Help! Plans for a flatbottom

[LBK]

First of all, like we say in Texas "Howdy", new to the site and need some help, I want to build a flatbottom wood and glass boat, needs to be 7' wide on the bottom and 8' on top and about 22-24' long, I have an idea in my head, but I don't want to "screw up" any wood starting over a hundred times.... any help or ideas is greatly appreciated... the boat will be used for oystering.

[botebum]

Welcome to the forum!
Great title for your first post! It runs in my family and we don't know of a cure
Seriously though, I'll get some links together for ya' and others will certainly stop by to welcome you and offer their views.
This oughta' keep ya' busy for a while- Atkin Site
Again, Welcome to the forum. (Try posting that thread title in The Bilge)

Doug

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

If you want a boat to galavant around the shallows on the Texas coast you are in luck. Texas fisherpeople are crazy for "flatsboats". It is such a fad that some naval architects have produced such designs for the plywood and epoxy method of construction.
Here is a web site with an example.
http://www.bateau.com/studyplans/XF2....htm?prod=XF20
Even if you are not interested in buying plans you can derive some useful information such as potential weights, length to beam ratios, interior reinforcements and amounts of HP required.

[LBK]

Great, did'nt expect a reply that quick! thanks a bunch... LBK

[Steve Paskey]

John Gardner designed a couple of boats that might be of interest. Both were designed for plywood on frame construction (with epoxy glue) and complete plans with building instructions can be had for the price of a book.

In his book "Wooden Boats to Build and Use," there's a flat-bottomed 22-foot work skiff with an 8-foot beam.

And in "Classic Small Craft You Can Build" (not to be confused with "Building Classic Small Craft" ... they're two different books), there's a 20-foot skiff with an 8-foot beam that was specifically designed for oystering. This boat has a watertight cockpit floor about 12-1/2 inches above the inside bottom, and scuppers that allow water to escape as you're bringing oysters aboard. Gardner says it will carry 1500 pounds of oysters, as well as 2-3 men and gear. (If necessary, it could easily be scaled up a bit ... the book has a photo of a scaled-up version built to ferry supplies to a Pacific island.)

[JimD]

From cmd http://www.cmdboats.com/rw211.htm?ca...42dca38d89f289



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Quite a few offerings from Glen-L https://www.boatdesigns.com/departments.asp?dept=17 like this one at 23 feet:



Or a little smaller:

[Spokaloo]

Boy, a big clamming skiff like the one Gardner took the lines off and redesigned in his book would be a good boat, or possibly a larger Pacific City dory or a Carolina skiff, or an Old Wharf Lumberyard skiff, kinda depends on what you want it to do, where, how it will be launched, and where it will live.

E

[SaltyD from BC]

Jeff Spira has a nice selection of flat bottom boats that might fit the bill. As Spokaloo suggests Pacific dorys and Carolina skiffs would be a good choice and Spira has several designs for each type..

http://www.spirainternational.com/index.html