanese Yamato fishing boats. The client in this case, worked in Japan and admired these boats - he was able to obtain the lines from one example and...

23' Canal Cruiser Plans

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...

23' Golden Bay Steam Launch Plans

This launch was designed for easy trailing so a length of 23' with a moderate beam of just under 6' were set. In line with the Simson Strickland style of launch, the stem and transom are fairly plumb...

23' Martlet Pilot Cutter Plans

The 30' LOD Martlet has been a popular design and represents a lot of seaworthy boat for her length but I have often been asked about a smaller version - a design which embodies the robust pilot...

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...

23'6" Brambling Electric Canoe Plans

A leisurely craft from the Edwardian and Victorian eras - days of elegance on the Thames with parasols and wine! we were commissioned to design such a canoe, to be powered by a Gebofa electric 1.6...

24' Beaumaris Plans

The Beaumaris 24 is one of several trailer sailers for strip planking that we have had on the drawing board recently. This particular example has accommodation which includes 3 or 4 berths, a galley...

24' Cambridge Punt Plans

This design is an extended 20' Cambridge type punt but with proportionally more beam. Having said that, the beam can be easily altered by changing the width of the bottom plank/panel and frames. Two...

24' Fast Cruiser (GA & Lines only)

A simple multi chine yacht with accommodation for up to 4/5 in what is, a fairly open plan and basic accommodation. A more modern arrangement with separate heads could be fitted. To keep...

24' Mayfly Sharpie Plans

A neat little ply sharpie of simple and cheap construction with 4 berths (and room in the cockpit for more) for exploring estuaries and gunkholing. With it's simple unstayed rig, it is ideal for the...

24' New Bedford Whaler Plans

The New Bedford Whalers were renowned for their ruggedness and sea-kindly manner. Typically they were 28' or 30' long. I was asked to draw up the lines for a shorter version for a film company and...

24' Oarsome Coastal Rowing Skiff

Oarsome Chance came to me for the design of a 24' Coastal Rowing Skiff which could be more easily used as a multi-role boat and which was safer for use offshore. Instead of a double ended design,...

24' Orwell Commuter Launch Plans

A slightly modern 'take' on a classic type of launch - many built in the mid 20th Century were much larger so this is a mini version. Half the launch is outside seating in an open cockpit and half...

24' Strip Planked Motor Yacht Plans

This was a commission just for the computer generated and faired mould shapes and building jig details for a 24' x 8'6" motor yacht of traditional appearance. The concept is to have a forward cabin...

24' Tasman Junk Rigged Yacht Plans

The Tasman is a multi-chine plywood yacht designed for long distance sailing for 2 crew, which uses an egg-box frame system of plywood fore and aft girders slotted together with plywood bulkheads -...

24' Tikopian Canoe Plans

The Tikopian 24 is based on the 18' Waka Ama and uses the same stitch and tape plywood construction process. She has 4 seats plus stowage compartments in the ends of the canoe but can be fitted out...

24'6" Snipe Runabout Plans

This was an interesting way to start a design. The client had a couple of Super Snipe engines kicking about and he wanted to sell them. What better way to do it and to get the greatest return for his...

25' 4" Breton Lugger Plans

The Breton Lugger is a simple 2 chine, 'V' bottomed ply over frame yacht. her hull shape is based on the Breton type made simple in chined plywood. The framework is made up of ply...

25' 5" Shanghai Plans

This yacht was designed a modern interpretation of the junk type for music arranger and composer Mike Hale. She had to be a safe and comfortable cruising yacht with cross channel capability as well...

25' Lakeland Plans

The Lakeland 25 is a modern double chined pulling boat designed for use on lakes, estuaries and offshore by outward bound organizations, scout groups etc. No frame set-up is required - she is made...

25' Sandolo

  The Sandolo is a traditional flat bottomed rowing boat used in Venice and the Venetian Lagoon and unlike the Gondola is, like most craft, symmetrical about it's centerline. In fact it is...

25' Windsor Slipper Launch Plans

For the Windsor slipper launch we have used the ply over frame method of construction using a modern framework of ply bulkheads and frames partly linked by fore and aft ply girders all set up to...

25'1" Kari 4 Sailing Cruiser Plans

The Kari 4 follows in the tradition of her smaller sisters in having a hull with 4 planks per side. Her construction starts with the assembly of a plywood framework consisting of a ply fore and aft...

25'6" Snow Bunting Plans

Snow Bunting is a river and estuary launch based upon the LIFU model hull with it's long waterline length and fairly full and buoyant ends. She has been designed for a client in Canada who wanted a...

26' General Purpose Workboat Plans

This is a general purpose 26' workboat with a beam of 8'4". Construction consists of pre-shaped ply bulkheads and girders which are slotted together. Chine girders are then fitted and the...

26' Golden Bay Launch

This 26' version of the Golden Bay has the same fairly high and flaired bow sections designed to throw off spray which flow into aft sections which have tumblehome giving her a generous waterline...

26' Golden Virginia Launch

Pete Greenfield, Editor of the Watercraft Magazine asked me to design this launch and is going to partly finance it by giving up smoking, hence the name Golden Virginia ! She is strip planked and...

26' Ijssel Launch Plans

It had to happen of course - having designed 21' and 30' Ijssel launches, someone would want something in between and here it is. The hull is very much of the Ijssel high volume stable model with...

26' Saltee Island Plans

This is a rugged steel workboat/fishing boat for coastal and offshore use. She has a large cockpit and enclosed wheelhouse with space below for a simple wc and/or galley. The steel hull...

26' Skellig Wood Fishing/Workboat Plans

The Skellig 26 is a wood version of the Saltee Island. She has the same rugged hull design for use as a workboat/fishing boat for coastal and offshore use. She has a large cockpit and enclosed...

26'6" Swallow Tancook Whaler Plans

Ever since I saw the lines of the Tancook Whaler in Chapelle's book Fast American Sailing Craft have been bugged by the wish to design a cruising boat using similar lines. The Tancook Whaler is one...

27' Marlow Electric/Steam Launch

We used the Edwardian 26 as a basis for this launch. We were asked to change the stern shape to a rather handsome counter and add more beam, but not too much, just enough to give her a more...