Small Boat Design 5 recently-built small boat designs, 12 small boat plans, sail and power, 17' to 29' 6"
24' Exploration Ketch Tern
Launched May 2006: 24' Exploration Ketch Tern
Construction: plank-on-frame
Length: 23' 9"
Beam:6' 8"
Draft: 4'7" B/D
Displacement to DWL: 1,850 lbs
Sail Area: 260 sq.ft.
Builder: Ben Brouwer
Builder's Web site: Hunter Bay Boat Project
Designed for a rowing and sailing expedition to Alaska, Tern is shown racing in Shipyard School Raid 2006 on her last leg home, September 06. Photo credit Cameron Eckert
Comments: Tern is a lengthened (to 23'9') version of Ratty, but of lighter construction with riveted plywood planking on yellow cedar frames. Sail area has also been increased, to a total of 260 sq. ft. in a gaff ketch rig. A modern wooden foil has been substituted for Ratty's steel plate.
20' Cat-ketch Ratty
Launched 2002: 20' Cat-ketch Ratty
Construction: sheathed plywood
Length: 20' 0"
Beam: 6' 8"
Draft: 4'0" B/D
Displacement: 1,350 lbs
Ballast: 350 lbs
Sail Area: 174 sq.ft.
Builder: Barefoot Wooden Boats
Designed as a family camper-cruiser in the Gulf Islands, Ratty is a capable sailer and an easy, pleasurable boat to row.
Comments: Featured in WoodenBoat #175, built of sheathed plywood. Ratty is an interpretation of the Drascombe type, with modernized form and a standing lug rig.
15' Electric Launch
Launched April 2006: 15' electric launch
Construction: carvel
Length: 15' 0"
Beam: 4' 6"
Draft: 12"
Displacement: 500 lbs with 240 lbs of batteries
Power: 8 HP 24V Etec motor
Builder: Silva Bay Shipyard School
Owner's Web site: Barefoot Wooden Boats
Sponsored and commissioned by Barefoot Wooden Boats for silent utility use around Silva Bay.
Comments: Carvel construction. Pretty in a traditional manner, for silent utility use around Silva Bay. Weight about 500 pounds with 240 pounds of batteries aboard. Designed around the 8 HP 24V Etec motor turning a 10 inch propeller. Range to be about 4 hours at 5 knots.
13'6" Mahogany Tender Seka
Launched 2004: 13'6" Mahogany Tender Seka
Construction: mahogony lapstrake
Length: 13' 6"
Beam: 5' 7"
Draft (loaded) : 1' 6"
Weight (empty): 800 lbs
Power: 7 HP BMW diesel
Builder: Silva Bay Shipyard School
Owner's Web site: Island Eagle
Designed as a tender for the classic wooden yacht Island Eagle
Comments: Seka was designed as a heavy workboat and tender to Island Eagle. Her lines originated with a smaller dinghy (10 feet) designed by Louis Kromholz in 1934.
12' Pogi-class Sailing Dinghy
Launched April 2006: 4th 12' Pogi-class Sailing Dinghy
Construction: Riveted Lapstrake western red cedar above the waterline. Glued 1/4 mahogany marine plywood with bottom sheathed with kevlar and epoxy.
Length: 11' 8"
Beam: 4' 6"
Draft: 2'6" B/D
Displacement: 100 lbs
Sail Area: 80 sq.ft.
Builder: Barefoot Wooden Boats
Barefoot Wooden Boats commission in 2004 was for a sailing dinghy with good rowing qualities for two people. The fourth pogi was launched April 2006; according to their builders, the pogies have "lived up to all expectations and exceeded some".
12 Small Boat Plans, Sail and Power, 17' to 29'6"
Captain Flint, 17' Cat-schooner
Construction: plywood on sawn frames
LOA: 17' 0"
Beam: 6' 10"
Draft: 1'4"B/U
Displacement: 2,100 lbs
Sail Area: 155 sq.ft.
