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Philip C. Bolger (December 3, 1927 – May 24, 2009) was a prolific American boat designer, who was born and lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He began work full-time as a draftsman for boat designers Lindsay Lord and then John Hacker in the early 1950s.
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Philip Cunningham Bolger | |
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| Born | December 3, 1927 Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 24, 2009 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Boat designer |
| Years active | 1950s–2009 |
| Spouse | Susanne Altenburger |
Bolger's first boat design was a 32-foot (9.75 m) sportfisherman published in the January 1952 issue of Yachting magazine. He subsequently designed more than 668 different boats,[1] from a 114-foot-10-inch (35 m) replica of an eighteenth-century naval warship, the frigate Surprise (ex-Rose), to the 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) plywood box-like dinghy Tortoise.
Although his designs ranged through the full spectrum of boat types, Bolger tended to favor simplicity over complexity. Many of his hulls are made from sheet materials — typically plywood — and have hard chines. A subclass of these designed in association with Harold Payson called Instant Boats were so named because they were intended to be easily built by amateurs out of commonly available materials. Bolger also advocated the use of traditional sailing rigs and leeboards.
From the 1990s, Phil Bolger teamed with his wife Susanne Altenburger, designing boats under the name Phil Bolger & Friends Inc. During this time, they emphasized the design of sustainable and fuel-efficient boats for the fishing industry. Also, they participated in a large military commission with the Naval Sea Systems Command on new designs for military landing craft utility boats.
Bolger was a prolific writer and wrote many books, the last being Boats with an Open Mind, as well as hundreds of magazine articles on small craft designs, chiefly in Woodenboat, Small Boat Journal and Messing About in Boats.
Bolger died on May 24, 2009, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His wife explained that "[h]is mind had slipped in the last several months, and he wanted to control the end of his life while he was still able."[2][3]
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Phil Bolger was unconventional in many ways and, among many large boats, yachts and custom designs, took an interest in what he termed "evolving crafty ways of building boats".[4] As far back as 1957 he designed "Poohsticks" [5] as a small plywood rowing skiff to be simply and economically built at home (originally by his brother). From this simple start he went on to develop a large number of designs for small- and medium-sized craft using plywood as a material for one-off construction at home or by small boatyards.
In the 1970s, Phil Bolger began a long and successful collaboration with Harold 'Dynamite' Payson with Bolger designing the boats and Payson building them as well as selling plans and writing books about how to do it. 'Dynamite' called the first series of easy-to-build plywood boats "Instant Boats". Unlike traditional boat construction which involves building of jig and full size lofting of the shape of the hull prior to construction, the Instant Boat method uses shaped plywood panels on pre-shaped frames made of plywood and standard dimensional lumberyard wood. This results in quick construction and less requirement for skilled craftsmanship, and has proved appealing to amateur boat builders as well as many later designers who have followed in his footsteps, albeit much less prolifically.
Following articles in WoodenBoat magazine, Dynamite Payson published Instant Boats (1979, 152 pages, 7" × 10", 48 illustrations). It describes the original "Instant Boat" technique. Generically known as the "chine log method" or "simplified chine log method" the technique consists of (i) cutting body panels to a predetermined shape as given on the plans, (ii) wrapping them around frames or bulkheads, (iii) adding chines (small section planks of lumberyard wood) along the joints (either internally or externally) and fastening them together using glue and mechanical fasteners (nails or screws). The book described all the basic techniques (gluing, nailing and screwing with some fiberglass) to produce five designs: 12' Teal, 7'9" Elegant Punt, 12' Kayak, 31' Folding Schooner, 15'6" Surf, and 20'9" Zephyr. All these boats have single chines (i.e. have a bottom panel and two sides) and have their shape limited by the bevels given to the chines. The boats in Paysons book were designed for use on protected waters and none was self-bailing or designed to self-recover in case of capsize. However, Bolger designed many other boats using this building technique, including the ocean crossing AS-39 (or Loose Moose II) as well as a significant number of other boats.
Bolger's first generation of "chine log instant boats" for home building was followed by a generation of "stitch and glue" (aka "tack and tape") boats. This technique was made possible by the evolution of glues and the massification of polyester and epoxy resins combined with fiberglass tape. The new technique basically did away with the chine logs and mechanical fasteners and all the problems associated with their use (mainly the limitation of shape in the design phase, the carpentry challenge in the construction phase and damp/rot in the medium to long term). Instead of using a chine to join the precut panels, in stitch and glue, the preshaped panels are wrapped around bulkheads and/or frames in the same way as before. However, the panels are only temporarily held in place using nails, duct tape, cable ties, masking tape, wire or other mechanical means, while the seams are filled (both inside and outside the hull) with a resin and filler paste covered in one or more layers of fiberglass cloth or tape which in turn is saturated in resin. Once the resin hardens, the mechanical joint is stronger than the joined plywood and therefore structurally sound. Payson again popularised the technique in his book Build the New Instant Boats (1984, 160 pages, 81⁄2" × 11", 110 illustrations - Also still in print). In this book Payson introduces what he termed "Tack and tape" to the greater American public. The book includes plans for Gypsy (15' sail/oar/outboard), Nymph (7'9" dinghy with sail option), Diablo (15' motor boat for up to 25 HP outboard) as well as 8 more "traditional instant boats" using the chine log method: 16' Lug-rigger Windsprint, 6'5" Tortoise, 8' Skimmer, Dynamite Sailboard, 16'June Bug, Madeline a 19'6" Pedal-driven sidewheeler and the 23'6" Light Schooner. In 2007 Payson published his last book Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson which basically explains both techniques in less detail than the previous books and presents complete plans for 15 boats by Bolger. These are: Stitch and Glue: Payson's Pirogue (13' - canoe), Cartopper (11'6" - sail/oar), Sweet Pea (15' - sail/oar), Ruben's Nymph (7'9" - identical to Nymph but 1' wider - sail/oar), Diablo Grande (18' - power), Catfish (15' - sail/outboard) and Chebacco (19'8" - sail/outboard). The
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Bolger put a lot of thought into relatively cheap, high-performance boats. He is well known for designing a series of single chine sharpies, typically long and narrow with a flat bottom.[6]
According to Bolger, sailing sharpies give good performance for the amount of sail they carry because of low to moderate displacement and light weight. In his opinion, the sharpie shape provides a simple construction in the plywood era with the added benefit that sailing sharpies extend the waterline as they heel, thereby effectively increasing the hull speed. Power sharpies can use low-horsepower motors (see, for example, the Bolger Tennessee, Idaho, and Sneakeasy designs) yet reach planing speeds in sheltered waters. Major critics of sharpies point to the fact that they tend to pound under certain conditions and that the relatively shallow draft makes them unseaworthy. Their advocates (including Bolger) point to the fact that they are exceptionally good boats for their cost, make excellent day boats and are increasingly seaworthy as (i) the length to beam ratio increases, (ii) they are adequately ballasted and (iii) they are given reserve stability and/or made watertight sufficiently to ensure that they self-right in the event of a capsize.[7] Sharpies may be considered one of the simplest types of boat from the construction point of view. However, their design is controversial and primarily dependent on the intended use.
Bolger is particularly known for his Square Boats (derogatorily known as "Bolger Boxes"). Bolger reasoned that a simple rockered bottom and vertical sides gives the most volume, and form stability, on a given beam. After experimenting and studying traditional sharpies and the writings of small-boat historian Howard I. Chapelle and others, he developed the theory that the optimum chine line for a sailing sharpie should represent a regular curve without breaks, changes in radius or straight sections. He further reasoned that the curve of side and bottom should match as much as possible to reduce turbulence. He further reasoned that the sharpie was an ideal shape for a trailer sailer with either leeboards or bilgeboards to provide lateral plane.[8] Bolger felt that the traditional sharpie shape Chapelle had documented based on traditional New England sharpies (with a slightly different chine profile) was inefficient and prone to causing steering difficulties.
Both designers thought traditional rigs and boat types were suitable for small yachts, especially sailing boats. Generally, Chapelle noted that neither transom nor bow should be immersed when the boat is loaded, a point on which Bolger agreed. Later in his career Phil Bolger and Friends developed modifications to the simple sharpie bow to avoid hull slap at anchor at the expense of a much more complex geometry.
Bolger evolved the concept of traditional sharpies and by squaring off the bow and stern to give the longest useful waterline. Most were configured as yawls (with main mast quite far forward and a small mizzen far aft). The bow on these designs is cut off and blunt and the sterns are vertical. In some designs an open bow can allow passage to land if the boat is beached, space for holding anchors and cables, or clearance to step and unstep a mast. Oldshoe, Micro and Long Micro have shallow ballasted full length keels whereas what he called the "Advanced Sharpies" AS19, AS29 and AS39 have one or two bilgeboards and inside ballast. The latter are very definitely in the extended cruise/liveaboard category.
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Bolger championed leeboards as low-tech and practical, to the chagrin of many yachties. The conventional wisdom is that they are ugly. Even many of his centerboard designs had boards that were off-center or all the way to one side or the other (for example, the Birdwatcher and the AS29). He concluded that a single leeboard is sufficient in many cases on small boats, and that rigs could be stepped off the centerline without much effect on performance. Bolger advocated leeboards as being a simple means of providing lateral plane to all types of sailing vessel, eliminating many of the disadvantages of centerboards, daggerboards and keels, following broadly in the concepts of L. Francis Herreshoff, various years his senior and, as stated by Bolger, one of the most influential yacht designers from his perspective.
He used traditional rigs, from the simplest "Cat rig" (single sail) through sloops, many yawls and schooners at a time when almost all other designers were concentrating purely on racing rule derived sloops. The diversity of rigs was accompanied by a broad spectrum of sails including the sprit-boomed leg of mutton, the sprit sail, the gaff sail, the lug sail and the lateen in addition to the classic Bermudan/marconi rig. His book '100 Sailing Rigs "Straight talk"' later reedited as '103 Sailing Rigs "Straight talk"' provides a fascinating look at both rig configurations and sail types as well as his insight into a subject in which he was undoubtedly an expert.
His experience over the years with well over 600 designs allowed him ample space to experiment with all kinds of designs, rigs and materials. His comments on each subject in books as well as articles published in magazines of the period are based on his research, analysis, first hand experience and use of the different configurations. He is further very clear in explaining the mistakes and corrections he made in each case, and why.
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Beginning in November 2002, Bolger and Altenberger began a re-examination of fisheries economics, as a result of the partial collapse of the industry both globally and locally in their hometown of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Their proposal centered on the principle that, in an era of high fuel cost and economic pressure for modernization of depressed fishing ports, sustainable fisheries require a balance of business economics and public planning versus the available fishery resources.
They argued the key to this was a restructuring of the fishing fleet towards boats with lower complexity, lower initial cost, better fuel economy, and lower operating costs.
Most modern vessels are horsepower intensive concepts with often oversized drive trains that cost extra in terms of hardware, operation, repair and replacement. ... Today this is as economical and sustainable as taking a Suburban™-size SUV to the mall to buy a pair of socks.[1]
Large expensive complex boats demand taking a high number of fish to be economical. Simpler, lower powered, and lower cost boats can still be economical with lower fish catch rates.
