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SAILBOAT sa MODEL & MINIATURE SAILBOAT sa SAILBOARD sa SAILBOAT CENTERBOARD & KEEL sa SAILBOAT MAST & SPAR sa SAILBOAT RIGGING sa SAILBOAT RUDDER sa SAILBOAT SAIL sa SAILING xx BOAT How to buy your first sailboat. A look at board boats, sailing dinghies and catamarans. Kids for sail. A buyer's guide to 12 monohull performance boats to challenge and delight teen sailors. Design study for a modern sandbagger with hinged hatches that open to form slatted deck seats and short outriggers. Overall dimensions: 15'6"x7'0" with 229 sq.ft. of sail area. Design ideas for a sensible motorsailer with a simple rig and small engine. This comfortable cruiser for two is 22-ft x 7'9", displaces 5,500 pounds and has a 16-hp auxiliary inboard engine. A 3-in-1 sailboat that holds four which can be sailed, rowed, or powered by a motor. Hull, made of plywood, is 5-ft. wide, 12-ft. long and weighs about 140 lbs. Mast is aluminum pipe and lateen rig sail is polyethylene. Plan must be ordered. How to build the Family Handyman Pram. The 14-ft. hull is built from red cedar strips. The pram may be rowed or sailed using an 80 sq.ft. sail. Takes 200 hours to build. Est. cost: $300. How a sailboat kit can put you afloat. Describes the building of the Seabreeze 16, a compact cruiser/racer that sleeps 4 people. Est. cost: $3000. Cartopper sailing skiff. A 11.5-ft. sailing and rowing skiff built mostly from exterior fir plywood and covered with fiberglass boat cloth. Build in 60 to 80 hours. Est. cost: $1,100. Part 1. Cutting the plywood pieces. Cartopper sailing skiff. Part 2. Assembling the hull. Cartopper sailing skiff. Part 3. Building the centerboard, rudder and mast. Covering the boat with fiberglass. Glen-L, a fast easily handled cat boat. A 14 ft. boat that can be built in 50 hours for less than $125 including sails. A 7 ft. 9" sailing pram for $30. Station wagon skiff. Family-size, 16-ft. skiff weighs 120 lbs. and has three seats. May be paddled, motor driven (3 to 10 hp), or sailed using a sailing rig with leeboards. Constructed of plywood, styrofoam and fiberglass. Est. cost: $80. Build Tinkerbell II, a replica of the 13-1/2-ft. center-board sailboat which Robert Manry sailed alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Double-chine, plywood construction suitable for the home builder. Can sleep two average-size people and carry a lot of gear. Features a folding mast and easy trailering. Mini Moto, a 21-ft. sailboat with four berths, a toilet, gallery, and a motor well for an outboard engine. Powered speed is 10 to 12 mph. Est. cost: $1,500. Plans available. An 11-ft. dory which can be rowed, sculled, or sailed. Build an unsinkable uniboat, a stable sailboat made from Rigicell foam. How to convert a punt or canoe to a bed sheet sailboat. Build a cartop trimaran. Carries four adults and has plenty of storage space under the foredeck. Tahiti Two. Plans available for the successor to the world's most famous homebuilt ocean-going ketch. Several drawings and pictures illustrate the basic construction of the 33-ft. vessel. Plans cost: $10. Build a Pelican-class sailboat. A 12-ft. dinghy design with centerboard. Has 33 sq.ft. Genoa jib and 72 sq.ft. mainsail. Est. cost: $500. Plans for building the MI Seafish, a sailboat that uses a standard Sunfish sail and rig. Construction is from pine and exterior plywood. Kick-up leeboards allow sailing in shallow water. Large scale plans available for $5. Build the M.I. Hobby Kat with twin hulls and a canvas trampoline. Mast, boom, sail and rigging are purchased. Large-scale plans are available for $5. Est. cost: $650. "Butterfly" boat which can be sailed as a cat-rigged catamaran or converted into two one-man dinghies. With the two hulls bolted together, stern-to-stern, it also becomes