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Designers

Bertil Andersson

Bertil Andersson March 2006 A man who spends his spare time, thousands of hours, taking lines from the hulls of fast disappearing traditional scandinavian small craft.
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Multichine 26C 2008

Roberto Barros March 2008
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Samoa 28

Roberto Barros November 2006
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Pantanal 25

Roberto Barros June 2006
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Amateur boat building in Brazil

Roberto Barros January 2006
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Iki by Bat'karé design

Bat'karé design May 2006
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Oktet 630 by Bat'karé design

Bat'karé design June 2006
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Fast Launch 26

Bateau.com July 2007
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new FL26 preview Bateau.com July 2007
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Lobster Boat 26

Bateau.com April 2007
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Romilly SPV

March 2008

Ed Burnett presents the strip plank version of Nigel Irens' Romilly day boat.
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PocketShip

by CLC April 2008

John Harris from CLC Presents plans for a pocket cruiser.
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Small Kayaks

by CLC March 2008

John Harris from CLC Presents plans for three small kayaks.
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Skerry

by CLC June 2006

John Harris from CLC looks back and comments on the 5 years of this kit recently available as plans.
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C'Ki 14

by Robin Dorval June 2007

A general purpose dinghy by one of the partners of Bat'karé design now working solo.
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F-22

by Ian Farrier January 2008

A new small affordable folding trimaran.
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Open V 19.5

by Nicolas Gruet May 2006

Nicolas presents his Open CC plans.
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Ekolo'kat 33

by Nicolas Gruet February 2006

Nicolas presents his simple, fast 10 metre cat built in ply-epoxy reinforced with carbon fibre.
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Ekolo'kat 34

by Nicolas Gruet April 2008

Nicolas presents the third in the Ekolo'kat series.
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Ekolo'kat 40

by Nicolas Gruet June 2007

Nicolas presents his modern offshore cruising cat.
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Kasten Marine

by Michael KastenApril 2006 Michael tells us more about building in steel or aluminium and presents his stock plans for metal boats.
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Whio

by Peter SewellJuly 2006 Peter Sewell's Whio is available as plans after being a great success in a recent Woodenboat.
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Björn Thomasson Design

by Björn Thomasson February 2006

Kayak and small boat designer from Sweden, Björn Thomasson presents his plans.
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Tolman Alaskan skiffs

by Renn Tolman February 2006

Renn Tolman, explains the evolution of his boats over the years since he first started designing and building them.
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Tolman Seabright skiff

by Renn Tolman June 2007

Renn Tolman, writes about his version of the Seabright skiff.
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Design articles

The sketch book

Sketches of boats that may be built one day.
Demoiselle de mai by Gilles Rouleau.
Kiwi's TW28-3D sketch book.
Lake Constance Trawler, some TW28 modifications by Michael Bauer are explained in his sketchbook.

Sail area calculation

by Jim Michalak
December 2005

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Board size and shape

by Jim Michalak January 2006
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The Virtual Design Studio

by Jacques Mertens December 2005

A series of articles on the colaborative designing of a 25' sail boat. The result is the bateau.com VG26.
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In Praise of Lofting

by Douglas Brooks May 2006

An article on lofting, another way of obtaining plans from lines drawings of traditional craft.
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Skin-on-frame: The easiest boats you'll ever build

by Brian Schulz November 2006

One of the oldest forms of boat building - easy, fun and inexpensive.
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