Scamper
How to build a strip boat
- Category
- Row Boats
- Designer
- Weston Farmer
- Published
- Sports Afield Boatbuilding Annual, 1954, pp. 33–37
A step-by-step guide to strip planking, the simple, rugged construction found on boats everywhere. Scamper is 14 ft long and weighs about 155 lb; she does 12–14 mph with 5 to 7 hp, loves rough water and hauls a big load of duffel. Materials cost about $50 in 1954.
Specifications
- Length
- 14 ft
- Beam
- 50 1/2 in
- Depth
- 19 in
- Weight
- About 155 lb dry
- Construction
- Red cedar strips edge-nailed above a wide stealer plank
- Power
- 5–7 hp outboard; 12–14 mph
Downloads
Plan sheets 5
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