About a year ago I was contacted by Brett Hart of Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory who was interested in building a small traditional sailboat. Brett has been a friend for a long time and took over as Executive Director of Wooden Boat Factory a few years ago. He had settled upon a design from Paul Gartside, a designer we both admire the work of, but picked a boat Paul designed to be built strip planked with a laminated keel and stem. Paul was unavailable to draw up plans for the boat to be built traditionally. I was happy to work on a plan of Paul’s and took on the project.
The difference in building the boat strip planked and traditionally is mainly in the lack of a keel and stem rabbet in this modern construction method. In the strip planked version their is an inner keel, the planking is finished and then planed flat to accept an outer keel and outer stem. Additionally their is differences within the construction and the supporting structure. The strip planked version is very stiff, everything being epoxied together and the structure designed to support this stiffness. In traditional construction all of the movement of the parts and pieces needs to be choreographed to be independent yet work as one.
Interesting with this project has been seeing a lot of other builders wanting to build 93A traditional as well. Paul designs a great looking boat, so it is not at all surprising. I’ve enjoyed being able to offer this service in connection with a design of Paul’s.
The plans consist of the construction sheet and a sheet of keel sections. Please email me if interested in purchasing the plans.
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