Does anyone know the displacement for "Benbow" and "Wild Duck". I am also interested if anyone has any pictures of these boats? I am going to build one or the...
Hello, all. In it's inscrutable wisdom, yahoo deactivated my "baycruiser1954" account. Henceforth, I shall be known simply as baycruiser54@.... Please...
In Of Yachts and Men, Billy Atkin says Ben Bow's displacement is "about 2,000 pounds" less than Fore an' Aft's. In the same book, For an' Aft's displacement is...
Little Maid of Kent on San Francisco Bay sailed away yesterday. Fair winds to Cap'n Ken of Pacifica who I'm sure will love her as much as we all have. Pics on...
After being unable to FTP into my Web site for a week or so, probably because of the nasty worm rampaging through the 'net, I finally got in this evening and...
John, Thanks... Hey wait a minute... I didn't see Fore and Aft listed in the plans catalog.. What can you tell me about Fore an' Aft? how big is she and how is...
Of Yachts and Men will answer most of your questions about Ben Bow, For An' Aft and will introduce you to another nice cruising cutter, Tally Ho!. I don't know...
A friend of mine had an interesting little pamphlet in his stash of Old Boat Books -- Small Yachts and Boats, put together by William Atkin's son, Bill W....
I find the Atkins boats very interesting. The Huskie scow intrigues me. It requires a 14 inch prop and the center line of the shaft is 3 inches above the...
Hi, Lon: Way down here on the gulf coast, you see lots of fishing boats with tunnel hulls. These boats will operate in water so shallow, that if you stop...
I've never seen one of those real shallow tunnel-stern boats in person, at least that I know of (with one possible exception, see below), but they're not some...
... John If you do stop and take a look could you please post some pictures in a temporary file. I have been looking for a shallow draft steel hull to make...
... <snip> ... think ... Similar results from the 34' diesel tunnel-stern cruiser built by Alex Hadden a couple years ago (I don't see this boat on the...
I surely will post the pictures after I stop and look at that derelict tug. In the meantime, here's one taken of her when she was hauled up on the bank. It...
I don't know what design Haddon built, it looks a lot like Islamorada (not in the catalog at this time), but is a couple of feet too short. River Belle, which...
... Those are war scars she is a old Army soldier or maybe She is a working girl and they look a little rough sometimes. My little tug is a old Army Corps Of ...
Boy am I glad to find this site!. Several years ago I purchased plans for John Atkin's Elon Jessup 16' flat bottomed skiff from the By-the-Sea website. Trouble...
... Try "boat building in your own back yard" by Sam Rabl - interlibrary loan - or watch Duckworks for a "lost" Chapelle article from the 50s dealing with just...
Andrew: First, a disclaimer: I am not an expert at boat building, and I don't even play one on TV. That said, I have read and talked about boat building a...
Hello all, sure good to see this group on Atkin"s designs. I have been following their designs for over 50 years now since i was in school. Have built several...
Try Tom Hill's 'Ultralight Boatbuilding'...it details lofting and set- up of a flat bottomed glued plywood lapstarke skiff...don't be put off by the...
A friend of mine just launched a boat built like that a few weeks ago; a little dory built cross-planked skiff style, but out of plywood. Here are some photos...
