FREE plans — Holly Point Skiff, aka Holly Point Open Fisherman.It’s time we got back to the fuel efficient hull forms, and here’s one that will give the thrill of planing speeds, with the economy of a skiff.
The Start 42 is designed to sail very very fast as a 14 ft international.
My boat is a 1955 Chris Craft 16 foot utility cruiser. It is outboard powered, with a small cutty cabin. It was sold by Chris Craft as a kit boat.
I have purchased a 1958 16ft Runabout Homebuilt Cold molded mahogany boat that i am restoring. The hull is rot free and i am currently replacing everything above the upper chines.
Toby Hall and Charlie Howland worked at Concordia years ago when Leo Telesmanick was running it. Now retired, the pair decided their six grandchildren (ages 2 and younger) needed some good little skiffs.
I acquired this kit from a friend on Whidbey Island, and further investigation revealed it to be a 13ft “Pandamaran” — an unusual design by famous dinghy designer Jack Holt in the 1970’s, done in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, whereby part of the proceeds of each sale was donated to