I stumbled across this on the net. A UN Boat building manual

[Einarr]

I down loaded it and put it on my site so I could link it here, or you can search the net for it yourself the information is avaliable below. It is free and not copyright protected.

It is all in metric, but if you can puzzle that out it has a pretty endless possibilities of sizes and configurations if you use a bit of grey matter.


Fishing boat designs:2 V-bottom boats of planked plywood construction
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper #134, Rev. 2
by Oyvind Gulbrandsen, Grimstad, Norway
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome 2004
ISBN 92-5-105201-8

http://www.freewebs.com/huseldrekr/FAOTP134.pdf

[michigangeorge]

Einarr, this site has been brought to our attention quite often recently. These look like great, economical to operate boats. Why don't you build one and keep us informed as to your progress. I think it would be a very worthwhile project :-)

[Pernicious Atavist]

I swore after building my last boat that I was going metric, only because it's easier math!