Identify this skiff

[Frank R]

Can anyone tell me if plans are available for the skiff shown in post number 13 here:

http://washingtonflyfishing.com/board/showthread.php?p=495246#post495246

I know there are a lot of skiff plans out there but I would like to get something pretty close to the original shown.

[Steve Lansdowne]

How about posting the photo to this site, as one has to register to see the link?

[Frank R]

How about this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41905896@N00/4127893543/


It is probably similar to this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41905896@N00/4128664166/


Both appear to be from the Puget Sound/Washington area

[David G]

Frank,

That looks a lot like one of the generic 14 - 16' skiff that the canneries used during the gillnetting boom. If so, I doubt that you'll find plans, though you could try the excellent research library at the Columbia River Maritime Museum - in Astoria.

Plans for something similar? Lots. Here's one I'm familar with:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/3750901330_af24f05027.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3541037479_8717dc709a.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2620612952_c326df8bc6.jpg

It's a Footloose Skiff by Warren Jordan. Plans available:

http://www.jordanwoodboats.com/?dir_cat=4960

It's a popular, classic, utilitarian design - and there are lots of versions available as plans.

[Frank R]

Thanks David. That looks pretty close.

I was told by the owner that the second link is more of a planing hull than the first link. I just liked the lines of that first photo.

[Bob Triggs]

If you log on there and contact Milt Roe he will tell you all about it. Also, on that same forum page; "Watercraft", you will find a topic headed "Wooden Boats" and weighed in there with a lot of information on his boat. I thought that it was a Sid Skiff?

[jclays]

Try looking at Shoe String Shipyards web site. The Frugal skiff 12 and 14 look similar. They are by Paul Bennett.

[Thorne]

That first photo of the old skiff looks a bit like Arch Davis' Sand Dollar -

http://www.archdavisdesigns.com/Tom%20Connell%20-%20website-55.jpg

As my Twin says above, there are LOTS of similar designs so you can pick and choose...