Bolger and Altenberger expressed concern that existing governmental fishing permits issued based on length of the fishing boat, created an incentive to use inefficient wide and deep fishing boat hulls. If the fishing permits were issued based instead on displacement tonnage of the hull, then the incentive would be for the fishing industry to use long, narrow and shallow hulls which would be more economical to purchase and to operate per ton of fish caught.
The existing fishing fleet, composed of ever larger boats with high construction costs, debt loads and operational costs, in the long run forced fishermen to search for ever increasing catch sizes to remain economic while in a fight against regulatory quotas.
Bolger and Altenburger argued that, ultimately, fishermen would find it more economically sustainable to do more with less. A consolidated fleet of smaller more economical vessels could make it possible for fishermen to survive with lower catch rates, lower debt load, lower fuel burn, lower insurance rates and lower depreciation.[9]
This idea was described in the September 2004 issue of the magazine National Fisherman, and again in 2007 as a series of essays published in the magazine Messing About in Boats.[1][9] The project to build a prototype was authorised but was never developed on any significant commercial scale within Phil Bolger's lifetime.
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Listed below are a selection of more commonly encountered designs by Phil Bolger.
| Design Name | Type | Design | Size | Reference | Comments | ImgURL | LinkURL |
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| 1952 Sport Fisherman | Phil Bolger's first published design | image | link | ||||
| 22 ft Motorsailer | Sail & 16 hp. Yanmar | 22'9" x 7'9" x 21" | Gaff rig, box keel, from Small Boat Journal #74 5500 # disp. | ||||
| 23 ft Fantail Launch | Power | 23'0"x6'0"x1'10" | Cold-molded or carvel power launch in classic style. Ref: WoodenBoat Store | ||||
| 23 ft Motorsailer | sail/OB | #601 | 22'7"x8'0"x9" | Plywood step sharpie with dipping lug rig, sleeps two. Ref: BDQ#4 | |||
| 30 ft Camper/Daysailer | #423 | 32'x7' | V11-N22 | ||||
| 3-Meter Tri | sail | Concept | 10'x8' | V08-N23, V14-N01 | class racer trimaran, 60 sq. ft. sail, molded hull and amas.23 | ||
| 40 Foot Diesel Cruiser | image | link | |||||
| A Trailer Motor Sailer | #605 | 19'8"x7'5" | V11-N03 | image | |||
| Abbondanza | 25-45 hp IB Diesel | #652 | 24'x8'3" | V16-N12 | Step sharpie steel fishing boat | image | |
| Ada | Power, Sail | 26' x6' | Cruiser - fast plywood motorsailer - ref: BWAOM Ch#61 | ||||
| Advanced Fisherman 30 | |||||||
| Advanced Fisherman 70 | |||||||
| Africa | Sail - 8,800 lbs displ. | #350 | 28'8" x7' | Cruiser - carvel, fixed keel - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#33 | image | ||
| Alaska Motorsailing | sail, 488sf, 8 hp. Diesel | 30' x 10' x 2',. | Box keel motorsailer with central cargo hold, sleeps 4 | ||||
| Alaskan One-Man | #446 | 26'x10' | V09-N16 | ||||
| Alert | Sail - 8,560 lbs. displ. | #357 | 33'6" x 7'8" x 1'6" | V15-N06,V16-N17 | Leeboard Cat Yawl Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats aka Manatee, Chinese Gaff Rig | ||
| Alice | Power - 7,400 lbs displ. | 28' x7'10" | Cruiser - displacement, inboard - ref: BWAOM Ch#37 | image | |||
| All-Weather Houseboat | Power | #250 | 29'10" x13'11" | Houseboat - inboard, displacement hull - ref: FoldingSch Ch#30 | image | ||
| Aluminum Diesel Launch | #332 | 30'x8'6" | V11-N12 | image | |||
| Aluminum Lugger | #456 | 42'x9'10" | V12-N12 | image | |||
| Aluminum Trailer Cruiser | #343 | 36'x7'11" | V11-N07 | image | |||
| Amesbury Skiff Mippet | oar | #260 | 9'6" x 3'6" | Multi-chined rowing skiff - Ref. SmallBoats Ch#1 | image | ||
| Amherst Galley | Schooner | #643 | 26'9" x 5'8" | V14-N24 | Schooner BDQ#14 | image | |
| Anhinga | Sailing canoe + oars | #484 | 23'3" x 5' | V06-N11 | image | link | |
| Antispray 48 | Sail | #642 | 48'5" x 12'6" x 28" | Long Island Sound sharpie, offshore cruiser, 41,000 lbs displacement | image | ||
| Apogee | Sail - 10,700 lbs displ. | #397 | 38' x9'8" | Cruiser - aluminum leeboard ketch - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#35 | |||
| Arava | Leeboard Sailboat | #509 | 9.0 x 3.03 x 0.6m | V12-N20 | leeboard cruiser, MAIB 3-1-95 (29.5 x 9.95 x 1.96 ft) | image | |
| Archaeopteryx | Sail | #202 | 15'6" x6' | Daysailer - plywood scow - ref: SmallBoats Ch#23 | image | ||
| AS-19 Advanced Sharpie | 191sf Cat Yawl rig, 8 hp | #550/559 | 19'6" x 5'6" | V17-N15,16 | Trailerable lee-board daysailer. 500 lead ballast. Boxy with blunt bow. | image | |
| AS-29 | Advanced Sharpie 29 | #547 | 29'6"x7'10" | V06-N22, V11-N04 | (Monster Micro) Cat Yawl | ||
| AS-29 (Advanced Sharpie) | Sail | #547 | 29'6"x7'10"x1'1" | V11-N04,V19-N18 | Gaff yawl, bilgeboards BWAOM Ch#69 Minimal bluewater liveaboard | image | link |
| AS-39 | Sail - 10,920 lbs displ. | #576 | 37.7' x7.9' | Plywood liveaboard - ref: BWAOM Ch#70, AKA Loose Moose II, Advanced | |||
| Ataraxia | Sail - 17,375 lbs displ. | 36' x9.84' | Cruiser - lugsail - ref: BWAOM Ch#71 | image | |||
| Auckland Catamaran | Sail - 1,900 lbs displ. | 31'6" x15'10" | Daysailer - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#33, BDQ#6 | image | |||
| Auray Punt | Row | #599 | 9'9" x4'2" | V10-N18,V18-N08 | Punt - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#5; | image | link |
| Auxiliary Lugger | 48'x13' | V12-N18 | |||||
| Bahama Dinghy..Yacht | #524 | 12'x4'8" | V10-N16 | ||||
| Bain Yacht Tender | S, P, R - 329 lbs displ. | #291 | 2.3m x1.06m | Dinghy - fibreglass - ref: FoldingSch Ch#18 | |||
| Balanced Lug Cat | V15-N13 | ||||||
| Baltic Sea Cruiser-Racer | Marconi sloop, OB | #168 | 10.1m x 2.51m x 1.5m | V15-N20 | Cold molded or carvel blue water sailer. | image | |
| Bantam 16/20 | 15 hp - 25 hp | #654 | 6m x 2.44m | V17-N02 | "Outboard Dayboat/Light Cruiser", low power planing trimaran hull. Collapsable | image | link |
| Barge Houseboat | none - 5,300 lbs displ. | 25'6" x7'10" | Houseboat - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#58 | image | |||
| Barge Houseboat (scow) | OB | #481 | 20'x8' | ||||
| Barn Owl | Sail - 31,800 lbs displ. | #463 | 49.9' x12.47' | Cruiser - light-draft schooner - ref: BWAOM Ch#74 | image | ||
| Bateau | #517 | 24 ft rowboat | Old Common Sense Designs catalogue, 23'6" ft Teal type | ||||
| Beach Cat | #589 | Improved internal ergonomics, seating, and centreboard. aka Catfish Beachcruiser | |||||
| Beach Cruiser Concept | 19' x 4'3" | V16-N01 | image | ||||
| Becky Thatcher | foot powered | #669 | 19' 9" x 5' 4" x 6" | Sternwheeler cabin extended cruiser. | image | ||
| Bee | Power | #581 | 7' 5" | Minimum sized Step Sharpie | image | ||
| Bell's Puffer | Ocean Passagemaker | #634 | 45' | V17-N11 | Ocean Passagemaker | image | |
| Berengaria | Sail - 10,000 lbs displ. | 32' x8'2" | Cruiser - slot cabin, water ballast - ref: BWAOM Ch#53 | image | |||
| Big Bird | Sail - 31,600 lbs. displ. | #334 | 18.84m x 3.68m | Leeboard Schooner Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#27 | |||
| Big Query | Sail | 29' x7' x11" | Ply Bowsteering Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#30 | ||||
| Big Tortoise | Row/sail | 8' x 3'2" | Payson | image | |||
| Bilge Keel Yawl | #333 | 23'6"x5'8" | V12-N16 | image | |||
| Bird of Dawning | Sail - 16,800 lbs. displ. | #361 | 12m x3m x0.6m | Leeboard Yawl Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#27 | image | ||
| Birdwatcher | Sail | #496 | 23'6" x 5'7" | "Birdwatcher Style" Instant Boat, Oar/Sail | |||
| Birdwatcher II | Sail, oar, power | #496B | 23'6" x 5'7" | 2004 upgrade of Birdwatcher, ref: Wooden Boat Magazine Aug2004 issue. | image | ||
| Black Skimmer | Sail - 2,800 lbs displ. | #294 | 25'3" x7' | Sharpie Cruiser - plywood leeboard cat-yawl - ref: FoldingSch Ch#11, BDQ#1 & 6 | image | link | |
| Blackbird | #443 | Old Common Sense Designs catalogue | |||||
| Blackgauntlet II | Sail - 7,400 lbs displ. | #267 | 33'6" x7'7" | Cruiser - plywood leeboard cat-yawl - ref: FoldingSch Ch#12 | image | ||
| Blacksnake | Keel Sloop | 32' x 6'2" | V17-N03 | ||||
| Blueberry | Sail - 4,000 lbs displ. | #420 | 20'3" x7'3" | Cruiser - plywood deep-keel cutter - ref: BWAOM Ch#57, SBJ No.66 | image | link | |
| Bobcat | Sail | 12'3" x6' | Catboat Daysailer - multichine plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#21 | image | link | ||
| Bolger runabout | image | link | |||||
| Bonefish | Sportfishing Boat | 20'x7'9" | V12-N23 | 'Two cycle inboard' Econo-Concept | |||
| Bowsteering Dovekie | Sail | #292a | 21.4' x6' | Mini-cruiser - experimental - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#28 | image | ||
| Boxer | Sail - 300 lbs. displ. | #330 | 12' x3'6" | Styrofoam-fibreglass Daysailer - ref: Diff. Boats | image | ||
| Boy's Launch | Power - 2,600 lbs displ. | 14' x6'7" | Inboard Launch - displacement hull - ref: BWAOM Ch#27 | image | |||
