revisit
George Buehler Yacht Design and Diesel Ducks
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2008-05-02 21:26George Buehler Yacht Design was probably the starting point for my boat-building research. The Backyard Boatbuilding mailing list has a large following of extremely knowledgeable and helpful builders. It was started around a book by George Buehler named Backyard Boatbuilding. Mr. Buehler is a proponent of what I term "rough and ready" boatbuilding. read more »
Revisiting some old friends
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2008-05-01 20:43Just an "intro" note to let you know that I intend to be revisiting some of our old friend/designers that I covered a year and more ago. Now that Craft A Craft is coming up on it's second birthday, I think some of our newer readers will appreciate a pointer to some of these resources, and for our old timers, don't tune out... there have been several updates and new plans available by many of the designers. read more »
Devlin Designing Boat Builders - new web page
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2008-06-07 18:24
In another of our revisits of an old friend, Devlin Designing Boat Builders has totally revamped their web page. Lot's more detail, current news and comments, and much easier to navigate. Make sure and check it out. read more »
MacNaughton Group Yacht Design and Design School
Submitted by cac on Tue, 2008-05-06 22:29
Another designer that I have followed extensively and drooled over. Mr. MacNaughton has a large collection of sail and power designs available as plans. He also does custom design work.
Of special note to those budding designers, MacNaughton operates a well respected (and affordable) correspondence yacht design school. I may still do that someday... read more »
