Sep04
At last – construction drawings for the sailing version of the Ella skiff
The sailing version of the Ella skiff. Click on the image for a zip file including the plans to build this little boat
I’ve really had to scrabble to find time to get this together – but here is the much awaited sailing version of the 12ft Ella skiff.
There’s a lot of design work in sailing boat – much more than for a rowing skiff and as I say in the notes, there may be the odd error. Hopefully they will all be minor, obvious and easy to fix, but whatever they may be, please let me know.
If you use these plans, all I ask in return are some photos, and reports on how the building works and on how she works in the water. However I must emphasise that I’m an amateur with no qualifications and accept no liability for any loss injury or accident that occurs as a result of anyone using or building this boat.
I should add that this is not a boat for big seas, strong winds and currents or for use with an outboard of over one or two hp. It’s a small, narrow flattie with all the limitations that go with this kind of boat. That said, in the right gentle weather conditions I think it will be great fun anywhere one can find flat sheltered water.
Download the Ella skiff sailing version plans
This boat is designed to be built using the stitch and glue technique – if you haven’t done this before you might be interested in my book Ultrasimple Boat Building: 17 Plywood Boats Anyone Can Build
PS See a model Ella sailing skiff here.
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Shawn Sep 5th 2009 at 04:19 am 1
Sweet! Well done Gavin- I’m going to try to get a model built soon and will keep you apprised. One question about the PDF’s- they all have funny bar-code looking characters instead of text. I’m thinking it must be a translation between you and my Mac, or possibly a font I don’t have. Any thoughts on that? The dxf files open up in QCAD just fine, so I can print from those, at least.
Dale Sep 5th 2009 at 09:16 pm 2
I had the same issue on my Mac, using just Preview. Acrobat reader opens them just fine.
Tiam Jan 1st 2010 at 02:18 pm 3
Thanks for the great plans!! Allthough i did come across the same problem on my mac too. I am finding it hard to get my hands on some epoxy tape, can anyone point me in the right direction by giving me an Online address where i could buy it and get it delivered to me. I will start building in a couple of months when it is warmer, thanks.
Gavin Atkin Jan 1st 2010 at 03:06 pm 4
Lots of people use UK Epoxy http://www.epoxy-resins.co.uk/ while others turn to Fyne Boats http://www.fyneboatkits.com/trolleyed/7/12/index.htm
Gav
Tiam Jan 2nd 2010 at 12:17 pm 5
Thanks gav, problem solved.