Thread: Plywood fantail or something trad looking

I'm not sure if Michael has any designs in that particular category, though I suspect he'll do a fine job for you. I've specialized in elliptical and fantail yacht styles for some time.



This boat is currently serving as a river tour boat, though when first launched it did business as a lunch and sun set cruise platform for a local restaurant. It has an elliptical stern (fantail) and a host of other features, including shoal draft. It's 50' on deck with a 16' beam and is constructed of plywood.

Contact me through email (click on my name) for further information .

Nice to put some work to the name Par, thanks.

Originally Posted by Chippy Mick

Hi Michael
I am a new memeber to this forum so i hope I a have landed in the right section. I am Currenly looking at building a number of traditional style, fantail etc boats for a possible hire/dinner cruise business.
Cheers Chippy Mick

G'day Mick
Care to toss in a bit more info like imagined size, max draft, passenger capacity, type of waterway & currents (lower Bellinger?), required speed, etc ?
cheers
AJ

This is a design specifically intended to be efficient. This is the "wide body" version, but two narrower versions are also available. The narrowest has a 7' beam and would be the most economical to propel. I have a series of these "low power" riverboat designs as I mentioned in the previous post. With very modest power you can putter along in the mid to upper teens. Of course traveling at displacement speed (about 6 knots) will be the most economical.

Fully self contained electric propulsion is possible, though charge storage is the usual limitation to range. Coupled with efficient motor(s), high output panels, good controllers and a generator, you can dramatically increase effective range.

Originally Posted by b.o.a.t.

G'day Mick
Care to toss in a bit more info like imagined size, max draft, passenger capacity, type of waterway & currents (lower Bellinger?), required speed, etc ?
cheers
AJ

Sorry Aj should have done that, i am looking to keep the boats under 22 ft and when i can finally detremine the exaxt rules for hire/survey etc this will more than likley determine the length. The boats are to hire to the general public under normal hire rules and regulations so the more managable the more desirable the boat.
Depending on the council etc I hope to also add one or two vessles that can be used for a maximum week period on a live aboard basis
Thanks for the replys so far they are much appreciated

Ok... the hire & the dinner cruise are two different sides to the business,
so are two different boats.

MIK designed a ply river-boat (or two) with the hire thing in mind.
Not fantail though. http://www.storerboatplans.com/Boatplans.html
Ask him nicely & he might even re-draw one with a rounded bum.

Bolger's Tennessee also comes close.

Hopefully you have taken up PAR's invitation to personally mail him.

cheers
Alan J

Bolger has a beautiful design Ive drooled over for some years... plans available ex woodenboat.com

Shane

At risk of a lynching by those who have had bad experiences with his plans, but...
just spotted a small ply fan-tail launch in John Welsford's cattledog.
http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/plans...waka/index.htm
A bit smaller than you envisage, but...<shrug> it's another option.
cheers
AJ

Hes an interesting designer isnt he mate?... First time Ive spotted that one real sweet

He certainly is Shane.
I like the style of his designs, & for my purposes, JW's Houdini is nearly my ideal boat. I think. Maybe.

From reading & speaking to different ones (& eyeballing a Whaler in build, JW's plans leave much to be desired.

His boats however, are very desireable...

cheers
AJ
(who has yet to actually build to a plan, even my own...)