| Breakdown Punt | Row | 5'6" x3'6" | Punt - plywood tender - ref: BWAOM Ch#1 | image | |||
| Breakdown Schooner | Sail - 13,000 lbs displ. | #418 | 46'11" x7'8" | Cruiser - plywood c/b schooner - ref: BWAOM Ch#60 | image | ||
| Brick | Row, Sail | #458 | 8' x4' | V15-N23 | Punt - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#2, | image | link |
| Brick Connecter | NA | aka "Grout" or "Mortar". Attach two bricks end to end to form an 18'x4' schooner. | |||||
| Brick, gaff rigged | Gaff rig for brick | ||||||
| Brigantine | Sail | 32' x9' | Square rigged cruiser, seven working sails, ref: BWAOM Ch#43, BDQ#5 | image | |||
| Bright Thread | Cat Yawl | #445 | 26'x10' | V09-N14 | image | ||
| Budget Bateau | 25'6 x 4'10" | V05-N16 | |||||
| Bulk Cargo Carrier | Sail - 460,000 lbs. displ. | Ketch Cargo Carrier - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#31 | |||||
| Bunny R | 6 cyl inboard, 36sf | #430 | 28'0"x10'0"x2'9" | Traditional Lobsterboat planked on bent oak frames. | image | link | |
| Burgundy | Sail - 3,500 lbs displ. | #384 | 28' x6'3" | Dayboat-cruiser - keel cat ketch - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#10 | image | link | |
| Cabin Clam Skiff 18 | Power 5 hp to 40 hp O.B. | #606-II | 18'x5'3" | V17-N22,V19-N10 | 8' cabin on #606 "Clam Skiff" workboat | image | |
| Cagliostro | Power | #224 | 41.3' x11.8' | Dayboat - planing hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#26 | image | ||
| California Lobsterboat | Power | #271 | 30' x7'10" | Fishing boat - inboard, planing hull - ref: FoldingSch Ch#29 | |||
| Camp Cruiser | Sail or oars | Concept | 19'0"x4'4" | V13-N09 | Initial study for the Common Sense Skiff? | ||
| Camper Sailboat | #640 | 18'x5'3x6" | V14-N18 | image | link | ||
| Camping Trimaran | Sail | #554 | V09-N18 | Uses Hobie16 floats rig & hardware. Ref: | |||
| Canard | Sail | 20' x4'6" | Daysailer - experimental bowsteerer - ref: BWAOM Ch#23 | image | |||
| Canoe ("Payson Pirogue") | paddle | #495 | 13'x2'4" | V09-N09 | Double-paddle canoe | image | |
| Canoe Yawl | Sailboat | #105-11-60 | 23 ft | Unknown Bolger design 1960 strip planked/ballasted keel sold in 2009 in Boston | image | ||
| Canoe Yawl | Canoe Yawl | #433 | 21'x6' | V11-N10 | image | ||
| Canoe Yawl Concept | 16'x6'6" | V10-N10 | |||||
| Canoe Yawl Concept | 28'x6'7" | V10-N20 | |||||
| Caribbean Liveaboard | #355 | 38'x9' | V10-N03 | image | |||
| Cartopper | sail, row, power | #519 | 11'6'X4' | image | |||
| Casual Sailing Dinghy | Sail Row | 16' or 19'6 X 6' | gaff cat, centreboard, day-racer-sailer. aka Cartoon 40 aka Plywood Catboat | ||||
| Cat Ketch Power | #354 | 37' | V09-N06 | ||||
| Catfish | Beachcruiser | V11-N08 | |||||
| Catfish Beachcruiser | Cat sail | 4##? | 15' 1 1/2" x 6' 6" | Plywood catboat with salient keel fin. Flat bottom, double chine. aka Beach Cat | |||
| Centennial II | Sail | #322 | 24'0" x 5'11" x 3'6" | Plywood Cat Yawl Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#11 | image | ||
| Ceremonial Barge | Row | 23'3" x4'6" | Rowboat - plywood, four oars - ref: BWAOM Ch#12 | image | |||
| Champlain | OB 9.9 hp | #636 | 22' | V14-N07,V16-N11 | Step-sharpie 22' Trailerable OB cabin cruiser - | image | |
| Champlain, update | #636 | V16-N11 | |||||
| Charity | Power - 5,000 lbs displ. | #398 | 25'6" x8' | Outboard Dayboat - aluminum planing hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#17 | image | ||
| Charlie's Catboat | #530 | 29'x8'3" | V09-N08 | ||||
| Chebacco | Sail | #540, #575 | 19'8" x 7'5" | V15-N16 | Cat yawl. Ref: BWAOM, | image | link |
| Chebacco 25 | #602 | 25'4"x7'11" | V12-N04 | image | |||
| Chebacco Boat #1 | Sail - 1,740 lbs displ. | 19'8" x7'5" | Dayboat - plywood cat yawl - ref: BWAOM Ch#45 | ||||
| Chebacco Boat #2 | Sail - 1,740 lbs displ. | 19'8" x7'5" | Cruiser - plywood cat yawl - ref: BWAOM Ch#45 | ||||
| Chebbaco | #575 | 15 4 | V15-N04 | ||||
| Chebbaco 20 | Cat-Yawl | #540 | 19'8"x7'9" | V20-N02 | image | ||
| Chicago Coble | Power - 2,800 lbs displ. | #273 | 25'1" x6' | Dayboat - outboard, 2 versions - ref: FoldingSch Ch#26 | |||
| Chippewa | Power | #10-58 | 20' x7'9" | Dayboat - planing hull - ref: SmallBoats Ch#31 | image | ||
| Clam Cabin Skiff | 5 hp to 40 hp O.B. | #606 | 18'x5'3" | V17-N22 | Rugged flat bottom plywood workskiff. aka "Workskiff 18" | image | link |
| Clam Skiff | Power - 1,100 lbs displ. | #606 | 18' x5'3" | V11-N17 | Fishing boat - outboard, plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#15 | ||
| Class lV OSTAR Racer | 29'6"x7'6" | V12-N24 | |||||
| Coastal 22 | #184-11-59 | 22'5" x 7'9" | Texas Dory catalogue | ||||
| Coastal Cruising | V13-N16 | ||||||
| Col.H.G.Hasler | Sail | #635 | 20'0"x8'0"x2'0" | V15-N07,12 | Steel singlehand circumnavigator, centerboard, Chinese gaff yawl. BDQ#12 & 13 | image | link |
| Cold Molded Sailboat | Sail with OB auxiliary | #483 | 36'0"x11'0"x4'6" | V13-N18 | Cold-molded, free-standing mast, gaff rig. | ||
| Cold-Water Outboard | 15 hp outboard | 21'3" x 7'2" x 9" | Strip planked outboard power, early glass house example. SBJ Cartoon #7 | ||||
| Cold-water Sailboard | Sail | #301 | 15'9" x3'11" | Daysailer - daggerboard, plywood - ref: FoldingSch Ch#5 | |||
| Commercial Gill-Net | IB power | 51'6"x16'0"x5'6" | V13-N08 | Hard-chined wooden fishing vessel designed around a 600 hp twelve cylinder | |||
| Common Sense Skiff | #571 | 15'6"x4'2" | V10-N13 | image | |||
| Commuter | #566 | 20'x7'9" | V11-N02 | ||||
| Compact Charter Schooner | #348 | 45'3" x 14' 7" | V11-N15 | image | |||
| Corsair 24 | Sail | #467 | 23'6" x5'10" | Aft-mast Daysailer - keel sharpie, no mainsail - ref: BWAOM Ch#30 | |||
| Cove Dweller | image | link | |||||
| Cruising Canoe | image | link | |||||
| Cruising Catamaran | 31'x16' | V09-N | image | ||||
| Cruising Catamaran | Single staysail from aft | Motor, centreboard, workshop, rudder, cockpit | image | ||||
| Cruising Catamaran | 50'x22' | V10-N14 | image | ||||
| Cruising Catboat | #536 | 21'10"x7'9" | V12-N05 | image | |||
| Cruising Chebbaco | V15-N15 | Cruising Chebbaco Light Cruiser version | |||||
| Cruising Cutter | Cruising Cutter Concept | 25'6"x4'6" | V15-N24 | ||||
| Cruising Lugger | sail | Concept | 35'0"x8'1"x5'6" | V13-N12 | Thames barge hull with dipping lug and a deep keel. | ||
| Cruising Rowboat | Row - 2,050 lbs displ. | 21' x5' | Rowboat - strip planked - ref: BWAOM Ch#13 | image | |||
| Cruising Sharpie | Cruising Sharpie | 56'x10'7" | V10-N07 | ||||
| Crystal | Row - 593 lbs. displ. | #352 | 15'6"" x 3'6" | V19-N05 | Plywood Rowboat - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#3; | image | |
| Currach | Power - 6,400 lbs displ. | #408 | 24' x7'7" | Outboard Ferry - steel planing hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#16 | image | ||
| Cynthia J | Sail | #289 | 14'6" x5'6" | Mini-cruiser - plywood leeboard catboat - ref: FoldingSch Ch#10 | image | ||
| Dakini | Sailing dory | 34'6" x 7'11" | image | link | |||
| Dakota | Ouboard, 50 hp | 38'8"x7'3"x1'0" | 'Prefabricated River Cruiser' | image | |||
| Dart Dinghy | Sail | 11'6" x4'6" | Dinghy - multichine plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#6 | image | |||
| Dawn Treader | 48' x 12'8" | Boatbuilder Sept'95 | Steel dipping lugsail 'Solution48" | image | |||
| Day Racing Schooner | Sail - 11,850 lbs displ. | #541 | 39'9" x8'11" | V09-N17,V19-N09 | Cruiser - deep keel, fisherman style - ref: BWAOM Ch#42; BDQ#2 | ||
| Daysailer/Overnighter | Marconi Sloop, IB | #176 | 41'6"x7'7"x5'3" | V15-N21 | Carvel planked keel day sailer with cuddy. | image | |
| Daysailer/Weekender | Daysailer/Weekender | 33'x7'7" | V13-N04 | ||||
| Defender | oar | #236 | 11' x 3'10" | Vintage lapstrake yacht tender | image | link | |
| Delaware | Trawler | image | link | ||||
| Design 344 | Sail | #344 | 21' x 6'(?) | V26-N11 | Proposed home-built version of Dovekie | image | link |
| Destrier | Power | #8-58 | 28' x11' | Cruiser - lapstrake planing hull - ref: SmallBoats Ch#33 | |||
| Deuce | #473 | 17' x 4'10" x 3'3" | Old Common Sense Designs catalogue, English Cutter "The Deuce" | ||||
| Diablo | Power (24 Max H.P.) | #432 | 15'x5' | Double chine open powerboat. | image | ||
| Diablo Grande | power | #603 | 18'0"x6'0" | Double chine open powerboat for 40 hp OB. Ref: BDQ#18 | image | ||
| Diamond Cruising Kayak | double paddle | Concept | ~19.5' | V15-N10 | Plywood kayak with copious gear stowage. aka 'Diamond' | image | link |
| Dido | Sprit Cat Yawl, w/ 9' oar | #431 | 25'7"x6'7"x7" | Fiberglass/Airex homebuild option to a Dovekie + precursor to Birdwatcher. | |||
| Diesel Launch | Yanmar diesel, mizzen | #379? | 12m x 2.44m x .75m | Box keel slender 39'4" launch Construction #579? illegible number | |||
| Diesel Launch | 39'4"x8' | V12-N14 | |||||
| Dolphin | Row, Sail - 1,200 lbs | #259 | 18' x4' | Dayboat - round-bilge double-ender - ref: SmallBoats Ch#9 | image | ||
