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RedRedWhine
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Initially Posted - 06/27/2006 : 15:09:24

I am interested in maybe building a small home built sailboat. I was thinking something arount 12-14'. I might eb able to put a small motor on it and use if for a dingey (not sure I spelled that right). Does anyone have any ideas on a kit of plans for something like this. I would like to have something I can keep on a trailer and drop in th water off the beach at the lake. Thanks for the help

Don and Kim Young
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frankr
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Response Posted - 06/27/2006 : 15:30:32

Try http://www.bateau.com/ I have built the V12 model. Look at the V12 info on my web page.
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John G-
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Response Posted - 06/27/2006 : 15:47:19

[url="http://www.newyankee.com/index.shtml"]Norm Abrams [/url] of the[url="http://www.newyankee.com/index.shtml"] New Yankee Workshop[/url] built a [url="http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?708"]sailboat [/url] that looked really nice.
Of course you would need the 30K of woodworking tools to build it.

The measured drawings are $15-16. It might be worth buying the plans to see if that’s the way you want to go.
I remember aother PBS show out of the Midwest that made small boats and they looked like straight forward carpentry skills were all that were needed.
Also check out [url="http://www.messingaboutinboats.com/index.html"]Messing About in Boats [/url] they focus on small craft many made by hand.

Underlined words are a HOT link.

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Paul
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Response Posted - 06/27/2006 : 16:03:46

Glen-L. has a wide range of designs.

http://www.glen-l.com

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 09:57:03

Were you considering wood or fiberglass? I once built a 16 foot prefabricated kit daysailer made by Luger. I don't know if they are in business anymore though. It was a nice boat.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 11:14:11

Try a search on Shell Boats or else it is www.shellboats.com and same goes for Cheasapeake Light Craft or www.clc.com or something like that.

Both have plans and kits of sailboats, etc. CLC also has a class they offer which entails buying the kit and then travelling to Annapolis, MD to construct it over the next 5 days or so to the paint and rigging stage. believe the classes are small - approximately 5 or so building their own. Only thing is that looking at this years schedule, they had only one sailboat class and it was a specific one...believe it was a 12 or 14 footer. The class and also addl are also combined on a Wooden Boat website.

I have also been considering building a small sailboat one of these years so that I could take it on vacation. they have some designs in the 8-12 foot size range.

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Happy D
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 16:19:58

Sam Devlin has pland for stitch and glue boats if that is the type of contstruction you might be looking for.
[url="http://www.devlinboat.com/sgfp.htm"]Sam Devlin[/url]

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djn
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 16:35:47

I still have the Popular Mechnics plans I used to build an 8 foot round nose hydroplan. that was 35 years ago. Cheers.

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 17:21:52

Hi Don,

Bren Peterson (Bren737) and his son, Tanner, built a really neat sailing dinghy ... here is a link to that thread: [url="http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=8626&SearchTerms=Tanner"]Bren & Tanner's dinghy[/url]

