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OT: Seeking Plywood Boat Plans [long post]
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Posted by Buzzman72 on October 20, 2005 at 07:42:16 from (4.89.132.188):
Sometime in the early 1950's, my dad built an 8-foot plywood fishing boat. It was small enough to fit in the 8-foot bed of a '52 International pickup [and compared to modern trucks, that was pretty narrow]. I don't recall where he got the plans, but I believe he told me he built it from a single 4x8 sheet of 1/2" plywood, plus some other odds and ends of lumber. Over the years, as a kid, I spent plenty of lazy summer days fishing on Blue River in southern Indiana with Dad, and I want to try to relive some of those days, so I want to try to build a copy of his boat. After Dad died in '91, his storage space in the shed at the farm was appropriated for other uses, and the boat has become a victim of the weather. I went out the other night to try to get some measurements from what's left of the boat, but I didn't get everything I needed because at a couple of places I could've used an assistant to hold the end of the tape measure in place. The sides of the boat are 12" high, and the bottom measurement is 86". The top measurement on the sides is longer, probably 4" in front and 3"-4" in the back...but due to the curve of the sides, I couldn't hold the tape in place. The front panel measures 20-3/4" across the top, 16" in total height, and it tapers to 16-3/4" at the bottom of the sides, 12" from the top...then does a sharper taper to a point in the center, a total of 16" from the top. The bottom of the boat is made in two halves, with a 1"x2" strip up the middle joining the halves. At the back, each side is 16" wide; it gradually curves to the widest point about 32" from the back, where it measures 19" wide...then curves back narrower toward the front to a final width there of 9". [Note: the difference in the width between the front of the bottom panel and the boat's front panel is accounted for by the curve in the bottom of the boat...it's NOT a flat-bottom boat.] I was unable to get the measurement of the bottom panels down the center due to the front-to-rear curve in the center of the boat...but the best I could determine, the center strip joining the bottom panels is approximately 87" long [allow for some error there]. The back panel measures 16" deep in the center, 12" at the side panel, 38" across the top, and tapering to 33" at the bottom of the boat sides. Inside, the seats were made of boards 1"x9"...the longest one is in the widest point of the boat, just to the rear of the center of the boat, and it's 43" long. The entire boat also has a 1"x2" strip around the entire top perimeter on the outside, as well as a piece of 3/4" plywood added to the rear panel just above the back seat, where Dad attached his less-than-trustworthy 1/2 hp outboard (I'm thinking 3 to 5 hp would've been better suited, on a windy day). The bottom panels had TWO 1"x2"s down the center on the inside, and on the outside there was a 1" metal "dragging strip" down the center of the bottom, with space for a 1"x3" or 4" tapered keel board under it. Has anyone else built a similar boat? Dad assembled his with brass screws, which is probably why there's still something left. The boat is light enough for one man to load and unload from a pickup truck, but it definitely works better with two people. If anyone knows where I might find plans--or even better, assembly instructions--for a similar boat, I'd sure appreciate hearing from you. Now, somebody who's handy with "barnyard engineering" might be able to take the bits and pieces of info I've provided and figure out how to build that boat. At this point, ANY help I can get would be appreciated.
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