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Deep V Inboard - Donzi Inspired
Designer
Classic Wooden Boat Plans
Based on the Donzi Sweet 16, this little treasure boasts a generous deep V at the transom allowing for smoother running and bad weather handling.
HOLIDAY
Year Built:
1950s
HOLIDAY resides in Bridgeport for the rest of 2013. She will spend the winter in Monterey, MA and spend 2014 between Narragansett Bay and Down East Maine.Listing under new owner, 2019.
Scandal Skiff
Builder Name:
The Traditional Small Craft Class at NWSWBB
The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building launched this 14′7″-long Scandal skiff last summer. William Atkin designed the Scandal in 1924 to be a slender and fast boat suitable for use with a small outboard motor.
ARALLA
Year Built:
1928
ARALLA was launched in Hobart, Tasmania, 1928, as Allara, a Government patrol vessel. She is very likely the last surviving true Government Cutter. Allara was the British registered name of another vessel, so when she was British registered in 1943 they spelt the name backwards.
LAUREL LEI
Builder Name:
Dave VanStone
I found the plans in the back of “The Dory Book”, by John Gardner after looking high and low for a boat I thought I could build. This boat fit the bill. Besides requiring only average skills to build, it is also light, pretty, rowable, seaworthy and cheap to operate.
BLACK DAMSEL
Builder Name:
Lorenz Rutz
BLACK DAMSEL is a Ken Bassett Firefly design, plans from WoodenBoat. Bassett’s plans call for plywood fastened to stem, keelson and chine logs. I wanted to build this boat stitch and glue to simplify things and hopefully reduce the weight.