a two-man canoe. Unsinkable, with simple construction. Build the "Thrifty Cat", a catamaran-design sailboat. Hulls consist of fiberglass over styrofoam and weigh 65 lbs. each. Platform and other items are mostly wood, either plywood or standard 2x4s. Should hit 15 knots in a good wind. Est. cost: $300. Aquasail. The perfect boat for learning to build boats and learning to sail. Length of 11.5-ft. and beam of 5-ft. Weighs 275 pounds. Construction is marine plywood over wooden framework. Est. cost: $450. The Aquasloop, a fiberglass sailboat you can build. This 15.5-ft. open cockpit sailboat has a shallow V-bottom and carries both jib and mainsail. Diagrams, scaled drawings and instructions included with article. Full-size plans available for $5. Est. cost: $900. A new Tahiti built of steel. A review of the changes in design of the Tahiti ketch over the last 40 years. Includes a new design for a homebuilt vessel of steel. New version is named the Tahitiana. Blueprints available for $35. Setting sail for Tahiti. A series of photos of the Baumgartners and their "Tahiti Two" as they set off on a sail around the world. This boat was built from MI plans. How to convert a 7-ft to 9-ft rowboat into a sailboat. How to make a daggerboard and trunk; rudder; mast and boom; rigging, sails and fittings. A fiberglass boat you can build. Sweetheart, a 10-ft. sailing dinghy, weighs 150 lbs, features a centerboard, foam flotation under the seats, and a 600 lb. load capacity. Fiberglass is applied to a wire mesh frame over wooden stringers. Est. cost: $200. Build MI's Basement Boat, a 10-ft pram that can be rowed, sailed or powered by a small outboard. Est. cost: $135. How to make a sprit-ribbed sail, leeboard and rudder to convert almost any small boat to a sailboat. Twenty-foot sailing dory. Est. cost: $300. Part 1. Basic steps in construction of this simple plywood-covered boat is illustrated with drawings. How to build a sailing raft for small children. Est. cost: $10. How to make an an add-on spritsail that will convert almost any rowed boat into a sailboat. The mast, boom and rudder are a single unit. A 12-ft. catamaran sailboat of plywood construction. Part 1. A 12-ft. catamaran sailboat of plywood construction. Part 2. "Teacup", a basic sailboat. Pram design, 9-1/2 ft. long, a 5-ft. beam and plywood construction. Uses almost any 50 sq.ft. dinghy-class sail. Build the Glen L 10 sailboat, a cat-rigged daggerboard sailboat that weighs less than 90 lbs. How multihulled boats can sail faster than the wind which pushes them. Surf Sailer you can build from plans. A sailboat, paddleboard and surfboard all in one. Est. cost: $150. Plans cost: $10. Three-way boat for less than $50. Sail it, paddle it, or power it. A 9-ft. dinghy made of Vinylcel (polyvinyl chloride foam) covered with fiberglass. Weighs only 46 lbs. May be rowed, powered (up to 3 hp outboard) or sailed. Add-ons turn a canoe into a sailboat. A deck unit provides mounting for leeboards and mast and rudder-tiller assembly. Advice on selecting your first sailboat. Pumkin Seed Sailboat. Part 1. A 13-foot scow-capped Marconi-rigged, 106 sq.ft. sail area with bilge boards rather than center board. Built of flexible wood strips around the frames. Carries one or two people when racing. Est. cost: $500. Pumkin Seed Sailboat. Part 2. Add the deck and fittings, make and install mast and boom, and prepare for first sail. How to build a wood-strip trail boat. It splits in half across the middle for portage. Can be be rowed, paddled, powered or sailed. Boat is 16 ft. long and weighs 89 lbs. Beam is 40". Both halves can float alone. 