CATALOGUE OF POWER BOATS

The Powerboat Catalogue is timely--geared to the increasing demand for efficient, economical and practical powerboat designs which are also inexpensive to build, own and operate. Twenty-one Designs range from our 13.5' Fantail Launch to our sportfisherman series, to large, efficient long-distance cruisers LIKE OUR NEW TRAWLER 60. Purchase of Full Plans includes Construction Notes and a copy of The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding.  

The Sharpie Catalogue includes 30 sailing sharpie designs and 3 power sharpies. Construction is plywood/epoxy/fabric of the simplest kind. These vessels are intended to be built by amateurs in the garage or back yard. Most are flat-bottomed; a few are V- or arc-bottomed; all sailboats are centerboarders. The larger sharpies can be built in steel or aluminum. Virtually all the sharpie designs are adaptions of traditional American working craft. Sharpies are fast and surprisingly weatherly, and terrific fun to sail. Because they are relatively narrow and light, even large sharpies can be trailored more easily than any other hull type. Only the largest sharpies can be comfortably lived in--but they make great camp boats and weekend cruisers for the whole family. Construction methods are described in THE SHARPIE BOOK by Reuel B. Parker. The book includes a history of sharpies and traditional construction methods. This Catalogue includes inserts of new sharpie designs at no additional cost, like our MAXI-TRAILERABLE CRUISING SHARPIES. .

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The Classics Catalogue includes 20 designs and covers the many boat types not described in our other catalogues, including lapstrake hulls, garveys, dories, wherries, Seabright skiffs, kayaks, sculls and V-bottom hulls. The construction methods concentrate on plywood planking over longitudinals and bulkheads. Purchase of Full Plans includes Construction Notes appropriate for each hull type. Many Plans for the smaller boats include Full-Size Patterns for Bulkheads--no lofting.

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This catalogue includes 35 cruising sailboat designs ranging in size from 21' to 70'. The designs focus on cold-molded wood construction, though many of the vessels can be built using other methods. The catalogue includes numerous hull-types, catagorized by complexity of construction method. The round-bilged hulls use triple-laminate construction--double-diagonal planking over fore-and-aft tongue-and-groove planking. The arc-botttom hulls use "quick-molded" double-diagonal plywood planking over longitudinal stringers, with developable-surface plywood topsides planking--fast, simple, light and strong. The scows use V-bottom construction consisting of full sheets of plywood laid double-diagonal. Sailing rigs include schooners, ketches, yawls, cutters and sloops. Hulls include centerboarders, keel/centerboarders and full-keels. Most of the designs derive from traditional American working craft, as we believe these make excellent cruising vessels. The construction methods for these designs are described in detail in our manual: THE NEW COLD-MOLDED BOATBUILDING, from lofting to launching, by Reuel B. Parker, a copy of which is included when purchasing FULL BUILDING PLANS. This catalogue includes inserts of new designs like our MAXI-TRAILERABLE CRUISING SHARPIES.

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