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DINGHY STOCK PLANS
DINGHY DESIGNS

Dinghies are a good first project if you have never built a boat before.

The smaller plywood ones can go together in a matter of a few weekends, but in that short period you cover a lot of the skills needed to build something larger.

The strip plank dinghies will take a little longer, but again much useful experience is learnt which will help when you move onto a more complex project.

As a project for the kids to join in, dinghies are ideal. The boat comes together quickly which suits their eagerness to get on with the job.


Alexander Beetle
 
 

Little Stripper

2.75m ply tender

Australian Builders plate requirements.

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Alexander Beetle, in action
 Alexander Beetle is a one person tender, 1.650m x 0.970m x 400mm depth. It is built in 4mm plywood, 2 sheets, with 200gsm fabric on the exterior.

The plan is one A1 size drawing for construction/arrangement and layout of panels on ply sheets.

$60.00

 

Jilly is a 6 foot (1.83m) dinghy, built in 6mm plywood like her bigger sisters, the 2.0m and 2.3m versions. Jilly and the 2.0m dinghy come from two sheets of ply, the 2.3m dinghy uses 2&1/2 sheets of plywood. These boats can be rigged to sail and can carry a small outboard. Respective beam dimensions are 1.17m, 1.25 m and 1.26m.

The plans include full size template sheets for transverse members, a sheet with the panel layout and offsets, and a construction/arrangement drawing.

$85.00


Typical details for the Jilly and sisters

 

 

Another plywood dinghy is the 2.75m double chine design. This is a big load-carrying dinghy, suitable as a tender for a larger yacht or launch. It can be rigged to sail and carry an outboard. Construction is 4mm ply and 200gsm fabric on the exterior.

Plans include construction/arrangement, rig layout, and full size templates for mould stations and bulkheads.

$110.00

Kaylie's 2.75m dinghy with a cut down Laser rig, Bjorn at the tiller
 The Little Stripper and the bigger 3.0m sailing dinghy are round bilge strip plank construction designs, using 6mm WR cedar planking and 200 gsm reinforcement on both skins.. At 2.3m long, the Little Stripper is a dual purpose tender and sailing dinghy, while the 3.0m design is orientated toward sailing off the beach, with a more veed shape and a narrower waterline relative to the overall beam. Both have a traditional appearance.

Little Stripper's plans have a sheet for construction/arrangement and sheet of full size templates for mould stations and stem options.

$85.00

The 3.0m sailing dinghy plans include those above, plus lines and a rig and detailed drawing.

$110.00