PolySail International
High Performance/Low Cost Sails for Small Sailboats
Old Boats: Treasures from the Past
Free Boat Plans from the Late
1930’s and Early 1940’s
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These plans, drawings, and instructions came
primarily from some old "how-to" paperbacks from the late 1930's and
early 1940's. Meant for home boat builders of various skill levels, these
magazines featured a variety of plans ranging from simple knock together
scows to.ocean-going yachts. We’ve
tried to filter these plans based upon simple construction, low cost, novelty,
and performance along with our preferences for sailing sharpies, flat iron
skiffs, and scows. Only the highlighted links below will have web pages with
study plans. We are rebuilding these plan pages from a site that had been hosted on AOL over a 12-year period before AOL
made a corporate decision to eliminate free hosting. Consequently, it might
be some time before all plans below become available again. As plans are re-scanned and posted, the “live” links
will appear in color. Please be patient. |
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“OLD TIMERS” |
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CRUISERS |
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Flight 20’ V-bottom |
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AUXILIARIES/SHARPIES |
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Bonnie 18’ x 7’ sloop |
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Coot 22’ |
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Sandy 18’ 6” Double-ended Sharpie |
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SAILBOATS |
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Snorky 14’ cat-rigged knockabout |
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Panda 16’ junior class boat |
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Splinter 20’ sailing toothpick with a moveable bulb fin. Hike out on springboards. |
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Super Sunray 15’ racing sloop |
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Zipper 20’ scow for inland lakes. Very fast. |
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Conga 12’ V-bottom sloop. |
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Corky 18’ V-bottom sloop |
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Tiny Bear 10’ junior Moth built of plywood |
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Wrinkle Dinkie 8’ canvas-covered sailing dink, built with a polytarp covering instead of canvas by Dave Gray. Construction notes. More plans below…. |
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DINGHIES, SKIFFS, ETC. |
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Skippy 9’ V-bottom junior sailer |
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Chip 7’ 8” simple plywood skiff |
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Dorette |
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Frosty 10’ sailing dinghy or tender |
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Tubby 12’ sailing scow |
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Skate Simple, easy to build skiff for the first-time builder |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Polar Bear 10m. iceboat.
60 mph. |
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Crawfish Streamlined iceboat, 175 sq. ft. sail. |
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Gypsy 15’ strip-built canoe |
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Showboat 16’ version of a Mississippi riverboat stern wheeler. Sleeps two |
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For
additional old boat plans for novice builders, click on the
“Free/Low-Cost Plans” button below.
PolySail International
Email polysail@polysail.com or
call Dave Gray at 317 385-3444
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Page updated
5/19/2009