12-foot boat is built mostly of plywood and features watertight compartments filled with flotation material. Hull weighs 125 pounds but will support up to 900 pounds. Est. cost: $200. Plans must be purchased for $5. Mini-cat. Twin-hull sailboat disassembles for cartop carrying. Hits speeds of 15 knots. Built of plywood and stock lumber. Estimated cost: $350. Plans must be ordered for $7. Weekender sloop. 16-ft. sailing craft has a cozy sleeping cabin big enough for two. Built mostly of plywood and other standard lumber stock using only common tools. Has 120 sq.ft. of sail. Plans must be ordered. Est. cost: $800. Three-way day tripper boat can be rowed, sailed, or powered. This 12-ft. boat is built from standard lumber (mostly plywood) and carries 5 people. Est. cost: $400. Plans must be ordered. Pocket cruiser uses 140 sq.ft. of polyethylene sail. With sails and mast removed, the craft evokes a classic motor launch. This 15-ft. mini motor sailer is built from standard lumber and plywood. Est. cost: $800. Plans required. Cocky catamaran. A home-built competitor for "Hobie cats". Built from standard lumberyard materials. Advanced-design with high-aspect-ratio hulls, anti-dive planes, clubfoot jib, and a pivoting wing mast with adjustable airfoil. Basic construction shown, but plans must be ordered. Est. cost: $600. Plywood boat you can sail, scull, troll and row. This 14-ft. cartop boat features 3 cockpits, transom for motor or rudder, and double-deck track for snapping on oarlocks and cockpit covers. Uses standard hardware-store fittings. Est. cost: $450. Plans may be ordered for $10. Winged dinghy. 12-ft. sailboat with true sloop rigging (mainsail and jib). Est. cost: $275. Plans cost: $10. A 4-ft. long, flat bottom, bow and stern children's boat with 5-ft. mast. Graefin-10, a 10-ft, 85 lb. sailing pram. Blue Moon: A 16-ft. cruising sailer which sleeps two on 6'4" berths. Has room for chemical toilet and small stove. Built from commonly available plywood, lumber and hardware. Estimated cost: $1000. Full-size plans available. A description of J.G. Hagedoorn's efforts to contrive the ultimate sailing machine, a yacht that requires no hull. Two results are described. (1) A proa fitted with a hapa (an outrigger curved keel) and (2) a man suspended from a Para-Foil with a hapa tethered to the harness (equivalent to hang-gliding over water). BIRDWATCHER, a very light and shallow boat combining cabin and cockpit into one large space, with oar instead of motor auxiliary, and capable of being sailed in an unstrenuous fashion. Similar to the "Dovekie" design. Rebuilding a 13.5-ft. Sunfish sailboat to make the interior space available for storage. Build an under-thwart storage box. Plywood Canoe Yawl, an eye-pleasing, easily-built cruising design reminiscent of classic 19th-century small craft. Customizing a 13-ft. Boston Whitehall rowing boat. Includes the addition of a sailing rig. Sail power. Picking the right outboard auxiliary for a sailboat. SEA BIRD '86, an update of Thomas Fleming Day's "Sea Bird". A practical, easy-to-build cruising sailboat from the turn of the century. A "proper" yacht. Upgrading a Sovereign 17B pocket cruiser to have more "creature comforts", utility, and improved appearance. Building Bobcat. How to build Bolger's tack-and-tape adaptation of the "Beetle Cat", a 12-foot catboat which has the feel of a much bigger craft. Part 1. Building Bobcat. Part 2. Build a simple and functional leeboard system for sailing a rowing dinghy. 20-ft. steel lifeboat is converted into a "camp-aboard" ketch. Some tips. Building a sailing garvey with a 12-ft. length and 4.5-ft. beam. Weighs 153 pounds and has 90 sq.ft. of sail area. Construction tips included. Plans must be ordered. Converting a basic fiberglass sailboat into a cruiser complete with covers, galley, and many other appointments. Some tips. Dart dinghy. Design for a small, shallow-draft cruising boat which features a large swinging fin rudder and a small centerboard close to the stem. Tip on fabricating an inboard motor well for a small outboard motor. This makes it easier to operate than if it were installed on the transom of a sailboat. Building a deck-top sailing dinghy. 