Boat Plans Bartender | Going with Larger Bulkhead Hatches

Boat Plans Bartender

Ive already documented my bulkhead hatch plan using bucket lids, but have thrown that out in favor of larger hatches. I realized that the bucket lid hatches were going to drive me nuts. Too small.

I thought about making my own, but found these sit-on-top kayak hatches that are just the right size and may even be sturdy enough. There sure are alot of T handles to close, and that could be annoying, but it occurred to me that much of the time, the hatches wont even need to be in place. These hatch covers can be stored in the fore and aft compartments at anchor and in light airs.


















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Boat Plans At Mystic Seaport | Header Photo SS Sloop

Boat Plans At Mystic Seaport

The previous header photo was of two intent sailors on their SS Sloop, one of U.S.As oldest dinghy classes. Designed by Benjamin Hallock of Moriches Bay, Long Island in 1908, he built 74 of them before he died in 1931. About fifty more SS Sloops were built after Hallock with at least one new build in the new millennium.

Moriches Bay, on the south side of Long Island, normally has a consistent sea breeze in the afternoon and the SS Sloop sports a low slung gaff rig designed to be easily handled in strong breezes. About thirty of the SS Sloop are still seaworthy and the centennial regatta in 2008 had a good turnout.

Hallock was known as a good builder of cat boats before he designed the SS Sloop. However, the flat sections and narrow beam of the SS Sloop show a lineage more towards the Seawanhaka racers rather than the fatter cat boats.

The SS Sloop has a small spinnaker which is set with both sheet and guy on the same side of the mast, not the usual arrangement for flying a spinnaker in modern sailboats.

The 16.5  hull (5.03 meters) has a long enough cockpit for three. The rudder is set inboard. The gaff rig definitely has a low center of effort.

A SS Sloop out of her natural habitat. This one is moored to a dock at Cayuga Lake, one of the finger lakes of upstate New York.

• Will Haines writes a blog about the SS Sloop and also has a link to some PDFs of SS Sloop plans.
• Another gaff-rigged dinghy from the same time period, the Cotuit Skiff

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Boat Plans Skiff | Going Sailing

Boat Plans Skiff

I am going to teach sailing in Baja for about a month. Should be fun but sadly it means there wont be any more progress on the Enigma 460 until the Xmas holidays.

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Boat Plans For A Chesapeake Deadrise | Decks Going On

Boat Plans For A Chesapeake Deadrise

The underside of the aft deck was coated with epoxy, then the sheer and framing buttered with thickened epoxy. Temporary screws into the sheer batten hold the plywood in place while the epoxy sets.


Same process for the foredeck. The underside is coated with epoxy only as far back as the bulkhead. The rest will be coated later when I am finishing up the cabin.


The sheer batten and frames are buttered with thickened epoxy.


The foredeck section is turned over, set in position and strapped down to bend it to its approximate shape. The plywood was cut oversize, so precise fit is not critical. The edges will be trimmed after the epoxy is set.


The foredeck is clamped down with temporary screws into the deck beam and the sheer batten every 6-8 inches. The aft section will be cut away up to the deck beam once the house is fitted.


The side decks are cut out oversize from the remainder of the foredeck sheet and held in place temporarily with screws and a few impromptu braces. They will also be trimmed once the house is fitted.



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Boat Plans Stitch And Glue | Laminating Deck Carlins Filleting

Boat Plans Stitch And Glue

Ive waited to install the deck carlins because there shape is taken from the installed deck house. I made a template out of scrap plywood to get the shape and am laminating them to the curve out of 2 pieces each.


Pulled the wires and added fillets on the exterior and interior of the house. The interior corners were masked off prior to applying the fillets to keep things neat. Here is some of the exterior filleting.



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Boat Plans Pdf | Boom

Boat Plans Pdf

Here is the hollow box construction boom epoxied up under clamps. Thats every clamp in the shop, I think.



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Boat Plans Building | Hull Faired Primed

Boat Plans Building

Lots of filling and sanding, then a coat of primer on topsides and deck.






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