Click the file above to open it, it is the General Arrangement sheet of the drawings!
We now have the other sheets so we have scanned them all and now give them away to members at cost.
Thanks to Trevor for the loan of his drawings
It has been said by those who have searched yacht yards in vain that the only way to get your dream-ship is to build her. Most sets of plans designed for amateur building are for plywood and chine construction But some builders are keen to try their hand at a good round bilge boat with steamed and bent frames and normal planking.
To meet this demand for plans of a round-bilge sailing cruiser which
can be built by one or two amateurs, in which they can sleep and sail
round the coast, and to encourage our readers to get even a small
cruising boat, this design was specially prepared by Alan H
Buchanan, A R I N. A , A R AE s
The YACHTING MONTHLY 17/20ft 3-Tonner is an able little cruiser capable
of making sea passages under normal conditions, and she is almost ideal
for two Although designed as a centre board boat the plans embody the
necessary data for a fixed keel as well as a bilge keel version to meet
the requirements of those who want a boat of deeper draught--one to sit
upright on the ground.
Very careful thought has gone into this design, and almost every
detail, from the design of the hull and its form of construction to the
two alternative rigs and they're rigging details, has been subjected to
careful scrutiny and discussion The hull form was designed to make
planking by normal method as simple and as little wasteful of timber as
possible, hence the nicely rounded sections and total absence of
reverse curve to the garboards The keel and deadwoods are built up so
as to avoid the need for any large baulks of timber.
The lines have been checked for balance, and whilst there is a clean
run aft the quarters have been given sufficient fullness or bearing to
prevent excessive squatting which is so prevalent in very small craft
designed to conform to the current perfect balance theories Both the
keel model and the C B model should prove stiff and able little boats
at sea and handy on the helm.
Here is no sketchy set of lines and accommodation plans with many
points left to the builder to work out for himself With an admirable
thoroughness which other contemporary designers
might well copy, A H Buchanan has produced as complete a set of
detailed drawings as we have ever seen for so small a craft They
comprise not only details for building this sloop with a centre board
and light draught, or with a fixed keel and drawing a foot more or
again with either lead or iron keel, but the drawings include every
relevant detail of material and construction needed by the experienced
builder.
Click the plans or
images to enlarge. The ones on the right are reprints from the 1947
Yachting 'year book', kindly sent to me by a friend. Good year 1947!
Plans available on disc £10.00 UK £20.00 overseas.