Isnt there a set of plans by chapelle of a bahama or bermuda sloop in american small sailing craft... you ask about a recently sailing sloop but chapelles may be 100+ yrs. old so not sure it will help. i remember the article, magnificent also wade smith formerly of mystic seaport, built and sails a bahama dinghy (big boat,16'x6' +-) very nice.. Cat island - bahamian racing sloop building april 3, 2015 we have been anchored in new bight, cat island for a little over a week and have had the honor of watching a master boat builder building a "c" class bahamian racing sloop.. I've found a set of plans (6 sheets) drawn by h.i. chapelle in 1955 as a yacht. the boat is a 28 foot bahamian bowsprit sloop. the plans do not appear in any of his books that i can find. i like the plans, however i would like to build a strip planked boat and this is a traditional carvel job..
Bahama mama was designed for gary clements of gfc boats. he wanted a shallow draft cruising sailboat to be built with modest means, have accommodations for 4 or 5 people, and standing headroom in the cabin.. Row boat plans; sailboat plans; power boat plans; home plans sailboat plans sailboat plans. design a performance sloop or a cruising yawl with two bunks and a space for the cooke 17' 5" 5.3 m: 7' 4" 2.24 m: 198 sq. ft. bahama mama by chesapeake marine design shallow draft sailing yacht. On man o’war cay in the bahamas, the traditions of boat building reflect a culture of resourcefulness, simplicity, artistry and cultivate a sense of embodied mathematics. there is no lofting, no truing molds, and no rigidly following architectural plans..
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