7-ft. flat-bottomed dinghy is built from 3 sheets of plywood and covered with fiberglass cloth. Est. cost: $200. Plywood 12.5. Design for a tiny sloop which comes close to duplicating a Herreshoff. Creating a cruising Klepper. Tips on converting the Klepper Aerius II folding boat (kayak) into a seaworthy sailing craft that is easily transportable to any cruising grounds. His and her schooners. Design ideas for a 20-ft. schooner with a 4-ft. beam. Build a centerboard trunk plug to keep water from entering when the boat is propelled at speed without the board in place. A big little cruiser. Clever outfitting ideas improve a 14-ft. West Wight Potter trailerable sailboat. Basic design information for a 16-ft. two-masted, gaff-rigged cat schooner dayboat. Mounting outboards on sailboats. Practical advice for selecting and installing motor brackets. Grandpa's pirate ship. Basic design for a 22-ft. center-cockpit catboat. Convert a 14-ft. Laser sailing dinghy to a mini-trimaran by adding two 10-ft. ama hulls. Modifying a 17-ft. Cape Cod catboat to make it more comfortable. Ideas include shelving, dining table/navigation desk combination, a roll down "easy chair", etc. Building "Whisp", a 16-ft. sharpie skiff that is light enough (70#) for cartopping. Motion is provided by sail, oars, or electric motor. Step-by-step guidance is provided for building this plywood boat. "Moondance" cartop cruiser. Ideas for outfitting a small (11-ft.) sailboat for one-man cruising. Casual sailing dinghy (16-ft.) features gaff cat rig. Basic dimensions are included which are suitable for the experienced builder. Building Swifty. Photos show the assembly of a 12-ft. kitboat featuring a sprit-boom rig and folding mast. Est. cost: $750. Custom boat. Advice on outfitting and improving a Frances 26 "proper yacht" for cruising. Blueberry. Basic design elements for a 20-ft. plywood sailing cruiser which combines traditional lines with a modern, well-equipped cabin. Designing and building Hummingbird, a 28-ft. plywood trimaran sailboat. Some tips. Japanese beach cruiser. Cartoon for a 3.8-meter leeboard cat-yawl with a pram bow and plywood lapstrake contruction. Building Meghan, a 10-ft. sewn-seam plywood cartopper sailboat. Est. cost: $600. Plans must be ordered for $30. Custom boat. Tips on outfitting a 26-ft. double-ender sailing racer for coastal cruising. Design study for constructing a South Seas proa (sailing canoe) as used by the Polynesians. Design study for a flat-bottomed 14'6"x4'0" children's racer sailboat featuring leeboard, oarlocks, and a lanteen sail. Includes rules for "pirate racing" using this lightweight boat. Design study for an elegant version of the Danish Folkboat, a 25'8"x7'3" design with 418 square feet of sail. Building kit boats. (1) A 16-ft cedar-strip canoe. (2) A kayak from precut plywood. (3) A 16-ft. square-stern canoe. (4) A lapstrake sailing pram. Shifting leeboards. Three techniques for attaching shifting leeboards to a flat bottom skiff in order to convert it into a sailing skiff. Building the Wayfarer Dinghy kit. Some tips. Building the Beetle Cats. Part 1. Keel and transom. Beetle Cats are 12-ft. round-bottom, centerboard catboats which are wide and shallow and carry a good-sized, gaff-rigged sail. Building the Beetle Cats. Part 2. Stem and centerboard trunk. Building the Beetle Cats. Part 3. Fitting and bending frames. A plywood lapstrake classic based on a design and building method by Iain Oughtred. An 11.5-ft. Acorn Skiff design that is primarily a rowboat, but will also sail when fitted with one of two rigs, the rudder, and daggerboard. Restoration of Herreshoff 