Featured in Wooden Boat #175
Harry, 26' Sailing Scow
Construction: plywood
LOA: 26' 0"
Beam: 11' 0"
Draft: 1'3" B/U
Displacement: 10,715 lbs
Sail Area: 511 sq.ft.
Featured in Pacific Yachting 1986
Teazer, 28' Coastwise-cruising Ketch
Construction:
LOA: 28' 0"
Beam: 7' 10"
Draft: 4'0"
Displacement: 5,600 lbs
Sail Area: 405 sq.ft.
Featured in Wooden Boat #175
Hero, 29'6" Offshore Cutter
Construction:
LOA: 29' 6"
Beam: 9' 10"
Draft: 5'0"
Displacement: 16,500 lbs
Sail Area: 657 sq.ft.
Featured in Wooden Boat #175
Alder, 18' Flat-bottomed Displacement Boat
Construction: lapstrake planks
LOA: 18' 0"
Beam: 6' 8"
Draft: 19'1/2"
Displacement: 2,450 lbs
Cruising Speed: 5 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
Oak, 18' Inshore Fisherman
Construction: lapstrake planks
LOA: 18' 0"
Beam: 7' 0"
Draft: 2'3"
Displacement@half-load: 3,400 lbs
Top Speed: 9 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
Sitka Spruce, 18' Deep-V Planing Hull
Construction: plywood
LOA: 18' 0"
Beam: 7' 0"
Draft hull: 11'1/2"
Displacement: 2,000 lbs
Top Speed: 28 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
26' Down East Outboard Cruiser
Construction: sheathed plywood
LOA: 26' 0"
LWL: 23' 8"
Beam: 8' 6"
Draft: 12"
Displacement to DWL: 3600 lbs
Power: 90 HP 4-stroke outboard motor
Cruising Speed: 20 knots
Top Speed: 25 knots
Builder:
Ironbark, 28' Traditional Displacement Boat
Construction: lapstrake planks
LOA: 28' 0"
Beam: 9' 10"
Draft: 3'8"
Displacement: 16,500 lbs
Cruising Speed: 6.8 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
Douglas Fir, 28' Displacement Boat
Construction: lapstrake planks
LOA: 28' 0"
Beam: 10' 6"
Draft: 2'9"
Displacement@half-load: 11,600 lbs
Top Speed: 20 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
Red Cedar, 28' Family Coastal Cruiser
Construction: lapstrake planks
LOA: 28' 0"
Beam: 9' 6"
Draft: 17and 1/2"
Displacement@half-load: 7,800 lbs
Cruising Speed: 25 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
Mahogany, 28' 5.5" Planing Hull
Construction:
LOA: 28' 5-1/2"
Beam: 7' 6"
Draft: 20'1/2"
Displacement@half-load: 5,700 lbs
Top Speed: 65 knots
Featured in Wooden Boat #137
last updated December 17, 2009
Just Launched
December 17, 2009
Stahl 29, a 29' twin outboard flying-bridge cruiser
All foam-cored fiberglass construction.
TimberCoast 22. Photo credit Bill Childs
TimberCoast 22 is the newest member of the BARTENDER family -- a capable and efficient long range mini-cruiser. In shaping the hull of the TimberCoast 22 I kept the original Bartender form in mind but included additional criteria. While maintaining the seaworthiness of the older sibling, the new boat is to be more fuel efficient at low speed. She had to be visually similar to her older (and faster) sister, but I wanted the longest possible waterline to reduce wavemaking and form drag. She needed to be simple to build while being hydrodynamically suited to low speed efficiency. The final key operational requirement is excellent controllability at low speed, cruising, trolling, and maneuvering, without the flightiness of a planning hull.
Plans for Download
December 4, 08
Exploration Ketch Tern. Photo credit Cameron Eckhart
Free to Download: PDF of plans for 23'9' Exploration Ketch . Licence conditions: You are free to use these plans to build a Exploration Ketch for your own use or to sell. You may not redistribute these plans or sell them.