14-Foot Utility Skiff
An all-purpose rowboat, kicker boat and practical knockabout whose cross-planked bottom holds up on sandy beaches
- Category
- Utility Boats
- Designer
- Edson I. Schock
- Published
- Sports Afield Boatbuilding Annual, 1954, pp. 29–32
A husky skiff designed for Sports Afield to work hard as a fisherman, tug, cargo boat or picnic boat. Plywood sides (one plank per side) and a cross-planked cedar bottom make the hull easy to build and tough on sandy beaches; two transom knees carry the thrust of an outboard of about 7 1/2 hp.
Specifications
- Length
- Just under 14 ft (sides from one 14 ft plywood panel)
- Construction
- 3/8 in. plywood sides, one plank per side; cross-planked cedar bottom; two transom knees
- Power
- Oars, or outboard around 7 1/2 hp
Downloads
Plan sheets 4
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