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30-Odd Boats - 1982

Name

Type

Length

Eeek!

Sailing Pirogue

11' 6"

Dynamite *

Sailboard (Windsurfer)

15' 11"

June Bug *

Row/Sail Sharpie Skiff

14' 0"

Fiddler II

Marine Van

15' 10"

Sparkler

"Lightning"-type Daysailer

19' 0"

Scooner *

ye Light Schooner

23' 6"

Sharpshooter

Outboard Utility

23' 0"

Viper

Racing Powerboat ca. 1910

20' 2"

Firebrand

Racing Steam Launch

26' 16"

Burgundy

Keel Daysailer

28' 0"

Wish II
(Design #399)

Leeboard Cruising Sharpie

20' 0"

Jessie Cooper

Economy Liveaboard Sharpie

25' 6"

Skillygalee

Centerboard Cruising Sharpie

29' 0"

Lion's Paw

Steel Leeboard Sharpie Schooner

38' 9"

Lake Launch

--

44' 11"

Currach

Steel Outboard Utility

24' 0"

Charity

Aluminum Landing Craft

25' 6"

Quest

Aluminum Research Cruiser

38' 0"

Mikim

Inboard Day Cruiser

24' 0"

Libboo

Heavy-weather Power Cruiser

25' 6"

Shadow

Fast Camping Cruiser

25' 6"

Flying Splinter

Fast Outboard Auxiliary

29' 6"

Yorkhaven 30

Tournament Sportfishing Boat

30 2"

Sea Hawk

Power Cruiser

38' 0"

Lobsterboat

--

32' 0"

Cagliostro

Open-water Utility

15' 11"

Swallow
  & Yuloh

Keel Sailing Dinghy

41' 4"

Bow-Steering Update

Not a boat, an essay.

--

Fancy

Gaff Centerboard Sloop

15' 7"

Wisp

"Goldplater" Beach Cruiser

20' 0"

Keel Whaler Sloop

Mini Tancook Whaler

20' 0"

Pico

Leeboard Daysailing Sloop

21' 4"

Africa

Gaff Cruising Cutter

28' 8"

Palo de Agua

Caribbean Singlehander

35' 4"

Apogee

Aluminum Leeboard Cruising Ketch

38' 0"

Hesperus

Vintage Ocean Racer

45' 0"

Titania

Shoal-draft Schooner

50' 0"

Tonweya

Junk-rigged Luxury Cruiser

50' 0"

Rose

Full-Rigged Ship Reproduction

115' 0"

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§ Plans from Phil Bolger & Friends

* Build the New Instant Boats - 1982 by H. H. Payson

see http://www.instantboats.com

Name

Plan #

Description

Length x Beam

Gypsy

#436

Row/Sail

14' 11" x 4' 4 "

Nymph

#425

Pram, Row/Sail

7' 9" x 3' 6"

Pointy Skiff

#---

High-sided Skiff, row or 3hp. max.

10' 6" x 4' 2"

Diablo

#432

Planing Motorboat, 25hp. max.

15' 0" x 5' 0"

Windsprint (aka Query)

#381

Balanced Lug Rigged Double-Ended Sharpie

15' 0" x 4' 5"

Tortoise

#363

Minimum punt from two sheets of plywood; smaller version of Brick.

6' 5" x 3' 2"

Skimmer

#417

10-15hp, "Poor Man's Whaler" planing motorboat

8' 0" x 4' 0"

Dynamite Sailboard

#406

--

15'11" x 2' 0"

June Bug

#400

Row/Sail/Small Outboard Sharpie Skiff

14' 0" x 3' 3"

Pedal Driven Side Wheeler

#441

--

19' 6" x 7' 10"

Light Schooner

#395

--

23' 6" x 5' 0"

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Bolger Boats - 1983

Contains the designs in Small Boats and Folding Schooner...

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Boats with an Open Mind - 1994

Name

Type

Length
Very Small Boats

Breakdown Punt

Takeapart Tender

5' 6"

Brick §

Row/Sail Tender

8' 0"

Payson Pirogue *

Double-Paddle Boat

13' 0"

Iceboat

--

--

Auray Punt

Rowboat

9' 9"

Dart Dinghy

Row/Sail Catboat

11' 6"

Cartopper ***

Row/Sail Spritsail Dinghy

11' 6"

Three-Meter Multihull

One-Design Trimaran

10' 0"

Supermouse

Cabin Gaff Cat Dinghy

11' 6"
Rowing Boats

Sweet Pea ****

Row/Sail Peapod

15' 0"

Spur II

Whitehall-type Rowboat

15' 4"

Ceremonial Barge

Design Exercise

23' 3"

Cruising Rowboat

Whaleboat from Space

21' 0"
Motor Trailer Boats

Motor Canoe

--

15' 9"

Clam Skiff

Outboard Flatiron Skiff

18' 0"

Fisherman's Launch

Outboard Hampton-Type

21' 4"

Hawkeye

Box-Keel Workboat Trawler

18' 6"

Sneakeasy

Flat-Bottom Power Sharpie

26' 6"

Slicer

Outboard

29' 0"
Sailing Trailer Boats

Pirate Racer

Lateen-Rigged, Double-Ended Leeboard Sharpie

14' 6"

