Re: [bolger] Digest Number 100

John Welsford lives about 5km down the road from me! I looked through his
boat building shed the other day.

Roger.

>Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:18:54 +1200
> From: "Paul & Erna van der Merwe" <vans@...>
>Subject: Re: . Small Plywood Diesel Cruiser
>
>Hi,
>John Welsford has two designs in his book "New Backyard New Zealand
>Boatbuilder, how to build your own wooden boat". The one called "Design
>Nineteen:lightweight launch" designed to take a Yanmar diesel outboard. It's
>28ft3 X 9ft2, 3500lb displ(dry), speed up to 11kts, power 4str petrol
>outboard 35-45hp, w str petrol outb 40-50hp or 4 stroke diesel outboard
>27-40hp.
>The other is "Design twenty: Queen Mab the littlest long-range launch".
>28ft6X11ft10, Displ 12346lb, power: 30-40hp, 25hp continuous rating,
>Economical cruise speed - 6.2 kts, Theoretical range @ 6.2 kts - 2100
>nautical miles.
>The publisher of his book is Reed Publishing(NZ)Ltd, Auckland.
>
>The rest of the book has a lot of traditional boats like a rowing dory and
>other designs with old style rigs like cat yawls, etc. His designs are all
>traditional in style and rig.