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21′ Zimmer Utility Launch

Comfortable for two people cruising, or six to eight people day running.

The Zimmer utility launch design takes its cues from the slim, handsome launches and cruisers that silently and gracefully passed by Nelson Zimmer's waterside home in the days following World War I. If you're looking for a relaxing launch with an able hull, give this project a try.

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18′ Plywood Runabout, Downeaster

Deep-V bottomed, open runabout built of plywood over sawn frames.

The 18' Downeaster Runabout plans are well detailed on five sheets: lines and offsets, construction sections, a construction plan, and arrangements for both the utility runabout and center console models.

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18′ 6″ Outboard Skiff Cruiser, Redwing

A gentle, shoal-draft, low-powered, sheet-plywood outboard cruiser.

Because of her relative silence and sharp control, the Redwing outboard skiff will be welcome in most any harbor. But we see her as in the evocative sketch on the title page of this book: pressing far upstream past the cattails.

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What was designed as a hunting skiff serves as the family's water taxi, getting to shoreside destinations quicker than they could drive to them.

Candlefish Skiff 13′, 16′, 18′

Choose from three sizes based on your needs.

Designed as a hunting skiff, the round-bottomed Candlefish works just as well transporting a family of four to shoreside destinations.

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Bulkheads under the seats enclose storage compartments and serve as framing to reinforce the glued-lap plywood construction.

15′ 6″ Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff

A Maine Coast classic redesigned for strip-planking.

Designed by Joel White, the original Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff was built plank-on-frame by Jimmy Steele (of Peapod fame), but no plans were ever drawn...until now. Tom Hill and Eric Dow have taken lines off the original boat and Tom built the prototype and has drawn a very detailed set of plans for strip construction, including full-sized mold patterns (so…

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19′ 7″ Albury Runabout

Straight out of the Bahamas, this design is ideal for strip-planking or cold-molding.

Since the mid-1950s Willard and Benny Albury have been producing fine outboard runabouts that have earned a reputation as smooth-riding, sea- worthy, rugged boats, capable of excellent speed with modest horsepower.

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19′ 6″ Ocean Pointer

Design based on the Alton Wallace West Pointer workboats from the Maine coast.

Inspired by Alton Wallace’s highly regarded West Pointer workboats of the Maine coast, designer David Stimson has drawn the striking 19'6" Ocean Pointer outboard skiff. The traits that make Ocean Pointer well suited for its ancestral job of inshore fishing allow it to perform all manner of waterfront tasks for pleasure or profit.

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15′ 9″ and 19′ Ben Garveys

Fine boatyard skiff or small harbor ferry.

Here is a pair of boats that will feel right at home on the working waterfront. Both would make fine boatyard skiffs or small harbor-ferries. Both would be fine for a little recreational fishing or getting around the lake on a summer vacation, or ferrying out to that island camp. The larger boat would make a fine skiff for some…

Design No. 1

Stephens plywood utility launch

Working on the coast of Maine in 1985, Bob Stephens drew his Design No. 1 for the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program. The commission stipulated that the boat must carry seven adults, or fewer crew and considerable cargo, it should be propelled easily by a motor of moderate size, and it should be trailerable.