Bobcat **

Bolger's Chine-Hull "Beetle Cat"

12' 3"

Spartina

Centerboard Sloop Daysailer

15' 4"

Canard

Bow-Steering Double-Ended Sharpie

20' 0"

Proa

Box-Sharpie Proa

19' 6"

His and Hers Schooners

Double-Ended Daggerboard Sharpie

19' 6"

Japanese Beach Cruiser

Leeboard Camp-Cruising Cat Yawl

3.8m (12' 6")
Moorings and Private Landings

Boy's Launch

Inboard

12' 0"

Plywood 12-1/2

Bolger's Chine-Hull Herreshoff 12-1/2 Sloop

16' 0"

Keel Daysailer

Gaff Cat

18' 10"

Staysail Cat

aka CorSair 24

23' 6" or 31' 0"

Tarantula

Sharpie Bulbkeeler or Trimaran Sloop

23' 6"

Newfoundlander

Raised-Deck Gaff Sloop Keelboat

29' 0"

Auckland Catamaran

Box-Sharpie Hulls

31' 6"

Snow Leopard

Inboard Speedboat

28' 0"
Period Pieces

Dugout

Outboard Skiff

11' 9"

Marina Cruiser

Raised-Deck Dipping Lug Motorsailer

21' 3"

Alice

Raised-Deck Cruiser

28' 0"

Keelboat

--

38' 9"

Longship

Viking Boat

38' 0"

Schuyt Houseboat

Styled after Dutch Sloop; Steel

28' 10"

Scow Schooner

Gaff-Rigged Leeboard Scow

28' 0"

Racing Schooner

Gaff Schooner

39' 9"

Brigantine

--

32' 0"
Bed and Breakfast, Sail

Micro §

The Classic Cat-Yawl Box

15' 4"

Chebacco Boats

Gaff Cat-Yawls:

Lapstrake
19' 6"
Sheet Plywood
19' 8"
Long Lapstrake
25' 4"
Light Cruiser (modification for any version)
--

Birdwatcher

"All-Cabin", Double-ended Spritsail Sharpie Camp-Cruiser

23' 6"

Whalewatcher

Giant Cat Yawl Birdwatcher w/ Dipping Lug Rig

29' 0"

Martha Jane §

The Classic Balanced-Lug Leeboard Sharpie Cat-Yawl Bolger Box

23' 6"

Sea Bird '86

Sloop or Dipping Lugger

23' 0"

Presto Cruiser

Munroe Sharpie Ketch

27' 0"

Grandpa's Pirate Ship

Gaff Cat w/ Center Cockpit

22' 0"

Singlehander Catamaran

Narrow Cruising Boat

20' 0"

Berengaria

Leeboard Schooner w/Birdwatcher Cabin

32' 0"
Bed and Breakfast, Power

Microtrawler §

Step-Sharpie Outboard

14' 6"

Miniature Steel Tug

--

15' 11"

Plywood Diesel Cruiser

--

23' 6"
Vacation Homes

Blueberry

Gaff Sloop; featured in the book Blueberry by xxx

20' 3"

Barge Houseboat

If the Jetsons Had a Shantyboat...

25' 6"

Fast Sternwheeler

--

25' 6"

Breakdown Schooner

3-Piece Gaff Schooner

46' 11"

Fast Motorsailer

Cabin Box-Keel Sharpie w/ Dipping Lug Rig

22' 7"

Samuel Clyde

Inboard/Outboard

31' 0"

Red Zinger

Hard-Chine Cat-Yawl

25' 6"

Bright Thread

Centerboard Cat-Yawl

26' 0"

Volunteer

Steel Leeboard Gaff Yawl

35' 0"

Wyoming

Flat-Bottom Power Sharpie
[see also Idaho and Sneakeasy]

51' 6"
Real Cruisers

Leeboard Catboat

Gaff Auxiliary

21' 10"

Superbrick

Houseboat w/Lateen Sail & Outboard

19' 6"

AS-29

The Classic Gaff Cat-Yawl Box Sharpie

29' 6"

Loose Moose II [AS-39]

An Even Larger Cat-Rigged Box Sharpie

11.5m (39')

Ataraxia

Dipping Lug Auxiliary

11.0m

Offshore Leeboarder

Gaff Sloop

39' 0"

Shady Lady

Steel Trawler Yacht

39' 0"

Barn Owl

Shoal Draft Schooner

15.2m

Sir Joseph Banks

Steel Sharpie Gaff Yawl

29.0m
For more, see:
* Plans from H. H. Payson; ** The Instant Catboat; by H. H. Payson;
http://www.instantboats.com
*** WoodenBoat 85, 86, 87, 88; **** WoodenBoat 104, 105;

§ Bolger Boats from Common Sense Designs now handled by Phil Bolger & Friends

Oldshoe

An 11' open Micro

§ Micro

--

Long Micro

A 19' 6" stretched Micro

§ Martha Jane

--

§ Microtrawler

--

Idaho

A 31' Sneakeasy/ Wyoming/ Tennessee Power Sharpie

Fishcat

Power Catamaran

Pirogue

Paddle/Sail "Canoe"

§ Brick

--

Big Dory

A big dory.

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