Practical Small Boat Designs

Foreword by Mike O'Brien*. As fans of Atkin designs well know, the name Atkin has long been associated with the best in basic boats. If you are looking for the "right little boat" to build--or have built--or if you just enjoy dreaming over boat plans, you'll be more than pleased with this collection of John and Billy Atkin's most successful designs. Table of Contents: Willy Winship: 14' flat-bottom racing skiff Liza Jane: 19' v-bottomed knockabout Shore Liner: 24' flat-bottomed jib-headed sloop New Sister: 24' flat-bottomed gaff-headed sloop Tri-Trainer: 10'10" flat-bottomed sailing skiff Erika: 14'9" flat-bottomed sailing skiff Martha Green: 24' skipjack powerboat Nina: 11'4" flat-bottomed sailing skiff Florence Oakland: 22'5" v-bottomed schooner Valgerda: 18'7" Hardangersjekte Great Bear: 28' flat-bottomed sloop James Samuel: 20' flat-bottomed catboat Schatze: 7'10" pram Ninigret: 22' v-bottomed bassboat Finkeldink: 9' pram Bruce Conklin: 15'6" pulling boat Cabin Boy: 7'6" flat-bottomed skiff Elon Jessup: 16'6-3/8" flat-bottomed outboard Tom Davin: 20' 3/4" flat-bottomed skiff Amos Brown: 22'4-3/4" v-bottomed sloop Flipper: 10'1/2" flat-bottomed sailing skiff Pollard 19: 19' fast powerboat Wild Onion: 18' v-bottomed sloop Awake: 13'11" Swampscott rowing dory Petey Dink CM: 6'6" round-bottomed pram Handy Andy: 8' round-bottomed sailing dinghy James Samuel, Jr.: 17'1" flat-bottomed catboat Sedge: 15'3" flat-bottomed outboard 176 pp., softover 7" x 10" ISBN 10: # 1-934982-05-9 ISBN 13: # 978-1-934982-05-1 *Mike is a long-time editor of WoodenBoat and published his own magazine Boat Design Quarterly, from 1991 - 2019.