Yo Ho!
Plywood cartopper: designed with easy bends in her planking, light enough to be tossed atop your car. Cheap, too
- Category
- Row Boats
- Designer
- Weston Farmer
- Published
- Sports Afield Boatbuilding Annual, 1954, pp. 51–55
An easy plywood cartopper with enough rocker to row well yet not so much that it can't plane. It putts along at 7 mph with a 1 1/2 hp kicker and takes up to 7 1/2 hp. The planking has no twisting bends, so anyone who can saw, plane and drive screws can build it.
Specifications
- Length
- 13 ft
- Beam
- 50 in
- Depth
- 18 in
- Construction
- 1/4 in. plywood topsides, 3/8 in. plywood bottom; no twisting bends
- Power
- Oars, or outboards from a 1 1/2 hp to 7 1/2 hp
Downloads
Plan sheets 5
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