Looking for design, plans for strip-planked or cold-molded 19' Whitehall or similar

[Tim O'Meara]

I am looking for a design, plans, and builder for a strip-planked or cold-molded Whitehall or similar boat of about 19' with slight custom modifications, mainly to take up to a 10hp outboard and tent fittings. I will use it mainly for fishing/camping on large Canadian lakes to replace my current 17' traditional wood construction Whitehall of 19 years. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Feel free to post and/or email me directly at omearacons@mchsi.com.

Thanks,

Tim O'Meara
Cedar Rapids, IA

[Tonyr]

Have a look at this web site. The "Alaska Skiff" (18 foot Whitehall cruiser) may be close to what you are looking for. If I had known about this before I built my own boat (based on John Gardner's Whitehall plans in his book), I wouldn't have had to re-invent so many wheels!

dhkurylko-yachtdesign.com

Regards, Tony.

[JimD]

Glen-L Marine has a strip plank of fiberglass Whitehall design, though only 17 feet

[Chipito]

I've had an Alaska for several years. It's a really great boat. In fact, I was sailing today in mine. It will move3 knots with my 1.2hp aircooled outboard. I'd guess 10hp would be overkill.

[Wayne Jeffers]

A traditional Whitehall is effectively a double-ender at the waterline. I'm not familiar with the Alaska version but it seems to me that 10 hp is very much overkill for a boat with so little bearing aft. :confused:

Wayne

[htom]

http://www.dhkurylko-yachtdesign.com/build.htm

Yummy looking whitehall stripper, 18', flat plank keel, daggerboard or centerboard, lug ketch rig.

[Tim O'Meara]

Thanks very much for the info on the Alaska, etc. I'll contact the designer, whose D18 may be better still. The Alaska looks perfect except that it's still a bit small at only one foot longer than my current boat and still the same beam. You're right about the 'overkill' of the 10hp, of course. After breaking the mast twice while cruising, I've been using a Honda 2hp on my 17' Whitehall, and it goes 6 knots loaded in a calm. The problem is that the 10hp is currently the smallest water-cooled four-stroke outboard motor and the smallest one to come with an alternator. I'm hoping something smaller will come along as new manufacturers get into the four-stroke motors. The four-stroke is to conserve fuel (six gallons on a 18-day, 300-mile fishing trip isn't bad), but the air-cooled smaller motors are noisy and don't have an alternator (for a trolling motor). My experience is also that anything much bigger than 2hp in a one-cylinder motor shakes too much--the Honda 5hp is an example--so moving up to the smallest two-cylinder motor seemed like the best thing to do. Any further advice on that?

[Jon Agne]

If I'm not mistaken, you can get plans for a strip planked whitehall from Mystic Seaport. They used to have a plans catalog on their website.

[Venchka]

According to Yamaha USA web page, they offer 6hp, 8hp and 9.9hp TWO cylinder outboards with optional alternators. If you are buying a new motor for the boat, you might not need to go all the way to a 10hp to get two cylinders and an alternator.

Good Luck!

Wayne
30N, 90W

[Tim O'Meara]

Thanks to you all for the new info. The Yamaha motors are new since I last looked, and they look good. I also checked Mystic and they have a:

[no name]
Whitehall (20') (Sullivan)
3 sheets, lines, construction, offset
order no. (Model) 75.435
member price: $24.15
non-member price: $34.50
Construction details

Anyone know anything about it?

Thanks,

Tim

[Steve Lansdowne]

This may be the Sheldon Whitehall listed on p. 50 of the new "87 Boat Designs" from Mystic. The plan is taken from a 5' builders model ca. 1860. This boat has a 5' 0" beam. The plans were drawn in 10/97 by William Welte.