| Donovan's Tender | Oars | #647 | 11'8" x 4'2" | V15-N18 | Modified punt rowboat with low power OB option. | image | |
| Double Brick | image | link | |||||
| Double Eagle | Sail/ yawlboat auxiliary | #646 | 39' x 16'6" | V16-N09,10 | Plywood catamaran. | image | |
| Double Eagle 657 | Sail designed for | #657 | 39'0"x20'0" | V18-N11,12 | Enlarged, modified "Double Eagle" catamaran. | ||
| Double Eagle Yawlboat | power | #651 | 12'2" x 6'3" | V16-N08 | Yawlboat for the Double Eagle sailboat | image | |
| Double Query | Sail | #377 | 16' x7'9" | Ply Bowsteering Daysailer Catamaran - D.Boats#30 | |||
| Dovekie 21 | Sail, Row | #292 | 21.4' x6' | Cruiser - production fibreglass - ref: FoldingSch Ch#24 | image | ||
| Dugong | 167 sf sail / oars | #365 | 26'0"x5'4"x3 ft | Cold-molded Ref: Different Boats, Chapter 8 big sister to Dovekie | image | ||
| Dugout | Power | 11'9" x3' | Outboard Dayboat - carved from wooden lifts - ref: BWAOM Ch#35 | image | |||
| Dynamite Sailboard | Sail - 250 lbs displ. | #406 | 15'11" x2' | Sailboard - plywood - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#2 | image | link | |
| Economy Motorsailer | Power, Sail | #282 | 25'10" x7'8" | Cruiser - outboard, moulded hull - ref: FoldingSch Ch#28 | |||
| Economy Seagoing Cruiser | Sail - 8,300 lbs displ. | 34'6" x6'6" x1'1.5" | Sharpie Cruiser - plywood, leeboards - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#1 | image | |||
| Eeek! | Sail - 280 lbs displ. | #407 | 11'6" x2' | Cruising Canoe - plywood, leeboard - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#1 | image | link | |
| Egg Harbor 31 | Power | May 1957 | 31 | ||||
| Electric Launch | 24V 1 hp electric | #321 | 15'11" x 4'6" | Electric Motor Inboard Launch Airex fiberglass - DBoats Ch#5 also SBJ V2#2 | |||
| Electric Spartina | image | link | |||||
| Elegant Folkboat | image | link | |||||
| Elegant Punt | Sail | #279 | 7'9" x3'7" | Dinghy - plywood - ref: FoldingSch Ch#1 | image | link | |
| Express 22 | Power | #149 | 22'6"x 7'6" x 8" | Texas Dory plan 25 | 80-250 hp outboard or I/O | ||
| Fancy | Sail - 725 lbs displ. | #394 | 15'7" x13'3" | Dayboat - Friendship sloop lookalike - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#29 | image | ||
| Fantail Launch | #419 | 21'x6' | V11-N20 | 23?'x6' | image | ||
| Fast Beach Landing | 36'x8'3" | V12-N02 | |||||
| Fast Brick | image | ||||||
| Fast Cruising Schooner | 50'x13'6" | V12-N09 | |||||
| Fast Motorsailer | #560 | 25'x6'6" | V10-N02 | ||||
| Fast Sport Fisherman | 32'x12' | V10-N19 | |||||
| Fast Sternwheeler | Power | 25'6" x7'8" | Cruiser - plywood garvey hull - ref: BWAOM Ch#59 | image | |||
| Featherwind | sail/row | #262 | 15'6" x 4'6" | Modified twice by Carnell, approved by Bolger. | image | ||
| Felucca | Sail - 665 lbs. displ. | #349 | 4.9m x 1.52m | Leeboards Beach Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#7 | image | ||
| Fenestra | V21-N05 | ||||||
| Ferra | |||||||
| Fiddler II | Power - 2,000 lbs displ. | #391 | 15'10" x6'8" | Minimal Cruiser - planing hull, outboard - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#4 | image | ||
| Fie Fia | #154 | 32'x9' | V11-N23 | Tropical Commuter | image | ||
| Fieldmouse | sail | #234 | 7'9" x 4'0" | Lapstrake sailing pram | image | ||
| Fiji | sail with I/O diesel | #662 | 39'4"x12'1"x2'1" | V20-N10,11,12 | Plywood box-cutwater sharpie bluewater cruiser Ref: BDQ#22, | image | |
| Firebrand | Power - 1,120 lbs displ. | #388 | 26'6" x4'3" | Steam Launch - plywood, planing hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#9 | image | ||
| Fishcat | Power | #469 (?) | 16 feet | catamaran | image | link | |
| Fisher-Boy 15 | OB | #201 | 15'4" x 5'6" | Texas Dory plan #10 | 20 hp outboard dory runabout | ||
| Fisher-Boy 15 inboard | OB | #201b | 15'4" x 5'6" | Texas Dory plan #10 | 4 hp inboard motor, November '66 'rental fishing boat' | ||
| Fisherman's Launch | Power | #537 | 21'4" | WoodenBoat #164 or Small Boat Journal #67 aka Sometime or Never | |||
| Flat Bottom Outboard Cruiser | image | link | |||||
| Flat Iron Skiff | #414 | 14'x3'3" | V11-N13 | 21'?x6'? | |||
| Flying Cloud | Sailing Pram | #614? | 8'x4' | V11-N17? | |||
| Flying Splinter | Power - 3,900 lbs displ. | #319 | 29.5' x6.86' | Dayboat - planing, auxiliary sail - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#22 | |||
| Folding Schooner | Sail | #268 | 31' x 5' | V17-N07 | Open skiff hull folds for compact storage | image | link |
| Forest Belle | Sailboat | Cartoon | Carvel planked yawl. Narrow beam. Woodenboat #66 Sep/Oct 1985 | image | |||
| Garvey Daysailer | 18'x6'9" | V12-N15 | image | link | |||
| Garvey Outboard Utility | 16'x6' | V12-N22 | |||||
| Gill-netter Houseboat | Power - 15,650 lbs displ. | #302 | 35'10" x12' | Houseboat - inboard, lobsterboat hull - ref: FoldingSch Ch#31 | |||
| Gloucester Yawl | Sail | #261 | 21' x5'6" | Dayboat - 3 masts, box keel - ref: SmallBoats Ch#10 | |||
| Glouchester Gull runabout | OB | 15'4"x4'2 | Texas Dory plan 12 | 7 1/2 to 20 hp Outboard runabout "Gas Saver Dory Skiff" | |||
| Grandpa's Pirate Ship | Sail - 5,300 lbs displ. | 22' x8'11" | Cruiser - bilge keels, cat rig - ref: BWAOM Ch#51 | image | |||
| Grout | See: "Brick Connecter" | ||||||
| Gulf of Mexico Cruiser | Cruiser | Concept | 49'x15'x2'6" | V13-N02 | |||
| Gypsy | 58 sf sprit rig sail | #436 | 15' x 4' | V14-N06? | 150 lbs two chine tack + tape daggerboard fast sailboat | image | link |
| Halloween | Power - 2,500 lbs displ. | #211 | 25'6" x6'10" | Dayboat - round-bilge planing hull - ref: SmallBoats Ch#32 | image | ||
| Harbinger | Sail | #280 | 15' x7'1" | Dayboat - moulded hull, cat rig - ref: FoldingSch Ch#22 | image | ||
| Hard Bottom Inflatable | 7'6"x4' | V13-N22 | image | ||||
| Hard Bottom Inflatable | Hard Bottom Inflatable | #438 | 20' | V11-N14 | image | ||
| Hardbottom Inflatable | oars | Concept | 7'6"/6'5"x4'0"/2'9" | V13-N22 | Rigid Inflatable Boat | ||
| Hawkeye | 18' | V10-N09 | Step-Sharpie Outboard Utility | image | |||
| Hawkeye | Power | #587 | 18'6" x7'9" | V12-N07 | Outboard Dayboat - plywood, box cutwater-keel - ref: BWAOM Ch#1, BDQ#3 | image | |
| Hermes | Long Distance Rowing | #585 | 21' | V17-N23 | Long Distance Rowing Cruiser | ||
| Hesperus | Sail - 21,600 lbs displ. | #156 | 45' x10'6" | Cruiser - RORC racer - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#36 | |||
| His and Her Schooner | Sail 126sf | #512 | 19'6" x 4'3" x 3' | ref: BWAOM Ch#25, SBJ No.57 Oct87 aka Singlehand Schooner | image | link | |
| Homebuilt Yawl | Sail w/ob | 39' x 10'5" x2' | V14-N12 | Multi-chine ply Bermudan centerboard cruising yawl. | |||
| Hope | Power | #258 | 16' x6'4" | Lobsterboat - round-bilge planing hull - ref: SmallBoats Ch#30 | image | ||
| Houseboat Concept 38' | 38'x11'1" | V11-N18 | image | link | |||
| Houseboat Concept 47' | Low power | Concept | 47'x11'x15" | V13-N21 | Houseboat disguised as a power cruiser. | ||
| Hrairoo | Sail - 2,500 lbs. displ. | 16' x 6'6" x 1'6" | Folding Wing Keel Micro-cruiser - Dboats preface | ||||
| Iceboat | Sail | Iceboat - concept - ref: BWAOM Ch#4 | image | link | |||
| Idaho | OB power | #556 | 31'0"x5'3"x6" | Wheelchair accessible plywood flat-bottomed cruiser. BDQ#7 | image | link | |
| Illinois | 50 hp OB | #630 | 63'1" x 10'0" | V16-N14 | Self-Propelled Houseboat "A residence" cheap giant simulated yacht | ||
| Inboard Diesel Sport | power | #551 | 22'x 7 | V17-N17 | |||
| Inboard Power Cruising | 50' | V09-N04 | |||||
| Inlet Runner | OB power | Concept | 22'0"x3'5" | V14-N10 | Plywood (or other sheet) rough water utility. No completed plans. | image | link |
| Insolent 60 | sail | #666 | 63'0" | V19-N14 | Maximum folding schooner, sleeps 6, folds to 30' on trailer | image | link |
| International | V11-N01 | Rig Conversion | |||||
| Jack Hanna | sail | #565 | 29' 6" | Double-ended cruising ketch. | |||
| Japanese Beach Cruiser | Spritsail, Cat Yawl rig | #522 | 3.8M x 1.8M | Plywood lapstrake, leeboards, pram bow Ref: SBJ No 68. BWAOM Ch26 | image | link | |
| Jessie Cooper | Sail - 6,150 lbs displ. | #389 | 25'6" x7'6" | Cruiser - minimal liveaboard - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#12 | image | link | |
| Jinni | Sloop rigged. 158sqft | 19'6"x5' | V15-N19 | Hard chined, double ended-family daysailer designed in June 1954. | image | ||
| Jinni #426 | 123SF sprit rig cat yawl | #426 | 15'6" x 4'2" | V06-N17 | plumb sided plywood camp cruiser | ||
| Jochems Schooner | image | ||||||
| June Bug | Rowing Sailing Tender | #400 | 14'x3'3" | V15-N17 | Plywood box boat. | image | |
| Keel Canoe Yawl | #514 | 25'6"x7'5" | V12-N03 | ||||
| Keel Canoe Yawl | Sail | #614? | 15' 6" | V11-N17? | Cold-molded double-ended cruising yawl. Gaff main w/topsail. | ||
| Keel Catboat | Cat yawl | Concept | 20'0"x7'10"x2'0" | cold-molded sim. Long Micro 4 berths, 280SF sprit sail, w/7 hp inboard motor | |||
| Keel Catboat/Cat Yawl | 20'x7'10" | V13-N05 | |||||
