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PROJECTS DURING 2012

Projects:   Designs that have recently been begun, are ongoing, or will soon be completed. - in order of overall length:

Mermaid 61 -  Work continues toward BUILDING the outstanding Mermaid, a brigantine styled after the excellent 1700's privateers.
42' Lucille  - Smaller sister to my 50' Lucilledesign, in hull form this ketch rigged motorsailer is reminiscent of the great Herreshoff yachts, with an interior planned for comfortable cruising. 

Prototypes:   New ideas...

82' Peregrine  - A long and sleek motor-sharpie type with aft pilot house.  An extended version of our 64' Peregrine prototype suited to all-ocean cruising, or the canals and rivers of the world.
80' Fantail Steamer  - A classic fantail yacht harking back to the days of the steamer.  An all-ocean classic yacht.

 

PROJECTS DURING 2011

Designs that were started during or that were ongoing during 2011 - in order of size:

61' Brigantine Mermaid 61  -  Work continues on an all aluminum brigantine styled after the 1700's privateers.  Wow..!
Far Horizon 46  - A stout all-ocean trawler designed for a family of four with world cruising capabilities.  Construction in steel or aluminum.

Prototypes: new ideas...

37m (120') Chief Seattle (120') - A classic Grand Banks racing-fishing schooner styled after the Bluenose, but planned for construction in aluminum...!
100' Cargo Skipjack  - A 100' live-aboard cargo-yacht.  Simple construction, easy maintenance, fast sailing...  Another fine prototype in our Skipjack series...
Cleopatra's Galley  - A 100' true Egyptian ship of state from the age of Cleopatra for dinner cruises in and around Singapore, driven by... oars..!
Amazon 100'  - Conceived as a medical supply vessel, low profile yacht or tour boat for shoal water river systems or canals of the world.
100' North Coast  - A motor yacht of generous proportions for world cruising.
82' Peregrine  - A long slender motor-sharpie with aft pilot house suited to all-ocean cruising, or the canals and rivers of the world.
80' Fantail Steamer  - A classic fantail yacht harking back to the days of the steamer.  An all-ocean classic yacht.
80' Trawler Yacht - A plumb stem low profile trawler yacht somewhat in the Lapworth tradition (see Voyaging Under Power, first edition, p.80).
80' Power Trimaran, TROIKA - A modern trimaran for voyaging under power. A true pilot house, simple propulsion, and an optional get-home 'kite' sail rig.
49' Black Jack - Another in the Rhumb Runner series, this time using a unique hull form derived from a sailing Skipjack..!

 

PROJECTS DURING 2010

61' Brigantine - Mermaid - An all aluminum 1700's privateer rigged as a brigantine.
30m (98') Wooden Charter Phinisi  - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Phinisi Schooner.

Prototypes: new ideas...

37m (120') Chief Seattle (120')  - A classic Grand Banks racing-fishing schooner.

 

PROJECTS DURING 2009

38m (125') Indonesian Phinisi - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Sailing Charter Schooner.
36m (118') Wooden Tern Schooner  - A plank-on-frame wooden Three Mast Schooner.
110' Tall Ship Remodel - A new interior layout, new sail rig, improved exterior styling for a new life of chartering in SE Asia.
56' Aluminum Ketch - Shiraz - Fast sailing in a ketch reminiscent of Herreshoff.
48' Aluminum Schooner - Jasmine - Electric Drive Sailing Yacht.

Prototypes: new ideas...

50' Amazon - A steel shoal draft live-aboard house-boat, ideal for any river system or coastwise waterway.
175' Lady Destiny - A steel mega-yacht.  Classic Asian styling.  Schooner rig.

 

PROJECTS DURING 2008

50m (164') Wooden Charter Yacht  - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Sailing Phinisi Charter Schooner.
36m (118') Wooden Tern Schooner  - A plank-on-frame wooden Three Mast Schooner.
30m (98') Wooden Charter Phinisi  - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Phinisi Schooner.
80' Aluminum Motor Yacht - North Coast  - An all-ocean Diesel-Electric motor yacht.
64' Steel 'Clipper Yacht' - Chantage - Classic Motor Sailor.
60' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Swallow's Nest  - An all-ocean expeditionary Motor Sailor.
56' Aluminum Ketch - Shiraz - Fast sailing in a ketch reminiscent of Herreshoff.
48' Aluminum Schooner - Jasmine - Electric Drive Sailing Yacht.
43' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Roberta  - Motor Yacht for voyaging.
43' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Roberta Jean  - Motor Yacht for voyaging.

Prototypes: New ideas...!

100' Wooden Bermuda Skipjack   -  A design concept for ocean sailing in a classic wooden hull.
78' Wyldepathaway  - A classic fantail schooner in steel for charters.
65' Rachel  - A sleek and modern aluminum design for fast ocean sailing.
62' Wooden Brigantine - Privateer  - A privateer-style schooner for plank-on-frame wood. 
47' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Roberta Jean  - Classic twin-cabin Motor Yacht in aluminum.
32' Steel Tug Yacht - Talisker  -  A Tug Yacht prototype.

 

ARTICLES

New or recently revised articles are as follows:  

Nomadic Watercraft - Creating a Design Philosophy
Slocum's SPRAY Revisited
Creating the Ultimate Indonesian Charter Phinisi  
Composites for Boats
Integral Tanks for Boats  
Designing Metal Boat Structure 
Lightning Protection Strategies 
Choosing the Engine

 

ADVENTURES

Once in a great while we get to go on some sort of adventure.  You can review some of that wildness in the following web pages.

In 2001, Lena and I traveled to Indonesia to research the wooden boat building methods of the Bugis / Konjo boat builders of South Sulawesi.  This adventure took us from Bali to Sulawesi to meet the builders, and then from Sulawesi to Kalimantan (Borneo) to visit an active boat building site.  While in Kalimantan we lofted the shape and built the mould frames for a 36m Phinisi, a traditional wooden phinisi 'schooner' the design of which we then completed during 2001 and 2002. 

At the end of 2004 Lena and I traveled to Indonesia and sailed for several weeks aboard that same 36m Phinisi.  It was an excellent trip!  You will find more of that story on our 36m Phinisi Homecoming page.

During the second quarter of 2006 Lena and I traveled to Indonesia once again to begin work on a new 36 meter Indonesian Motor Sailor in Kalimantan (Borneo). A few select images from that trip and from our trip to Indonesia during 2001 can be seen at our web page on Boatbuilding in Indonesia - A Photo Gallery.

For a bit of background about these incredible wooden vessels, please check out our article on the Evolution of a Traditional Wooden Sailing Type and the links that follow that article.

Thank you for your interest in our work.  Please come back soon...!

 

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