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 19:34:07

Don & Kim,

I've build a couple 8" plywood boats from scratch, and reconditioned a 1959 Lightning (a 19' wooden sailboat). Here are a few thoughts off the top of my head:<ul>
<li>You can put a motor on 'most anything, down to about 2HP on an 8' plywood pram.</li>
<li>I encourage you to think dinghy, as in tender to go with your Catalina.</li>
<li>If you're planning to take your dinghy along while cruising open water, I believe it's a good idea to have the option of not towing the tender in rough weather. So the ability to bring the dink on deck is a very desirable feature. With a 25' sailboat, the largest rigid dinghy that will fit on the foredeck is 8', and even that is a bear to wrestle up there, and blocks access to the anchor locker.</li>
<li>An 8' rigid dinghy, no matter how cleverly designed, is going to be seriously limited in performance and load carrying ability.</li>
<li>Which brings us to nesting dinghies. With a two-piece hull, it's practical to muscle around a much larger boat. A 12' one might fit in a pickup truck with the tailgate closed. The pieces could be joined at the water's edge, or even in the water. Here are some links: [[url="http://www.bandbyachtdesigns.com/spin.htm"]B&B Yacht Designs' Spindrift plans[/url]], [[url="http://seaweed.thebilge.com/spindrift"]building a 9' Spindrift[/url]] with lots of photos. And some one-piece (non-nesting) [[url="http://boatdesigns.com/departments.asp?dept=12"]Glen-L sailboats[/url]] designed for easy home building. And some from [[url="http://www.clarkcraft.com/cgi-local/shop.pl?type=categ&categ=019&cart_id="]ClarkCraft[/url]]. </li>
<li>The construction method I recommend is "Stitch & Glue", a.k.a. "Tack & Tape." You won't believe how easy this method is until you try it with your own hands.</li>
<li>Don't sweat looking for a 'kit' boat. About all a kit can do for you is provide some (rather expensive) pre-cut pieces -- usually framing -- not the large expanses of sheet plywood. Stitch & Glue requires almost no permanent framing, maybe just a very simple disposable building jig during the very earliest phase of construction. I think I used a few scraps of lumber to shim the stitched hull into alignment, and maybe a spreader bar to flare the topsides, before applying the first batch of epoxy putty to the major seams. Stitch & Glue is incredibly loose tolerance. There's no tedious shaving frame members to a precise fit with a hand plane. The 'fitting' I did involve a high powered 7" disk sander with a #16 disk wielded with reckless abandon. A cloud of sanding dust hung thick in the air as I rounded off the glued seams to a large radius for fiberglassing.</li></ul>Good luck and have at it!

-- Leon Sisson

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 06/28/2006 : 23:35:37

Leon,

That is one nice looking sailboat you built !

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 06/29/2006 : 01:12:10

Larry,<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Leon, That is one nice looking sailboat you built !<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I'm sorry if I've mislead you. I had nothing to do with building any of the boats I linked to in my previous post. However, here are a few snapshots of one of the boats I did build: [[url="http://home.mpinet.net/~sissonl/boating/photos/D4_pics.htm"]D4 pics[/url]].

-- Leon Sisson

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RedRedWhine
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Response Posted - 06/29/2006 : 07:32:33

Thank you all for the imput. Part of me likes the idea of building something myself and using it. Part of me (the wife) knows that I might not finish it and it will sit in the garage for a few years. I am hoping I can get my boys interested in building it with me as a family project. It seems now a days X-box and computers are all kids think about. I grew up in the Bahamas and had a little wooden boat with a glass box in it so I could look over the reef for conch and such. My how times change. Thanks again and I will look at the post everyone gave and and will let you know what I do.

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ilnadi
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Response Posted - 06/29/2006 : 08:42:59

ok guys, I need some honest feedback. I have been dreaming of building one for the kids to sail. we are talking about someone who has taken two months to finish a knife block and had the teak trim from the boat in his garage for five weeks.

Should I even start

be brutally honest

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glivs
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Response Posted - 06/30/2006 : 22:00:32

Don & Kim,
FWIW, a friend of mine built a great looking wooden sailing dinghy that he tows behind a tandem bicycle. Whenever he can, he and his daughter (~8 yrs old) bike down to the launch and get in an evening sail after dinner. As a follow on project, he built a tri-hull (18’?) that sails rings around most everything in our size range and can sail in winds so light we might as well stay on our mooring. I think he found plans for both on the Internet.

Good luck...

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pelican
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Response Posted - 07/01/2006 : 07:50:20

If you can glue 2 pieces of wood together , you can do it.
I biult a 8' plywood dinghy in my spare bedroom on plans from Bolger.
Flat bottom, one piece, whole thing from 2 8x4 sheets and some 1" fir strips. A great learning process for me. Plus it actually floated! Also built sail rig and sailed around our dock. I have built 2 larger boats since, still learning stuff along the way.
It is an experience I highly recommend for any sailor, even if it does not turn out too well. It will teach you a lot about your boat, your sailing skills and why things work.
Robert

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