Nordic folkboat plans

Boats under £10,000 – we are aboard the Nordic Folkboat It has been described as a nautical Volkswagen Beetle. It has been hailed as a rare example of a good thing designed by a committee. But it’s more: the Folkboat is the most popular, successful and influential sailing yacht of all time. It comes in […]

Naval Architecture : Photo

For a long time I've been wanting to see all the forum Nordics in one place, and our numbers are getting stronger and stronger! http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt137/gcopc/index.jpg Owner: BarnacleGrim Name: Nina Built: Sagu, Finland, 1947 Material: Scots pine on oak frames http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr69/rfnk/IMG_4897.jpg

1967 CHRIS CRAFT 38 FOOT CONSTELLATION FOR SALE IN BOBCAGEON AREA NORTH EAST OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Home

Could I be pointed to contemporary (XX century and later) designs of boats that are: * Sailboats -- could be sail-and-oars, but mostly sail. * Small -- say, 12-18' * Open -- not decked, no cabins, no nothing * Double-enders -- no transoms * In the Scandinavian style -- faerings, and such * Not dories * Not canoes, not multihulls, no deep fixed keels, nothing (too) weird

The version of the specifications published on the International Folkboat Page:http://www.clickbert.com/IFboat/ published by Ken Kurlychek. The International Folkboat Page has many links and technical tips on the IF Boat. LOA 25' 10" LWL 19' 10" Beam 7' 5" Draft 4' 0" Displacement 4740 lbs. Ballast 2750 Ballast/Displacement 58% Cabin headroom 4' 8" Freeboard forward 3' 1" Freeboard aft 2' 2" Sail Area 280 sq. ft. Genoa IFRA 161 sq. ft. MORC rating 16.2

Fibreglass & timber Folkboats side by side. The fibreglass boat on the left was built by Folkebadcentralen, Kerteminde, in 2006; the timber boat was built in Australia in 1964. Whilst the hulls are identical in shape, the cabin top and cockpit on the 'Australian Folkboat' on the right differ from the original design.

This is the paper I was talking about, I think. Nigel Irens was the author There are others - a quick google will soon find them...

INTRODUCTION In a series of discussion (text and pictures), I would like to submit to the community of this site the PLANS of a 13m X 4m long Vessel...

For sale - Wooden Sail Classics | Scandinavian boats for true sailing enthusiasts

plan--web_image.gif 281×395 pixels

I'm getting better at discovering different faering types and related boats by googling with the proper umlauts. I especially like the lines of the Nordfjord type, like this faering. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL155/13724463/24676717/412372525.jpg The lines of the similar but much larger femkeiping can be found here: http://www.bulandet-grendalag.org/images/Tekst/2008/Leite/FiskeriHist/FiskerietHistoria.htm This type looks like a proper seaboat, but the faering version has…

Nordica-20

Warner 33 Bermudan Cutter for sale from Wooden Ships Yacht Brokers. Smart cruising yacht, large cockpit and easily handled rig

Auto Draft