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WILLIAM GARDEN ON TUNNEL STERNS

By admin | Published: July 19, 2019
Paper Presented at the January 12, 1950 Meeting of the Society of Small Craft Designers TUNNEL STERNS William Garden, N.A., M.E. Shallow draft power boats are one of the most interesting and poorly understood problems with which the naval architect is confronted. The design and construction of such a tunnel constitutes a subject which can[.....]

Saving Old Boats

By admin | Published: January 14, 2019
Assessing the significance of a vessel From: Recording Historic Vessels by National Historic Ships, UK. The goal of researching a vessel’s history is to gain a fuller understanding of the significance of: A) The vessel’s uniqueness or typicality in terms of its type and function. Is she a surviving example of a once-common type or[.....]

Geerd N. Hendal, Yacht Designer

By admin | Published: January 22, 2018
Geerd N. Hendal (1903-1998) yacht designer of Camden , Maine. These drawings were published in The Rudder Magazine of April, 1948. I would guess this was an early proposal to Drayton Cochran for Little Vigilant (launched 1950 to a Walter McInnis design). Geerd was a well known yacht designer at the time but I have[.....]

Aluminum Tug Cruiser, T-Cup; a new design

By admin | Published: October 26, 2016
T-Cup A 25’ Aluminum Power Cruiser LOA = 25’3” LWL = 24’0” Beam = 8’6” Draft = 2’7” Displacement to DWL = 6500 lbs Power = Yanmar 3Y30 Diesel Cruising Speed = 6.5-7 Knots Construction Plans and patterns = $750.00 T-Cup is a family cruiser in the “Tug-type” style. This boat is far closer to[.....]

IDAHO – A Lee & Brinton Halibut Schooner

By admin | Published: October 5, 2015
A couple of beautiful prints sent to me by John Rawlings. This is the Lee & Brinton design for Idaho, launched by Nilson & Kelez in Seattle in 1912. Idaho was 78’4″ x 19’5″ x 9’3″ and 76 gross tons. In the drawing the engine appears to be a three cylinder, and John reports original[.....]

Boats Should Look Like Boats

By admin | Published: September 13, 2015
Concept of the day…..department of How Come? Why oh why can we not have heavy displacement cruisers that look like boats? The two boats shown here have almost the same accommodation, despite my sketch (above) being only 44′ x 14′ compared to the Nordhavn (below), at 55′ x 18′. Both have a separate pilothouse with[.....]

Edwin Monk Sr. and Lorne Garden

By admin | Published: August 22, 2015
From the late 1940’s into the 1950’s, Edwin Monk Sr. and Lorne Garden were partners in the firm of Edwin Monk Naval Architects. Lorne was the older brother of better known Seattle/Victoria designer William Garden. Very little is said about Lorne in the available printed references. Ed Monk Jr. recalls visiting the office as a[.....]

Berry Point 26 Launched and Running

By admin | Published: August 3, 2015
I’m very pleased with the little movie of the Berry Point running along. Her owner builder was the instigator in the creation of this design starting in 2006 on the Wooden Boat Forum. Perfect Powerboat Thread from WoodenBoat Forum

Fire in the Bay

By admin | Published: June 29, 2015
We had a fire in the Bay today. These pictures show how important the first few minutes are. In the first couple of photos the fire is just getting going, been smoking for about 10 minutes, then caught and flared up. Don Mayrand and crew from the shipyard arrived about 15-20 minutes in. Their scow[.....]

Electric Launch

By admin | Published: April 25, 2015
I designed the Electric Launch for Barefoot Wooden Boats in the fall of 2005. She was built at the Shipyard School by students Amie and Jason under the direction of instructor Al Brunt over the 05-06 winter and launched in April of 2006. Dimensions are 15′ length overall, 4’6″ beam, and a draft of 13″[.....]

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