Design 2253 - Tartan 37

The Tartan 37 was introduced in 1976 and was produced until 1989. They were well built boats that came at a reasonable price tag and offered modern styling and good performance and was offered in three different keel configurations: deep, shoal "Scheel keel", and centerboard.

Consider this for a moment: If we compare the Tartan 37 to Finisterre (the mother of all famous centerboard boats) the T37 is 15" shorter overall, has 6" more beam, is 3,000 lbs lighter and carries 1,200 lbs more ballast. She has less sail area than Finisterre (not if we discount the mizzen on Finisterre) but it is a much higher aspect ratio (and thus more efficient) rig.

She is a great performing boat and still represents a good value on the used boat market. Approximately 450 T37s were built during the production run.


Here are the plans for the centerboard version.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 37'-3"
LWL 29'-5"
Beam 11'-9"
Draft 6'-7" (deep draft keel) 4'-7" (shoal Scheel keel)
Draft Centerboard Model 4'-2" (board up) 7'-9" (board down)
Displacement 15,500 lbs
Ballast 7,500 lbs
Sail Area 625 sq ft

Design 1833 - Hilaria

A couple of weeks ago we posted an article about Hilaria, design #1014. This Hilaria is for the same owner, built 12 years later. Both boats are similar in appearance, layout and are built by the same shipyard: Abeking & Rasmussen of Germany. It's interesting that she is slightly smaller than his previous boat.

Where the first Hilaria was built of wood, this new Hilaria is constructed of aluminum. She was launched in 1966. A sistership was built in 1981.


Here are the plans.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 52'-10"
LWL 38'-6"
Beam 13'-6"
Draft 5'-10"
Displacement 45,945 lbs
Ballast 20,000 lbs
Sail Area 1,365 sq ft

Design 2098 - S&S 30

Here's a 1/2-tonner design that was very well utilized. The boat was designed and built in aluminum, fiberglass and wood in various places around the world. The boat shown above and below was built in Japan. Others include the PJ (Palmer Johnson) 30, the She D30 (South Hants Marine, England), the Sagitta 30 (Denmark) and custom one-offs. The model eventually became the Northstar 1000 with a completely different cruising deckhouse.


Here are the plans.

Here are a few interior images of the Japanese boat.


This image shows the well organized cockpit layout.


And finally check out this nice pulpit detail where the genoa sheets through the gap.


You can see it in this image.

Principal Characteristics
LOA 29'-11"
LWL 22'-6"
Beam 9'-6"
Draft 5'-3"
Displacement 7,199 lbs
Ballast 2,620 lbs
Sail Area 390 sq ft

Atalanta - Design 213

This design takes us back to 1938. Atalanta was built by the De Vries Shipyard of Amsterdam. It's an interesting boat. She is built of oak frames but every third frame is of steel. Her planking is carvel in mahogany. Her bottom is copper sheathed.

The notes say she was laid up during the war. There is also a cryptic note that states "Crossed Atlantic in 15 days. Very fast and seaworthy."


Here are the plans.


Unfortunately the general arrangement is in poor condition as you can see. In addition it lacks detail. Let me explain briefly how the boat is laid out:

Everything forward of the forward most bulkhead is the forepeak. The trapezoidal box is the chain locker. In addition there are steel work benches located here. One of these benches has been modified into a small auxiliary galley which must have been for the crew. My assumption is there must have been pipe cots located here at some point for crew.

Moving aft there are two hanging lockers just aft of the peak. In the next space is a stateroom with port and starboard berths. Adjacent the mast is a wet locker on starboard and a head on port. Moving further aft the primary or main galley is located on starboard and a "U"-shaped settee on port with a bookcase behind it. Outboard in the deckhouse are port and starboard quarter berths as is the normal fashion.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 55'-5"
LWL 39'-0"
Beam 11'-8"
Draft 8'-0"
Displacement 42,000 lbs
Ballast 18,000 lbs

Design 2084 - Amazon

Amazon was built by the famous Camper & Nicholsons, Ltd. shipyard of Southampton, England. The year was 1971. She is designed as an I.O.R. racing yacht but her use of steel as a construction material makes her a heavy boat. The use of steel is somewhat unusually for the period (and what was in vogue at the time) but her resultant rating should have leveled the playing field somewhat. I would assume steel was used for cost savings.

Note her displacement of 105,000 lbs as listed below versus other 72-73'ers such as Baruna (built of wood) at 88,000 lbs and Kialoa II (built of aluminum) at 94,000 lbs.

The positive result of this big volume is an extremely commodious and comfortable boat.


Here are the plans.

The Lines are just so nice I thought I would include them. I will draw your attention to how nicely balanced the shape looks fore and aft.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 73'-1"
LWL 57'-0"
Beam 18'-0"
Draft 10'-6"
Displacement 105,132 lbs
Ballast 35,000 lbs
Sail Area 2,430 sq ft

Islander Class - Design 164

The Islander Class was one of the designs generated from our Boston office and as such K. Aage Nielsen generated most of the plans. This was a stock design for the Henry R. Hinckley Company. The boat was later revised with more overhang and more sail area (and assigned design number #316). The revised model was renamed New Islander Class.


Here are the plans for the Islander Class.


And an article from Yachting magazine. Please double click for zoom.


Here's the general arrangement for design #316, New Islander Class.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 30'-0"
LWL 23'-0"
Beam 8'-4"
Draft 4'-9"
Displacement 9,600 lbs
Ballast 3,610 lbs

Design 1872 - Chimaera

I sure wish we had a better image of this boat. We pinched this one out of a magazine article and it just doesn't do the boat justice. Based on the plans the boat must be gorgeous. She was built by Driscoll Custom Boats of San Diego, California and launched in 1967.

The boat is constructed of a laminated oak backbone and steam bent oak frames and planked with mahogany. She is designed to the C.C.A. rule and has a successful race record.

The boat has a very generous sailplan based on condition found in her home sailing grounds. She has a very large galley and navigation area but a fairly small aft stateroom as a result. The peak is used strictly for sail storage.

Here are the plans.

Principal Dimensions

LOA 46'-10"
LWL 32'-7"
Beam 11'-2"
Draft 6'-11"
Displacement 23,033 lbs
Ballast 11,600 lbs
Sail Area 940 sqft

Kay - Design 2190

Two identical Kays were built by the Walsted yard of Denmark and here's how it came to be. The first Kay was launched in 1975 for Arne Frissell, a Swedish-American. At the time of her launch Rod Stephens was quoted as saying "You are now seeing the world's finest example of wooden boatbuilding today". That's a pretty strong statement.



The owner had just taken delivery and had traveled to the Mediterranean. He was lying in a port in southern France and a large car come up alongside, a man stepped out and told Mr. Frisell he would like to buy his boat. The owner stated he had just waited patiently for 14 months while Kay was built and she was not for sale to which the prospective buyer replied that he was determined to make it worth his while. An agreement was reached and she was sold on the spot. Thus Walsted began building hull #2.

Prior to construction of Kay II Walsteds asked their client if in retrospect he would like to make any changes to the design. Frissell remarked that he would not change a single thing.

Here are the plans.


Here are a couple of interior shots.

Main Salon

Galley

And finally here's a peek at her shape.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 51'-4"
LWL 37'-6"
Beam 13'-6"
Draft 7'-9"
Displacement 43,700 lbs
Ballast 19,400 lbs
Sail Area 1,135 sq ft