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Attractive and salty cruisers from 20′ to 43′, many with pilothouses, gaff rigs and beautiful homey interiors. Plans are for sale, but the company is also a boatbuilder and prices for new boats are listed as well.
[Devlin Designing Boat Builders, Olympia, WA, USA]
For wooden boats, here′s a widely-supported set of forums on building/repair, designs/plans, people and places, and other topics. There is a lot of advice here, and the chance to ask your own questions. You can also search the back issues index by keyword, then order the issue or find it in your library.
[WoodenBoat Publications, Brooklin, ME, USA]
Attractive and full-featured bulletin board connecting boat designers and boatbuilders. A showcase for designers, amateur and professional, with lots of concepts and designs, from traditional to space-age. Free membership and extensive non-member browsing.
[Boat Design Net, Beaver Island, MI, USA]
Roundup of home-built boats completed in 2000, including 52-foot fiberglass catamaran, 57-foot aluminum sloop, a 50-foot sloop with a balsa-cored fiberglass hull, and a 113-foot schooner with a hot tub. Print version: 6 pages with photos.
[American Yacht Review, January 2001]
The author who built a boat with her husband describes "the five things we wish we had considered more carefully before starting our boat-building project."
[SailNet, 23 April 2004]
Grab bag of tips and commentary on different ways to get a boat, including when and where to buy, whether it′s cost-effective to buy fixer-uppers or charter boats, buying overseas, or building. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Unmoderated forum on amateur boatbuilding. A good place to get advice and resources, but you need to dig for the good stuff.
[Usenet, USA]
To avoid the ennui, disappointment or worse that results when a boating project takes much longer than planned, here are some methods the author uses.
[SailNet, 24 September 2004]
for those thinking of designing their own boat, this yacht designer offers a distance-learning diploma in Naval Architecture with a Specialty in Yacht and Small Craft Design.
[MacNaughton Associates, Inc., Eastport, ME, USA]
A catalog of plans and kits available, from a six-foot pram to a 69-foot schooner, with line drawing or photo and give basic dimensions, material, and vendor contact for each. The book contains a dozen articles from
Trust me, after the first year of spending money on your boat, you will wince every time you buy another stainless steel screw.
Michelle Potter
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