Sportsman
Building an 18-foot cruiser
- Category
- Cabin Cruisers
- Published
- Boat Builder's Annual, p. 15
- Craft Print
- 78
A unique cruisette combining runabout and cruiser features: fast, stable and seaworthy for day cruising, weekend trips or overnight fishing, and trailerable. The semi-vee planing hull takes inboard motors from 15 to 90 hp. The photo shows one built by F. O. Gottschalk of Columbus, Nebraska.
Specifications
- Length
- 18 ft 9 in
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Depth
- 3 ft 6 in
- Weight
- 1,700 lb complete
- Capacity
- 4 persons
- Construction
- Sawed wood frames, carvel batten-planked sides, lapped bottom; semi-vee planing hull
- Power
- Inboard 15–90 hp; 10–40 mph
Downloads
Plan sheets 6
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