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    Boat Plans/Designers

• BLANDFORD PLANS Value for money, a catalogue of easily constructed canoes, dinghies and cruisers for only 70p from W. Harrison (E), PO Box 55, Bingley, W.Yorkshire.
• B & B YACHT DESIGNS is a leading innovator in designs which offer sophisticated shapes, unparalleled performance and an ease of building which makes the best of boating available to professional and amateur builders. http://www.bandbyachtdesigns.com/
• BOAT PLANS ONLINE This site has details of the Vagabond 19' 8", the Sharpie 14' 0", and the Randonneur (R 550) 18' 10" performance sailer: http://www.boatplans-online.com/ All of these are trail/sail boats.
• CHESAPEAKE MARINE DESIGN offer a wide range of products and services in boat design and engineering including stock plans, custom design services, computer aided manufacturing, and construction support. http://www.cmdboats.com/
• CLARK CRAFT has hundreds of boat designs for everything from a 6' rowing pram to daysailers to sport fisherman powerboats. Their designs are proven by the thousands of craft built by amateur boatbuilders. http://www.clarkcraft.com/
• D.H.KURYLKO designs small wooden craft for beach cruising and extended voyaging, including the Alaska Skiff, an 18 ft boat, equally good for sailing or rowing. To learn more visit: http://www.dhkurylko-yachtdesign.com/index.htm
• FABIAN BUSH. Is a designer of wooden boats and a custom boatbuilder who also undertakes restorations and repairs. Contact him at: The Old Yacht Store, 49 High Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7ET. Telephone: 01206 728577. You should see his superb sailing canoes.
• GEORGE WHISTOCK DESIGNS Here you can find a good choice of designs from the smallest to the largest of vessels. At the smaller end of the range there are dinghies, day-sailers, week-enders and trailer sailers. They are pretty and practical. Enquiries to: Oak House, Clopton Corner, Woodbridge, Suffolk. IP13 6QP. http://www.whisstock.com
• GAVIN ATKINS' FREE BOAT DESIGN RESOURCE Gavin has assembled a large collection of free design infomation, which is well worth a visit: http://home.clara.net/gmatkin/design.htm
• H H PAYSON & CO 'Dynamite' Payson sells his book of boat plans, 'Build the New Instant Boats'. To see study plans and photographs visit his official site at: http://www.instantboats.com/
• IAIN OUGHTRED is a designer and builder of beautiful sailing boats which are suitable for trailer sailing and camping cruising. Plans Catalogue for £8/ $15 and a manual for clinker plywood boat building at £20/ $33 may be obtained from: The Piers, Findhorn, Moray, IV36 0YF, Scotland, UK. Prices include postage. (December, 2001)
• JAMES WHARRAM DESIGNS This site features exciting multihull plans for amateurs and professionals alike. http://www.wharram.com
• JIM MICHALAK'S BOAT DESIGNS Jim's sailboat designs appeal to me because the end products are functional, innovative and cheap to build. The address for his designs is: Jim Michalak's Boat Designs, 118 E Randall, Lebanon, IL 62254. His Web site is: http://www.apci.net/~michalak/
• JOHN WELSFORD John Welsford has produced some graceful and practical designs for those who enjoy cruising in open boats. His address is Small Craft Designs, PO Box 314, Ngongotama, New Zealand. Telephone/fax (07) 357 5354 and you can E-mail him at jwboatdesigns@usa.net . To see pictures of dinghies designed by him visit: http://www.smallsailboats.co.uk/jwdesign/jindex.htm .
• LAURENT GILES Will send you their brochure for amateur and professional designs on receipt of £4.99. Write to Dep. C, PO Box 130, Lymington, Hampshire. SO41 0XZ. Telephone: +44(0)1590 641196. Fax +44(0)1590 641197.
  Web site: http://www.laurentgiles.co.uk/
• MICHAEL STORER DESIGNS Of interest to the small boat sailor, Michael designs dayboats, skiffs and canoes: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~storerm/
• PAUL GARTSIDE LTD Paul has designed some super dayboats http://www.gartsideboats.com/
• PARKER MARINE BOAT DESIGNS Some good sharpie designs http://www.parker-marine.com/
• SELWAY FISHER DESIGN A catalogue of boat designs is £8.00 + £1.50 P & P. It has details of 250 boat plans, 200 of them up to 20ft. Trailer sailers feature among them. Contact: http://www.selway-fisher.com . Paul Fisher's manual of ply/epoxy construction is £13.00, and the manual of strip plank construction is also £13.00.Telephone/Fax 01225 705074. 15 King St.,Melksham, Wiltshire, SN126HB.
• WOODS DESIGNS This link takes you to the Dinghy Design page where details of the Bee and Linnet can be found. They are lightweight rowing/sailing skiffs which can be used for beach camping: http://homepages.rya-online.net/dinghies/
• WOLSTENHOLME YACHT DESIGN Some pretty dinghies and daysailers have been designed by Andrew Wostenholme . To see examples of his work go to:http://www.wolstenholmedesign.com/ 'Snail mail' address: The Flint Barn, Westbourne Road, Coltishall, Norfolk. NR12 7HI. Telephone: 01603 738311.

Magazines/Journals

• CATAMARAN SAILOR MAGAZINE Click the link below to go to the web site of this magazine which caters for the interests of cat sailors, from beach cats to 36 footers. It features an 'Open Forum' http://www.catsailor.com
• CLASSIC BOAT This is a mouth-watering monthly publication, irresistible to those who love the gleam of newly applied varnish, traditional boats, plus a touch of the modern, intermingled with the old. The magazine often features open boat cruises. Classic Boat's web site is http://www.classicboat.co.uk
• CHASSE-MAREE The on-line site of the French magazine has some plans for amateur construction of small sailing boats http://www.chasse-maree.com/
• DINGHY SAILING MAGAZINE A magazine mainly devoted to racing, but it also has a cruising page: http://www.seascapemedia.co.uk/dinghysailingmagazine.html
• MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS A great magazine for the small boat enthusiast: http://www.messingaboutinboats.com/
• PRACTICAL BOAT OWNER This magazine frequently champions the cause of those of us who sail small boats. Trailer sailing has been featured a good many times in its pages: http://www.pbo.co.uk
• SAILING TODAY Occasionally there are some articles published in this magazine for the small boat sailor: http://www.sailingtoday.co.uk/
• SMALL CRAFT ADVISOR is a bi-monthly magazine which unusually specializes in catering for the interests of those who enjoy small boats. To visit the Web site go to: http://www.smallcraftadvisor.com
• WATER CRAFT is a splendid bimonthly magazine under the direction of Pete Greenfield, its editor. Wooden boats, traditional craft, boat-building, designs, plans and superb photographs are the subjects which make this production a 'must' for all who love boats. Visit the on-line site: http://www.watercraft.co.uk
• magazine has an on-line site with keyword searching facilities; also sections for plans, kits, a research library, web links and ordering on-line:http://www.woodenboat.com
• WOODENBOAT.NET.NZ This New Zealand online magazine makes great reading, especially for those interested in small boats: http://www.woodenboat.net.nz/
• Yachting Monthly has a tradition of publishing articles specifically aimed at people who relish the challenge of open boat sailing and cruising. Why not have a look at the magazine's web site? http://www.yachtingmonthly.com
• Note For magazines devoted to BUYING and SELLING, please click here: Buy and Sell

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