| Keel Daysailer | 17'10" x 6'1" | V13-N01 | image | ||||
| Keel Daysailer | Sail - 1,640 lbs displ. | 18'10" x5'6" | Daysailer - gaff cat rig, round bilge - ref: BWAOM Ch#29 | image | |||
| Keel Sailing Dinghy | Sail | 8' x 3'9" | Lapstrake yacht tender with long shallow keel | image | |||
| Keel Sailing Dinghy | #427 | 8'x3' | V11-N09 | image | |||
| Keel Sharpie Live Aboard | 55' x 9'6 | V16-N06 | |||||
| Keel Whaler Sloop | Sail - 2,680 lbs displ. | #396 | 20' x6' | Daysailer - lapstrake double-ender - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#31 | image | ||
| Keelboat | Sail - 6,600 lbs displ. | 38'9" x8' | Cruiser - river keelboat representation - ref: BWAOM Ch#38 | image | |||
| Kotick | Paddle | #240 | 15' x1'11" | Canoe - strip-planked kayak - ref: SmallBoats Ch#13 | image | link | |
| Ladyslipper | Sail - 925 lbs. displ. | #318 | 7'6" x 5' x 1'11" | Keel dinghy - ref: Diff. Boat Ch#2 | image | ||
| Lake Launch, 15'6" | power | #549 | 15'6" x4'1" | V13-N03 | Open skiff, like Sneakeasy. Surrey top, ducktails | image | link |
| Lake Launch, 40 ft | dual OB power | #553 | 40'x8'x1'1.5" | V14-N02 | Plywood launch with small cabin. | ||
| Lake Launch, steel | Power - 8,500 lbs displ. | #290 | 44' 11" x9'1" | Dayboat - steel - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#15 | |||
| Lapstrake Chebacco | Sail | 19'6" x7'9" | Dayboat - lapstrake cat yawl - ref: BWAOM Ch#45 | image | |||
| Lapstrake Chebacco 25 | Sail - 2,300 lbs displ. | 25'4" x7'11" | Dayboat-cruiser - lapstrake cat yawl - ref: BWAOM Ch#45 | ||||
| Lapstrake Express 22 | OB | #155 | 22'6" x 7'8" | Texas Dory plan 16 | 60-100 hp single or dual outboards, lapstrake dory | ||
| Le Dulci-Mer | Balanced Lug Sail | #457 | 30 ft | Plywood sailboat, wing keel ballast like Insolent 60 | image | ||
| Leeboard Catboat | Sail - 6,650 lbs displ. | 21'10" x7'9" | Cruiser - cat rig - ref: BWAOM Ch#67 | image | |||
| Leeboard Yawl | sail | Concept | 22'0"x7'0"x1'6" | V14-N05 | Marconi rigged yawl, cold molded. | ||
| Libboo | Power - 7,300 lbs displ. | #393 | 25'6" x10' | Cruiser - carvel hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#20 | |||
| Light Cruiser | 51'6"x13' | V09-N22 | V23-N20? | image | |||
| Light Displacement Cruiser | Power - 33,600 lbs. displ. | #351 | 52' x15' x3'10" | Planing Hull Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#22 | |||
| Light Dory (Type 1) Golden River | Oar | 1952? | 15'6" x 4' | Planked round-sided dory, early Light Dory design #140 | |||
| Light Dory (Type 2) | 1961? | 1961 Similar brief to round sided Golden River, but flat sided. PCB's own selfbuilt | |||||
| Light Dory (Type 3) | Oar | #140-11- | 15'6" | SBJ Feb. 1980. "How to build the Gloucester Light Dory", Payson 1982. | |||
| Light Dory (Type 4) Glouchester Gull Rowing Dory | 7 ft Oar | #140-3 | 15'6" x 4' | Texas Dory plan 11 | Gloucester Gull rowing dory, plans sold by Capt. Jim Orrell. | ||
| Light Dory (Type 5) | oar | #265 | 4.74 m x 1.22 m | 1973 Double-ended. Metric."Small Boats", Ch4, "Light Dory Type V" Refs: BDQ#16 | |||
| Light Dory (Type 6) Gloucester Gull | Oar | #140-6 | 15'6" x 4' | aka Gloucester Gull rev. Light Dory design #140 - 4 (Type 4) for Dynamite | image | link | |
| Light Dory (Type 7)) | Row | #526 | 19' 6" x 4' | V24-N20 | Up to 3 people, 1 or 2 rowing. aka Long Light Dory, Stretched Light Dory | ||
| Light Dory (Type 8) Three Man | rowboat | #555 | 23'6" x 4' | V18-N01, V24-N20 | Up to 3 rowers. Largest stretch of the "Gull". | image | |
| Light Peapod | oars | #390 | 12'0"x3'8" | V13-N14 | Cold-molded wooden rowboat. | ||
| Light Power Cruiser | IB power | Concept | 50'0"x9'4"x2'6" | V14-N04? | No completed design. | ||
| Light Schooner | Sail | #395 | 23'6" | Open Daysailer or Camp Cruisers | image | ||
| Lightfoot | 24'x5' | V02?-N18 | Schooner | ||||
| Lily | Electric Power | #627 | 15'4" x 4'10" | V14-N14,22;V17-N18 | An Electric Picnic Launch. | image | |
| Lion's Paw | Sail - 15,000 lbs displ. | #404 | 38'9" 10' | Sharpie Cruiser - steel, leeboards - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#14 | image | ||
| Little Superior | Sail - 620 lbs displ. | #288 | 10'3" x5' | Dinghy - keel, lugsail - ref: FoldingSch Ch#19 | |||
| Live-On-Board Scow Schooner | sail/OB auxiliary | #501 | 35'0"x11'8"x1'6" | V19-N01 | Leeboard scow, hard chines, commodious cabin. | image | |
| Lobsterboat | Power - 8,950 lbs displ. | #413 | 32' x11' | Fishing Launch - carvel, semi-planing - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#25 | image | ||
| Long Micro | #486 | 19'6"x6' | V11-N08 | image | |||
| Longship | Sail, Row | 38' x8' | Open Boat - Viking ship representation - ref: BWAOM Ch#39 | image | |||
| Low Powered Outboard Cruiser | OB | #450 | 23'x6'10" | V15-N22 | |||
| Lun | image | link | |||||
| Lynx | Sail | #255 | 14'8" x6'11" | Cruiser - deep keel, round bilge - ref: SmallBoats Ch#18 | image | link | |
| Madeline (Paddlin') | Pedal Power | #441 | 19'6" X 7' 10" | V??-N12 | Sidewheeler. Pedal Power .Direct drive geometry.7 knots! 2 person | image | link |
| Margaret Mead | Sail | 210' | cargo carrier - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#31 | ||||
| Marina Cruiser | Power, Sail - 5,000 lbs | 21'3" x7'10" | V17-N05 | Cruiser - round bilge, lugsail - ref: BWAOM Ch#36 | |||
| Martha Jane | Sail 247sf lug rig | #510 | 23'6" x 6'0" | V18-N02 | Boxy leeboard sharpie cruiser. Water ballast. | image | |
| Martha Jane Revised | #510a | V18-N03 | |||||
| Master Hand | Sail | #152 | 22'6" x18'9" | Cruiser - Friendship sloop - ref: SmallBoats Ch#20 | image | ||
| Matsue Traveler | |||||||
| Merlin (formerly Marina Cruiser) | motorsailer | #428 | 21'3" | Compact short-range cruiser. Flush deck. Carvel construction. | image | ||
| Micro | Sail | #422 | 15'4" | V16-N16 | Pocket cruiser sailboat | image | link |
| Micro Navigator | #422a | 15'4" | V16-N16 | Navigator cabin, Chinese Gaff rigged | |||
| Microtrawler | #584 | 14'6x7'11 | V09-N23 | image | |||
| Mikim | Power - 4,200 lbs displ. | #376 | 24' x7'10" | Fishing Launch - carvel hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#19 Also, called "Ilex"Vol.1#4 ABJ | image | ||
| Miniature Steel Tug | Power - 5,360lbs displ. | 15'11" x7'9" | Tug - box cutwater-keel - ref: BWAOM Ch#55 | image[permanent dead link] | |||
| Minimum Kayak | Power - 182 lbs displ. | #284 | 11'5" x1'11" | Kayak - plywood - ref: FoldingSch Ch#6 | image | ||
| Minimum Proa | |||||||
| Minimum World Cruising | #635 | V15-N07 | |||||
| Minnesota | Twin Outboard Cruiser | #531 | 33' x 6'6" | V17-N08 | Twin Outboard Cruiser | image | link |
| Minstrel III | Sail | Cruising Schooner - fisherman-type schooner - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#6 | |||||
| Missouri River Keelboat | #528 | 38'9"x8' | V09-N11 | ||||
| Moccasin | Sail - 12,200 lbs displ. | #297 | 36'9" x9' | Cruiser - c/b yawl - ref: FoldingSch Ch#27 | image | ||
| Moderate Speed Power | Concept | 22'3" x 8' | V16-N04 | ||||
| Modern Sandbagger | image | link | |||||
| Modest Marina Cruiser | image | link | |||||
| Monhegan | Sail - 3,300 lbs displ. | #237 | 18' x7' | Cruiser - Friendship sloop - ref: SmallBoats Ch#19 | image | link | |
| Morning Light 22 | Sail, Power, & Oar. | #190 | 22'4.5" x 6'6" | Texas Dory plan 17 | Sea/Surf & Rescue. July 1965. Fishing surf boat (motor well for small OB) boomless 80sf gunter rig w/36sf jib | ||
| Mortar | See: "Brick Connecter" | ||||||
| Motor Canoe | Row - 545 lbs displ. | #582 | 15'9" x3' | V09-N20 | Dayboat - outboard, round bilge - ref: BWAOM Ch#14 | image | |
| Motorsailing Cargo Boat | motorsailer | #610 | 30'0"x9'0"x2'0" | Plywood box forefoot hull with diesel inboard, cargo hold. Ref: Boatbuilder | image | ||
| Mouser | Sail - 1,220 lbs displ. | #11-55- | 16' x6'6" | Trailer- Sailer - chine catboat, SmallBoats Ch#17, BDQ#13 | image | ||
| Nahant | Sail | #242 | 25'6" x8'8" | Cruiser - c/b, round bilge sloop - ref: SmallBoats Ch#27 | image | ||
| Nancy Jack | Sail | #378 | 50' x9'11" | Plywood Cargo Carrier - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#31 | |||
| Navel Jelly | Row | #296 | 31' x4'3" | Disposable Racer - 'instant boat' plywood - ref: FoldingSch Ch#7 | image | link | |
| New England Fishing Vessel | 160 to 200HP diesel | 70'x14'x3' | Low cost/power self buildable 'economical' commercial fishing vessel | ||||
| Newfoundlander | Sail - 9,300 lbs displ. | 29' x8'3" | Cruiser - deep keel, round bilge - ref: BWAOM Ch#32 | image | |||
| Nightingale | Sail | #206 | 25'6" x6'6" x 2'6" | Canoe Yawl Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#19 | |||
| Nimbus | Power - 26,300 lbs. displ. | #368 | 34' x14' 3'5" | Displacement Hull Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#24 | |||
| Nina | Sail - 565 lbs displ. | #196 | 16' x 4' | Dayboat - fibreglass - ref: SmallBoats Ch#16 | |||
| Nord Coster | #596 | 16'x6'6" | V14-N04? | Canoe Yawl | image | ||
| Nymph | sail/oar | #425 | 7'9"x3'6" | image | |||
