Our Deben Class designs are inspired by the original Deben 4-tonner, which my father commissioned from W. M. Blake in 1936 and the Deben 6-tonner, designed by my father in 1950. At least 35 of the 4-tonners and 3 of the 6-tonners were built between 1937 and 1960.
Built of cold-molded cedar on laminated locust frames by David, Marie and Nathan at Skol ar Mor. ROBUSTUS is a reproduction of Francois Vivier’s MORBIC 8′. She was ordered by Guillaume Valente on the island of Groix off the Southern coast of Brittany in France.
Last year, the physics class at the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, built cardboard boats as a class project. Each group of four students had to design a boat that could be built from 4′ x 8′ sheets of eighth-inch-thick corrugated cardboard.
After admiring the Crowninshield FAME, and Maynard’s article a few years back, I decided to imitate the high peaked spar design of the sails. CAPTAIN NATHAN is 19 inches long, 6 inch beam, 8 inch keel with weights. It sails best in some breeze, with a tendency to windward.
LA VIGIE is a unique racing sailboat designed and built in 1960 by the engineer Lucien Gauvin. The hull is redwood coated with fiberglass. LA VIGIE won many races on the Fleuve Saint-Laurent in the 1960s.
Norwalk Islands Sharpie, designed by Bruce Kirby. 1990 Ketch with full battens on main, mizzen, stay’sl and jib. 155% genoa, symmetric and radial spinnakers.
S/V 14 designed by Simonis Voogd Design has been specifically created for sailors with disabilities. The E-book consists of 100 pages plan + videos, it is offered for free BUT, it must be for the benefit of the disabled community.
PETER ROBYN was named after the sons of the builder, McNally. He was furniture shop owner in Marrickville Australia. He copied this design from a near sister-ship RESTIVE, featured in Eric Hiscock’s book, Cruising Under Sail, without permission.