My Stradivari 2.4 Hc came to be as someone once told me that there’s one thing you can’t do and that is to build a true metre yacht in plywood. Now it’s a statement that is denied by reality.
HDML KUPARU was built in the USA as a Harbour Defense Motor Launch during WWII. 76 x 72 feet long, and built with Oregon, she was part of the RNZN (New Zealand Navy) until 1994, then was sold into private hands. Unused for years, she ended sitting up on the hard, unloved and rotting.
ELLEN C WELLS is a compact fishing schooner built of 1½″ mahogany strips over white oak. Split cabin with fir decks, fir spars, and white pine house sides with plywood and Dynel cabin tops. Interior is traditional Herreshoff-type of finish with white paneling and natural mahogany accents.
Based on Tom Gillmer and Iver Franzen’s New Moon (an enlargement on Gillmer’s Blue Moon), this sailing vessel is intended to be a stout, seaworthy, offshore-capable passagemaker, with an emphasis on the balance between comfortable sea-keeping and good sailing abilities.
1942 Halvorsen Cruiser. Purchased in Sydney, trucked to Hobart and spent 2.5 years out of the water, undercover rebuilding. Cabin sides and windscreen had been damaged by rot. Double diagonal oregan planking on the hull which when stripped back was in excellent condition.
After purchasing the plans in 2007, I didn't start building until 2012 when life, work, and materials lined up.
Bell Woodworking GP14 #5942. Recently purchased in Pennsylvania and returned to the Southern NJ shore after a 32 year long “Sleep” in a barn near Quakertown.
This canoe is based on the Laughing Loon Wee Vera plans for a 10ft canoe. I stretched the plans out to 12ft. It is a cedar strip design.
SF Pelican 12 foot: Three sheets of drawings, step-by-step building instructions, sail plans, lists for materials and hardware, and sailing handling information.
Note: Drawing plans come in pdf format and can be printed to full hard copy format.