| Nymph Cubed | #527 | 15'6" x 7' | V18-N02 | Pocket Cruiser | image | ||
| Ocean Crosser | |||||||
| Ocean Racer | #127 | 30' x 6'10" | V10-N12 | Racing Powerboat c. 1960 strip-built construction. Inboard motor 'big block | |||
| Ocean-Crossing Rowboat | Row, Sail - 4,300 lbs | 33' x6' | Rowboat - proposal - ref: FoldingSch Ch#25 | ||||
| Ocean-Going Rowing Project | Row - 1,600 lbs displ. | 30' x4'8" | Rowboat - round-bilge singlehander - ref: SmallBoats Ch#6 | ||||
| Oceanic 30 | OP | #184-11-59 | 30'1" x 7'2" | Texas Dory plan 18 | 45-80 hp dory | ||
| Oceanic 36 | I/O | #180 | 36' x 10' | Texas Dory plan 19 | Inboard/outboard (optional extension to 39'3") | ||
| Oceanic 45 | Power | #178 | 45' x 10' | Texas Dory plan 20 | |||
| Odd Lot | Power - 11,000 lbs. displ. | #307 | 33' x 11' x 2' | Planing Hull Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#21 | |||
| Offshore 26 | Power OB | #135-7-60 | 26'9" x 8'1" | Texas Dory plan 22 | 35-100 hp OP single or twin. | ||
| Offshore Leeboarder | Sail - 19,900 lbs displ. | 39' x11' | Cruiser - cat rig - ref: BWAOM Ch#72 | image | link | ||
| Old Shoe | 91 SF cat yawl. 3 hp OB | #449 | 11'7" X 5'1" X 1'3" | 200 lbs lead ballast. Day sailer with king-size bed. Tentable. Birdwatcherable. | image | link | |
| Oldshoe | Cat Yawl | 12' x 5'4" | V03-N06 | ||||
| Omega | Power | #235 | 15m x4.6m x1.2m | Displacement Hull Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#26 | |||
| One Man Liveaboard | One Man Liveaboard | 19' x 7'6" | V16-N03 | ||||
| Open Water Utility | Gas inboard power | #488 | 25'6"x7'6" | V18-N17 | Precursor to "Shivaree", cold-molded, seats six. | image | |
| OSTAR Concept | sail | Concept | 59'x11'x10' | V13-N11 | Molded hull for ocean racing: fore and aft rudders, Ljungstrom rig. | image | |
| OSTAR Racer | #459 | 29'10"x7'10" | V10-N01 | image | link | ||
| OSTAR Racer IV | image | link | |||||
| Otter | Sail | #231 | 19'6" x4'10" | Daysailer-cruiser - leeboard plywood sharpie - ref: SmallBoats Ch#22 | image | ||
| Otter II | Sail | #375 | 19'6" x 5'10" | Plywood Cat Yawl Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#13 | |||
| Out O'Gloucester 30 | power | 1957 | 30'0"x11'9"x2'5" | Carvel & cross-planked cabin cruiser. 1957-1962; approx, 200 built. Ref: BDQ#19 | |||
| Outboard cruiser | Power | 36' x 10' x 1'6" | Twin Outboard Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#12 | ||||
| Outboard Powered Canal Cruiser | image | link | |||||
| Outboard Utility | power | #323 | 21'x6' | V14-N06? | image | ||
| Outboard Utility 23' | Outboard | #405 | 23'0" x 7'8" | V12-N19 | Plywood utility boat, tortured ply for fine entrance lines [#40? illegible number] | ||
| Paddling Skiff | #613 | 7'6"x2' | V11-N21 | image | link | ||
| Palo de Agua | Sail - 12,500 lbs displ. | #373 | 35'4" x8'6" | Cruiser - c/b, cat rig - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#34 | image | ||
| Pari-Mutuel Schooner | Sail | Head Boat - steel 5-mast schooner - ref: FoldingSch Ch#14 | |||||
| Party Fishing Boat | power | #263 | 50'11"x15'0"x4'0" | V13-N15 | Ferrocement, 49,000 pounds | image | |
| Payson Pirogue | Padle - 330 lbs displ. | 13' x2'4" | Canoe - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#3 | image | link | ||
| Petty Yacht Tender | Row, Sail - 430 lbs displ. | #184 | 7'9" x 3'10" | Dinghy - fibreglass - ref: FoldingSch Ch#18 | |||
| Pico | Sail - 1,850 lbs displ. | #386 | 21.3' x6' | Daysailer - leeboard double-ender - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#32 | image | ||
| Pinky Schooner | Sail | #385 | 65'0"x14'0"x5'0" | V13-N20 | Cold-molded over strip planking. | image | |
| Pirate Racer | Sail | #542 | 14'6" x4' | Dayboat - plywood, lateen rig - ref: BWAOM Ch#20 | image | ||
| Pirogue 12 | Sail (gaff rig) 30.5 sf | #637 | 11'6" x 2'0" 45 lbs. | V15-N02 | 3 sheets of 1/2" plywood,. 6/1/97 | ||
| Pirogue 16 | sail, oars, paddles | #451 | 16'0"x3'3" | Plywood flat-bottom boat with decks designed for cheap fast construction. | |||
| Plain 18 | power (1 or 2 OB to | #472 | 18' x 7' | V16-N24 | image | ||
| Plank Pipante | padled and poled | #_20 | 28'x4.5' | Planked replica of dugout canoe indigenous to Honduras [#?20] number illegible | |||
| Planked Pipante | 28'x4'5" | V12-N08 | |||||
| Plywood 12 1/2 | sail | #628 | 16'2"x5'8"x2'9" | Solent-rigged sloop keel daysailer designed after the Herreshoff 12 1/2. BDQ#9 | image | link | |
| Plywood Catboat | #535 | 15'6"x6'6" | V12-N10 | (aka Cartoon 40, Casual Sailing Dinghy) | |||
| Plywood Diesel Cruiser | Power - 3,090 lbs displ. | #574 | 23'6" x7'5" | Cruiser - inboard planing hull - ref: BWAOM Ch#56 | image | ||
| Plywood Trireme | Row | Cruiser - undeveloped idea - ref: FoldingSch Ch#17 | |||||
| Pointer | image | link | |||||
| Pointy Skiff | Power/Row | #329 | 10'6" x 3'6" | V17-N19 | Row or small outboard (3HP) | ||
| Poohsticks | oar | #010-ii-57 | 11'4" x 3'10" | Child's rowing skiff (Full details in Small Boats) | image | ||
| Portland Skiff | Power | 18' x 6'6", | Old Common Sense Designs 1996, similar to Diablo Grande | ||||
| Power Catamaran, 15'6" | Power | #598 | 15'6" x 6' | V12-N12 | |||
| Power Catamaran, 22' | #480 | 22' x 12'4" | V10-N23 | ||||
| Power Yawlboat | #583 | 11'4" x 5'3" | V09-N15 | ||||
| Prancing Pony | Sail | #208 | 22' x18'8" | Cruiser - deep keel, round bilge ketch - ref: SmallBoats Ch#26 | image | ||
| Prefabricated River Cruiser | OB | #684 | 38.7'x7.2'x1' | V13-N07 | Plywood hull "State' series cruisers, many alternative superstructures & interiors. | image | |
| Presto Cruiser | Sail - 5,500lbs displ. | 27' x6'10" | Cruiser - round bilge cat ketch - ref: BWAOM Ch#50 | ||||
| Presto Gauntlet | Sail | #269 | Cruiser - round-bilge hull for #267 - ref: FoldingSch Ch#12 | ||||
| Prince William Sound Yawl | Sail, OB or oar auxiliary | #356 | 16' 3"x 4'6" 200# | V16-N23 | Cold-molded cat yawl. Diff. Boats ch. 6 | image | link |
| Proa | Sail | #217 | 39'6" x19'6" | Dayboat - plywood - ref: FoldingSch Ch#15 | image | ||
| Production Power Cruiser | #207 | 27' x 10'9" | V14-N11 | image | |||
| Providence | S & P | 60+ft | Larger relation to AntiSpray, Walrus, box keel. Blue & brown water capable. | ||||
| Puffer 40 | Power (1 or 2 OBs) | Concept | 40'0"x14'0"x2'0" | V16-N15 | Coastal cruising houseboat style after Scottish Puffer workboat, plywood box hull. | image | |
| Pulling Boat | #218 | 15'6" x 4'2" | V08-N15 | ||||
| Pushmepullyou | #276 | 44'x7'6" | V17-N09 | Two Section Cruiser | image | ||
| Quahaug | Power - 2200 lbs. displ. | #325 | 15'11" x 7'6" | Inboard Launch - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#4 | |||
| Queen Mab | gaff rig cat sail, paddle | #638 | 84"x32"x5.25" | V14-N13 | 30 lbs lapstrake sailboat aka "A Small Yacht" | image | link |
| Queequeg | Cold Moulded Daysailer | #444 | 21'4"x6'6" | V10-N22 | image | link | |
| Query | Sail | #360 | 16' x4'6" | Plywood, Bow-steering Daysailer - ref: D Boats#30 | |||
| Quest | Power - 17,000 lbs displ. | #347 | 38' x11'9" | Cruiser - steel displacement hull - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#18 | image | ||
| Quickstep | Sail - 2,160 lbs displ. | #256 | 19'10" x5'8" | Cruiser - leeboards, round bilge - ref: SmallBoats Ch#24 | |||
| Racing Clipper Dory | sail | #194 | 25'6" | V19-N11 | Open marconi sloop rigged boat in plywood or batten-seam. | image | |
| Recreational Rowboat | Row - 630 lbs displ. | #300 | 13'9" x4' | V18-N22 | Dinghy - moulded hull - ref: FoldingSch Ch#21 | image | |
| Red Zinger | Cat Yawl | #460 | 25'6x7'10 | V09-N19 | Cat Yawl | image | |
| Reiver II | Motorsailer | #621 | 49'2"x14'0"x2'4" | Molded hull with cabin, pilothouse, diesel inboard and dipping lug rig. Ref: BDQ#8 | |||
| Resolution | Sail - 27,000 lbs displ. | #312 | 48' x 11' | Houseboat - Bolger liveaboard - ref: FoldingSch Ch#32 | image | ||
| Retriever | 50-100 hp OB | #631 | 22' | V14-N08,V16-N07 | Step-sharpie fast cabin cruiser. | image | |
| Romp | Sail-no engine | #372 | 30' x 8'4" | V16-N13 | Ocean cruising yawl, centerboard, cold-molded. | image | link |
| Rondo II | Sail - 2,000 lbs displ. | #295 | 39'6" x6'8" | Cruiser - plywood 3-mast schooner - ref: FoldingSch Ch#13 | image | ||
| Rose | Sail - 1,025,920 lbs displ. | #225 | 114' x30' | Frigate - based on 1751 ship - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#39 | image | ||
| Rose Pinnace | Row, Sail | #229 | 28' x6'6" | Dayboat - round bilge - ref: SmallBoats Ch#11 | |||
| Rough Water Outboard Utility | Power | #01-50 | 15'6"x6'0" | V13-N13 | Speedboat with OB in a well—the first boat ever built from a PCB plan, in 1950. | image | link |
| Row/Sail Tender for Tahiti | Sail/Oar | #655 | 8' | punt with gaff sail & leeboard | |||
| Rowing/Outboard Motor | oar or OB | 16'0"x4'5" | V13-N10 | Steam-bent framed carvel planked deckboats for use on the ship Rose Re: | |||
| Rubens Nymph | sail, row or 2 HP | #516 | 7'9"x4'6" | Same length and construction as Nymph, but wider. | image | ||