12.5-footers. Part 1. Restoration of Herreshoff 12.5-footers. Part 2. Building the Nutshell pram, one of the "best tenders ever designed". Built mostly from plywood, it is 7-ft. 7" long, The rowing model has only 27 wooden parts. Simplicity, skiffs and sharpies. A look at Westport's flat-iron skiff and its Sharpie cousin. Includes dimensions for two sharpies and two skiffs, along with tips on construction. Open boat cruising. Outfitting a 13-ft. peapod (a traditional double-ender for sail and oar) for safe and comfortable cruising. Centerboards and trunks. How to design and build a problem-free centerboard and trunk. Bolger "Cartopper". Part 1. An 11.5-ft. skiff designed by Phil Bolger features tack-and-tape construction and three power options (sprit rig sail, leg-o'-mutton sail, or oars). Constructed mostly of plywood. Instructions given for both a model and the full-size boat. Bolger "Cartopper". Part 2. Building of the model continued. The "coble", a sailing workboat designed for England's northeast coast. Two articles include information on design, construction, rowing, sailing, motorization, etc. of this old design. Six cruising scenarios. Unique interiors for small cruising sailboats. Layout ideas to accommodate lovers, friends, singlehander, resident, family, or guest. Bolger "Cartopper". Part 3. Getting started on the full-sized boat. Bolger "Cartopper". Part 4. Finishing up the full-size boat. Building the Biscayne Bay 14. An able daysailer from N.G. Herreshoff. Oak framework is covered with mahogany plywood planking. Part 1. Building the Biscayne Bay 14. Part 2. Building the Biscayne Bay 14. Part 3. Building Sweet Pea, a plywood sailing peapod. The mast is made from a closet pole. Features include oarlocks, inboard rudder, a removable skeg, flotation, and adjustable seats. Est. cost: $500. Part 1. Building Sweet Pea, a plywood sailing peapod. Part 2. Building the winner of the "Perfect Skiff" design contest. Part 1. Building the winner of the "Perfect Skiff" design contest. Part 2. Building the Shellback dinghy. An 11-ft. sailing dinghy that can also be built as a rowboat. Part 1. An easy lesson in lapstrake-plywood construction. Building the Shellback dinghy. Part 2. Completing the boat's interior. Building the Shellback dinghy. Part 3. Finishing details. Rigging and sailing. Building Daisy, a 12.5-ft. dory skiff. Features lapstrake planking, sawn frames, non-rabbeted stem, etc. Will support four adults while rowing and three under sail. Part 1. Building Daisy, a 12.5-ft. dory skiff. Part 2. Building Grey Seal, an able, trailerable cruiser in the form of a 22-ft sloop. Features plywood-lapstrake hull construction and a full keel. Part 1. Building Grey Seal. Part 2. Building Grey Seal. Part 3. Building a SailRig for kayaks and canoes. Outriggers (floats or amas) are built from plywood to stabilize the boat. The unit weighs 35 pounds and breaks down for cartopping. Est. cost: $400. The Penobscot 14. Build a glued-plywood lapstrake daysailer with 95-sq-ft. rig. Part 1. Hull setup and building jig. The Penobscot 14. Part 2. Completing the hull. Tips for updating a traditional daysailer. How to incorporate some modern gear onto a classic sprit-rigged sharpie so that it looks appropriate. The Penobscot 14. Part 3. Finishing touches, rigging the boat, rowing, and sailing. Sawing a lady in two. A nesting sailing dinghy features a latching system that is labor-intensive to build, simple to use, watertight, and strong. Hunky dory. An introduction to plywood boatbuilding methods and their application to construction of the Fisher Swampscott 12 sailing dory. "Dingbat", a 6-ft. long light sailing dinghy with flat bow. Plywood construction. Two styles of sails may be used, marconi rig or gaff rig. | |||||||||
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