| Sailing St Pierre dory | Sail | 26'10" x9' | Dory Cruiser - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#12 | ||||
| Salvage I | Two Diesel inboards | #626 | 49'6" | V18-N14 | 46,500 lbs displacement steel tug yacht. | image | |
| Sampan Express | Power to 250 hp. | #147 | 22' 6" x 7' 6" x 8" | I/O Dory Skiff with cabin, 2 chine flat bottom plywood | |||
| Sampan Express 30 | #148 | 30 ft | Texas Dory catalogue | ||||
| Sampan/Express 17 | Outboard | #188 | 17' x 6'6" | Texas Dory plan 23 | 5 panel plywood runabout, 25-75 hp outboard | ||
| Sampan/Express 26 | Power | #145-4/61 | 25'9" x 7'10" x 9" | Texas Dory plan 26 | 80-300 hp outboard or I/O single or twin | ||
| Sampan/Express 30 | Power | #148 | 30' x 7'10" x 9" | Texas Dory plan 27 | 80-300 hp outboard or I/O | ||
| Sampan/Express 36 | Power | #148x | 36' x 7'10" x 9" | Texas Dory plan 27 | +6 ft extension of Sampan/Express 30 | ||
| Samuel Clyde | Power - 8,000 lbs displ. | #544 | 31' x8'3" | Cruiser - plywood inboard-outboard - ref: BWAOM Ch#62 | image | ||
| Sandbagger | |||||||
| Schooner proposal | Sail | 44' x10' | Cruising Schooner - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#6 | ||||
| Schooner Rigged | V11-N24 | ||||||
| Schorpioen | Chinese gaff sloop | #649 | 35' | V16-N19,20 | Coastal Cruising Trimaran | image | |
| Schuyt Houseboat | Sail 447sf - 10 hp diesel | 28'10" x 10'5" | Houseboat - leeboard double-ender - ref: BWAOM Ch#40, SBJ No.30 May83 | image | |||
| Scow Schooner | Sail - 7,700 lbs displ. | 28' x9'10" | Cruiser - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#41 | ||||
| Scow Schooner Concept | 90'x28' | V11-N19 | |||||
| Sea Hawk | Power | #170 | 38' x12' | Cruiser - carvel, semi-planing - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#24 | image | ||
| Sea Hawk, 15'6" | outboard to 20 hp. | #247 | 15' 6" x 4' 2" | Texas Dory catalogue | plywood dory skiff - ref: SmallBoats Ch#28, 160 lbs. | ||
| Sea or Ski 19 | outboard | #134-7-60 | 19'0" x 6'6" | Texas Dory plan 28 | 25-80 hp outboard | ||
| Seabird '86 | sail/OB auxiliary | #525 | 23'0"x7'9"x2'6" | V15-N09 | Cabin cruiser 3 versions, Doghouse, Gaffrig, Lugrig. BDQ#15 | image | link |
| Seaguin | Power | #232 | 15'6" x7'1" | Dayboat - round-bilge planing hull - ref: SmallBoats Ch#29 | image | ||
| Shadow | Power - 2,750 lbs displ. | #403 | 25'6" | Dayboat-camper - OMC Sea Drive - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#21 | image | ||
| Shady Lady | Power | 39' x14' | Houseboat with offshore capability- steel, box keel - ref: BWAOM Ch#73 | image | |||
| Sharpie Camper Cruiser | #426 | 15' x 4' | V06-N17 | aka Jinni | |||
| Sharpie Catamaran Concept | sail | Concept | 23'6"x12'0" | V14-N03 | Cheap cat with a box cabin and a leg o' mutton rig. | image | |
| Sharpshooter | Power | #339 | 23' x5"7" | Outboard Launch - plywood, 2 versions - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#7 | image | ||
| Shearwater, 28'3" | Cat Yawl w/ sprit main | 28'3 | Fiberglass production, 'big sister' to Dovekie, circa 1984/5 | ||||
| Shearwater, 39'6" | Sail - 5,250 lbs. displ. | #353 | 39'6" x 10' x 3'3" | Keel Schooner Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#19 | |||
| Ship's Boat | #506 | 14'6"x4'5" | V09-N24 | image | |||
| Shivaree 16 | 25-50 hp OB | #518 | 16' x 7' | V17-N01 | Center console OB utility for cold-molding, lapstrake or carvel. | ||
| Shivaree 18/ Lobster Skiff | Power | #648 | 18'0"x7'0" | Molded or lapstrake center console OB. Ref: BDQ#18 | image | link | |
| Shoal Keel Daysailer | sail | Concept | 24'0"x7'10"x2'0" | V13-N24 | Cold-molded gaff sloop, bilge keels, cabin. | ||
| Shoals Runner 17 | Power | #189 5/65 | 17'3 1/2" x 6' 2 1/2" | Texas Dory plan 34 | Fishing dory 9-15 hp | ||
| Shoebox | Pram | 5'6" x 3'3" | V07-N02 | ||||
| Shoebox Punt | Oar | #539 | 5'6"x3'6" | Compact yacht tender/dingy | |||
| Singapore Cutter | Sail/oars | #617 | 29'6"x7'6" | V12-N01, V18-N15 | open sprit yawl designed for up to eight oars . | image | |
| Singlehander Cat | Sail | #523 | 20' | image | link | ||
| Sir Joseph Banks | Sail | 95.1' x15.75' | Cargo Vessel - steel sharpie - ref: BWAOM Ch#75 | ||||
| Six Gun Ship Of The Line | 30' | V09-N07 | |||||
| Skillygallee | Sail, w/ 6 hp to 10 hp O.B. | #416 | 29 ft x 7 ft x1'6"/5'3" | V14-N16 | Cat Yawl, upsized Black Skimmer. 364sf sail area. Ch13 '30-Odd Boats' | ||
| Skimmer | power 10-15 H.P. | #417 | 8'x4' | Poor-man's 'Boston Whaler'. | image | ||
| Slicer | Power | 29' x5'2" | Outboard Dayboat - plywood - ref: BWAOM Ch#19 | image | link | ||
| Sliding Seat Bateau | |||||||
| Small Auxiliary Cruising | Small Auxiliary Cruising | 20'x9' | V17-N24 | ||||
| Small Commercial Fishingboat | #588 | 19'6"x7'4" | V10-N15 | ||||
| Sneakeasy | Power | 26'6" | Power Sharpie | image | link | ||
| Snow Leopard | Power - 2,900 lbs displ. | 28' x7' | Speedboat - concept/model boat - ref: BWAOM Ch#34 | ||||
| Solution 48 | Sail | #370 | 48' x12'8" x2'6" | Steel Hull Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#25 | |||
| Sparkler | Sail - 1,360 lbs displ. | #409 | 19' x4'11" | Daysailer - c/b, plywood - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#5 | image | link | |
| Spartina | Catboat | #594 | 15'4"x7' | V11-N05 | image | ||
| Spartina, electric | Sail w/electric option | #594B | 15' 4" | Lapstrake sailboat. Centerboard, or electric power with batteries in shoal keel. | |||
| Special Olympics Bateau | image | link | |||||
| Speed Launch | #492 | 29'x5'2" | V10-N05 | AKA Gale | |||
| Spur II | Utility Rowboat | #600 | 15'4"x4'6" | V10-N21 | Rowboat - lapstrake - ref: BWAOM Ch#11, BDQ#11 500 lbs displ. | image | |
| Spur l (1963) | Oar - Whithall Type | #167 | 16'0" x 4'5" | V21-N19 | Popular Boating Dec 1964 (cover story); 15Feb2004; See "Small Boats" dust | ||
| St. Valery | Sail with OB Auxiliary | #625 | 7.66m x 2.1m | V15-N14 | Normandy Lug Schooner in plywood lapstrake BDQ#10 | ||
| Staysail Cat | Sail - 4,000 lbs displ. | 31' x6'1" | Aft-mast Daysailer - keel sharpie, no mainsail - ref: BWAOM Ch#30 | image | |||
| Steel Excursion Boat | Concept | 60'x14' | V11-N06 | ||||
| Steel Trawler | #409 | Old Common Sense Designs catalogue | |||||
| Stone Camel | sail/IB auxiliary | #249 | 25'9"x7'10"x2'0" | Gaff-rigged leeboard sloop designed for GRP, after Crocker's Stone Horse. Ref: | |||
| Storm Petrel | Sail/Outboard | #337 | 16'4" x 5'2" | Fixed Keel Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#10 | image | link | |
| Striker | P | 29'x7'5" | V12-N11 | Early box keel steel production boats, 15Oct99, pre-Bell's Puffer | |||
| Summer Ease | sail | #471 | 23' 6" | V16-N22 | Hard-chine water-ballasted cat-ketch. | image | link |
| Summer Hen | #476 | Reuben Trane (Mud hen, Marsh Hen, etc.,) commission for commercial frp | |||||
| Super Brick | Lateen rigged with OB | #559 | 19'6" x 7'10" | V08-N07, V10-N24 | Box-hulled shanty boat, trailerable, sleeps four, enclosed head, full galley. | image | |
| Superbrick | image | link | |||||
| Supermouse | Sail | 11'6" x6'6" | Microcruiser - lapstrake pram - ref: BWAOM Ch#9 | image | |||
| Surf | Sail | #287 | 15'6" x3'7" | Daysailer - leeboard, plywood - ref: FoldingSch Ch#2 | |||
| Surfmaster 19 | Outboard to 35 hp. | #167 | 19' 7" x 5' 4" | Texas Dory plan 35 | 2 chine plywood dory skiff 10-35 hp outboard | ||
| Surfmaster 23 | Outboard to 35 hp. | #158 | 23' 9 1/2" x 6'" | Texas Dory plan 35 | 2 chine plywood dory skiff 10-35hp outboard | ||
| Surfmaster 27 | OB | #179 | 27'0" x 7'6" | Texas Dory plan 36 | I/O 80-260 hp V4 to V8 | ||
| Swallow | Sail - 615 lbs displ. | #392 | 12' x5' | Dinghy - fixed keel - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#27 | image | ||
| Swedish Cruiser | Sail - 22,700 lbs. displ. | #326 | 12.1m x 3.3m x 0.6m | C/b Chinese Rig Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#20 | |||
| Sweet Pea | Row, Sail - weighs 150 lbs | #570 | 15' x4'4" | Dayboat - plywood surf dory sprit or sharpie rig - ref: BWAOM Ch#10 | image | link | |
| Swinging Ballast Concept | sail | Concept | 23'6"x4'10"x4'6"/6" | V13-N23 | Sharpie hull with laterally swinging balasted leeboards. | image | |
| Sybil's Yawl | outboard yawlboat pram | #507 | 7'6" x 3'1" | V10-N04 | Was listed in 1990 era Common Sense Boats catalogue. Glued Clinker Pram | ||
| Tahiti | Diesel Inboard | #653 | 38'6" | V17-N12,13,14 | Ocean Passagemaker | image | link |
| Tahiti Design | Ocean Passagemaker | #653 | 38'6" | V17-N12 | |||
| Tarantula | #563 | 23'6x3'11" | V10-N17 | Fast Keelboat | image | ||
| Tartar | #424 | Old Common Sense Designs catalogue | |||||
| Tasmanian Yawl | #447 | 25'6"x7'9" | V?09—N21 | image | |||
| Tasmanian Yawl? | #447 | 37'x11'3" | V?28-N | ||||
| Teal | Row-Sail | #310 | 12' X 3'6" | V16-N21 | elegant small craft, 2 sheets of plywood, "Instant Boat type" | image | link |
| Tennessee | 9.9 hp outboard | #359 | 29'11" x 6'2" x 5" | Power Sharpie Cruiser, 'poor man's Cigarette Boat' - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#12 | |||
| Texas Clipper 25 | Sail 168sf | #195 | 25'6" x 6'4" | Texas Dory plan 37 | racing sailing dory | ||
| Texas Dory Express 19 | Outboard | #186 | 19'-0"x7'0" | Texas Dory plan 24 | 25-75 hp outboard | ||
| Thomastown Galley | R, S, P - 810 lbs displ. | #215 | 15'6" x4'1" | Dayboat - plywood - ref: SmallBoats Ch#8 | image | link | |
| Three-metre Multihull | Sail | 10' x7'10" | Daysailer - minimal trimaran - ref: BWAOM Ch#8 | ||||
| Tiger Lilly | Power - 9,200 lbs displ. | 45' x10'3" | Cruiser - plywood, planing hull - ref: FoldingSch Ch#16 | ||||
| Tiny Cat (or Bobcat) | sail 110sf- 690 lbs displ. | #470 | 12'3" x 6' | Tack & tape plywood Catboat homebuilt 'Beetle Cat': SBJ No.40 Jan85 Cartoon#16 | image | link | |
| Titania | Sail - 21,700 lbs displ. | #402 | 50' x10'10" | Cruiser - bilgeboard schooner - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#37 | image | ||
| Titmouse | Sailing Training Dinghy | 11'x5' | V13-N17 | image | link | ||
| Tonweya | Sail - 31,600 lbs displ. | #380 | 50' x13' | Cruiser - c/b, Chinese rig - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#38 | image | ||
| Topaz | Power, Trailerable | #650 | 31'1" x 7'4" | V16-N05,V19-N03 | Elegant, trailerable, light, planing power cruiser with glass house | image | |
| Topaz Spyder | Power | #650-2 | 31'4"x7'9" | V19-N04 | Modification of "Topaz", open utility OB cruiser. | image | link |
| Tortoise | Sailing Pram | #363 | 6'8 x 3'8 | V16-N15 | 2 sheets of 1/4" plywood, Lateen rigged | image | |
| Toy Riverboat | Power | #272 | 20'5" x8' | Dayboat - plywood sidewheeler - ref: FoldingSch Ch#8 | |||
| Trailer Cruising Cat/Yawl | sail, OB auxiliary | Concept | 28'0"x7'4"x6" | V13-N06 | Molded fiberglass for Florida Bay Boats—failed design. | image | |
| Trailerable Yawl | #564 | 23'5"x7'6" | V10-N06 | image | |||
| Translucent Tender | #442 | 8 ' | V09-N03 | ||||
| Trashcat | Low power outboard, e.g. | 15'6" x 8' x 7" | Ply SOP sharpie hulls.ref MAIB 15Dec2005 | ||||
| Tri Tarantula | Sail | 23'6" x16' | Daysailer - plywood trimaran - ref: BWAOM Ch#31 | ||||
| Triad | Sail | #336 | 50'10" x7'10" x1'4" | Plywood Ketch Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#29 | |||
| Triple-keel Sloop | Sail - 3,800 lbs. displ. | #320 | 22'0" x 7'4" x 1'6" | Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boat Ch#9 | |||
| Ultralight Cruiser | Power - 20,000 lbs. displ. | #374 | 15.75m 3.6m | Planing Hull Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#23 | |||
| Ultra-light rowboat for homebuilders | oar | Cartoon #5 | 15' x 3'10" | 30-35 lbs plywood lapstrake w/truss frames dbl ended rowboat, SBJ magazine. | |||
| Unpretentious Cabin Cruiser | #578 | 33'x10' | V09-N10 | ||||
| Utility for Homebuilders | Power | #305 | 22' x7'6" | Mini-cruiser - plywood, inboard - ref: FoldingSch Ch#9 | |||
| Utility Nesting Skiff | Rowboat | Concept | 11'6"x4'2" | V13-N19 | Rowboats designed to stack inside each other. | image | |
| Vanitie | Sail - 1,210 lbs displ. | #253 | 19'8" x15' | Daysailer - keel sloop - ref: SmallBoats Ch#21 | |||
| Variation on a Folkboat | 25'8" x 7'3" | V16-N02 | |||||
| Vectis | Sail | #309 | 5m x2.37m | Cruiser - Itchen cutter - ref: FoldingSch Ch#20 | |||
| Victoria | Row - 800 lbs displ. | #210 | 15'6" x4'2" | V08-N15 | Rowboat - round-bilge wooden hull - ref: SmallBoats Ch#5 Ref: | image | |
| Viking Longship | #572 | 38' | V09-N05 | ||||
| Viper | Power | #358 | 20'2" x3'8" | Inboard Launch - plywood - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#8 | image | ||
| Volunteer | Sail - 13,900 lbs displ. | 35' x8'11" | Cruiser - leeboard cat yawl - ref: BWAOM Ch#65 | image | |||
| Walrus | 60'x 13' | Chinese Gaff 1,881 SqFt. Jib 323, Twin Diesel auxiliary. | |||||
| Watervan | OB power | #632 | 22.7'x8.07' | V14-N09 | Maximum Interior Volume 22' Cruiser | image | |
| Weekender Schooner | #239 | 39'4"x10' | V10-N11 | image | |||
| Weston Martyr | Sail, w/10 hp to 25 hp O.B. | #487 | 45' x 6'9" | V13-N18? | narrow enough for English canal locks. 421sf Dipping Lug on tabernacle mast | image | link |
| Whaler | sail/IB auxiliary | 48'0"x11'0"x2'6" | Thames barge-type keel sloop Canard sail. Ref: BDQ#21 | image | |||
| Whaler ketch | Sail - 6,100 lbs. displ. | #369 | 28'9" x 7'0" x 2'3" | C/b Or Leeboard Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#14 | |||
| Whalewatcher | Sail | #561 | 29' | Upsized birdwatcher type boat. Ref: BDQ#2 | image | link | |
| William D. Jochems | sail | #639 | 25'6"x7'1" | V14-N20 | Family Schooner | image | |
| Willow | #464 | 30'x8'6 | V09-N12 | Leeboard Sloop | |||
| Windermere | power | #633 | 31' | 2 person, coastal, livaboard, trailerable cruiser | image | link | |
| Windfola | Sail - 1,835 lbs displ. | #311 | 21' x7' | Dayboat - lapstrake yawl - ref: FoldingSch Ch#23 | image | link | |
| Windsprint | sail | #381 | 16'x4'6" | daysailer, Instantboat | image | ||
| Wish II | Sail - 2,170 lbs displ. | #399 | 20' x6'6" | Micro-cruiser - plywood leeboard cat yawl - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#11 | image | ||
| Wisp | Sail - 685 lbs displ. | #411 | 20' x4' | V18-N18 | Beach Cruiser - bilgeboards, canoe hull - ref: 30-Odd Boats Ch#30; | image | link |
| Wolf Pack | image | link | |||||
| Wolf Trap | Sail - 6,600 lbs. displ. | #366 | 30' x10' x2' | Cat Yawl Cruiser - ref: Diff. Boats Ch#18 | image | ||
| Work Skiff | #618u | 15' | V16-N21 | ||||
| Work Skiff 15 | power (OB) | #618 | 15'6"x4'1" | V12-N06 | image | ||
| Wyoming | Power | #520 | 51'6" x8'3" | V18-N06 | Cruiser - giant plywood sharpie - ref: BWAOM Ch#66; | image | |
| Yacht Tender | #498 | 11'6"x3'6" | V12-N13 | image | |||
| Yamato Fishing Launch | #511 | 25'x6' | V11-N11 | ||||
| Yarrow | Sail - 1,390 lbs displ. | #233 | 16'1" x12'11" | Daysailer - deep keel, round bilge - ref: SmallBoats Ch#25 | image | ||
| Yellow Leaf | Paddle - 470 lbs displ. | #257 | 15'6" x3' | Canoe - stitch & glue plywood - ref: SmallBoats Ch#12 | image | ||
| Yonder | 865sf Chinese Cat Yawl | #665 | 30'4"x10'0"x2'0" | 'Two-Some, Long Range Yawl', steel plate ballast shoe | image | link | |
| Yorkhaven | Power - 8,500 lbs displ. | #278 | 30'2" x11'3" | Dayboat/ Trawler Yacht - two versions - ref: 30oddBoats Ch#23 | image | ||
| Zephyr | Sail | #316 | 20'9" | Double ended Camp Cruiser | image | link |
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Bolger-related websites
- Square Boats - dedicated to Bolger's boxy sharpies
- Instant Boats online catalogue - a catalogue of the Instant Boat class of Bolger plywood boats
- Messing About in Boats magazine - Phil Bolger and Friends currently publish a regular article in the magazine Messing About in Boats.
- Yahoo! Bolger Group - a Yahoo! discussion group dedicated to Bolger's designs
- Bolger Design Database[dead link] - The Bolger Yahoo! group maintains a partial listing of Bolger boat designs.
- Bolger Boats on the Web - a large collection of websites with photos of Bolger Boats under construction and on the water
Bolger rowboats
- Nymph, design #455
Bolger sailboats
- Sweet Pea Peapod 'Sweet Pea' design
- Birdwatcher I
- Birdwatcher II
- Seabird '86, design #525
- Superbrick
- Schorpioen, design #649, trailerable, foldable, trimaran. This design was commissioned by Edward Medalis but he never built his dream boat.
- Eeek!, 11'9" sailing canoe
- Bolger Peero, shareware plans for the 12-foot Peero, or tiny sailing sharpie canoe. Published in Messing About in Boats. A successor to Eeek!
Bolger power boats
- Barge Houseboat, design #481
- Bonefish Concept, a 20"0" × 7'9" × 1"6" sportfisher with air-cooled engine.
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- Bolger, Philip C. (1973). Small Boats. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-87742-036-X.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1976). The Folding Schooner, and Other Adventures in Boat Design. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-87742-083-1.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1980). Different Boats. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-87742-134-X.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1982). Thirty Odd Boats. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-87742-152-8.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1983). Bolger Boats. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-87742-168-4.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1986). Schorpioen: A Novel of Southern Africa. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-941997-00-6.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1994). Boats with an Open Mind. Camden, ME: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. ISBN 0-07-006376-1.
- Bolger, Philip C. (1998). 103 Sailing Rigs "Straight Talk". Gloucester, ME: Phil Bolger & Friends, Inc. ISBN 0-9666995-0-5.
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