Voyager 388 steel or aluminum kit and boat plans

Bruce Roberts Yacht Design

Official BRUCE ROBERTS WEB SITE

Bruce[2].jpg (4158 bytes)

Bruce Roberts-Goodson

CONTACT BRUCE BY
EMAIL

$39.95

METAL BOATS
HARD COVER BOOK
DETAILS ORDER

$59.95
BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT e-BOOK
HUGE - 1,200 pages
DETAILS ORDER

Bruce Roberts Yacht Design

Official BRUCE ROBERTS WEB SITE

Gwenda Roberts-Goodson

HOME PAGE

NEW ! SUPER STUDY PLANS - ANY THREE STUDY PLANS ON CD. The study plans have lists of materials & equipment etc ... these will be a great help in costing out the completed vessel. Each CD contains - ALL the construction drawings of your choices of ANY THREE STUDY PLANS with up to 25 sheets per plan! Lists of materials - Technical information - Performance graphs - Numerous construction photographs ETC. You can view & print the drawings in full or in sections. PLEASE INDICATE WHICH STUDY PLANS YOU WANT TO ORDER in the SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS BOX on the ON-LINE-ORDER-FORM & or EMAIL your wishes us$99 / € 70 / Ł64. Includes FREE e-BOOK BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT on CD. HUNDREDS OF STEP BY STEP BUILDING PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY PLANS ON CD PACKAGE. INCLUDES PRICES ... ORDER

VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT
STEEL KIT or PLANS & CUTTING FILES or FIBERGLASS or WOOD EPOXY PLANS & FSP
This new Radius chine kit boat is based on our highly successful Roberts 370 and Roberts 392 designs. Over 200 of these designs are sailing the oceans of the world. This new design is available in kit form only. The VOYAGER 388 is slightly longer than the R370 and we have taken the opportunity to heighten the cabin roof to give a greater feeling of spaciousness below. THIS NEW DESIGN FEATURES FULL HEADROOM THROUGHOUT.

Bruce Roberts SAILBOAT KITS
Pre cut boat kits are all the metal parts required to build a complete boat. These parts are computer generated and NC Plasma cut before they are packed and delivered ready for you to start assembling and welding into the finished boat. We design and nest the package using our specialized computer programs, then cut on a computerized plasma-oxygen cutter. For example, an 13m ( 43' ) yacht would comprise of around 470 parts! These kits are shipped world-wide, each in individual containers.

These cruising sailboats are designed in accordance with Lloyds for category 1 (unrestricted operating / sailing area), which is much better than the EU and other Classification Societies and the CE-A require. Complete stability calculations to USCG offshore requirements are included in the design package. All calculations are also cross referenced against ABS requirements to ensure that the design meets world-wide standards and specifications.

In the case of KITS, all plate parts belonging to the hull, deck and superstructure that are accurately cut to size are included. The parts are marked with the appropriate part number and engraved matching marking lines to assist in the assembly and location of the part in its position. Cutting method is Plasma / Oxygen, ensuring highest accuracy and smooth edges.

Plate parts are cut from Lloyds approved A Grade Shipbuilding quality STEEL that has been coated with factory applied Sigma weld MC welding primer. We use and recommend steel plate that has the official designation ISO standard 10474 or EN 10204 with 3.1.B certificate.

KIT DESIGNS

NEW CUSTOM PLANS IN FIBERGLASS OR WOOD EPOXY.

Many of you admire our range of kit designs but you would prefer to build in other materials … Consequently we have had many requests to provide alternative custom plans for building in fiberglass or wood epoxy.

VOYAGER SAILBOAT KIT DESIGNS - FIBERGLASS

To check out the Fiberglass construction techniques that will be reflected in the plans and full size frame patterns … REFER to the BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT … Chapter 8

VOYAGER SAILBOAT KIT DESIGNS – Wood Epoxy:

To check out the Wood Epoxy techniques that will be reflected in the plans and full size frame patterns … REFER to the BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT … Chapter 7

FROM A V388 BUILDER WHO VISITED ANOTHER
Hi Bruce, I got down to visit Myron Fox about 10 days ago and saw this project. We visited for about 5 hours and I learned lots. Mostly it just gave me confidence that an average guy with patience and some common sense can do just fine. A worthwhile visit. Hal Whitacre in your Annapolis office has also been very good at answering some of my amateur Q's. Thanks, Rob Skelly.

May 18, 2003
Bruce,
I really should have dropped you a line years ago about this but, I am sorry, I just didn't think of it until now.In 1974 I met you at a boatshow in Houston, Texas where I purchased a set of plans for your Offshore 44 design. In 1983, after many years of hard work and saving every penny, I launched the boat. In March of 1986, having outfitted the boat and sailed around in Galveston Bay for a few years, I left to go cruising. During the next almost 5 years I sailed to central America, across the Pacific, along Southeast Asia, up the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal, through the Mediteranean Sea and across the Atlantic back to the USA. The circumnavigation was done mostly as a singlehander except for my dachsund, Hilda.

The boat performed splendidly; very forgiving to someone who, until I left Galveston, had never sailed on the ocean. I rigged it as a cutter which tracked well and which I could balance under all but the worst conditions. I rarely had to steer, relying on a Monitor wind vane rig for this. I rarely saw another boat I envied over the one I had. The only thing I would have changed was to have a slightly taller rig. That trip was and remains the greatest adventure of my life.

I am back to the regular life of a 9-5 job living in Atlanta, Georgia. USA. I have written part of a book from my experiences which I should finish someday but even if I don't I have a rich set of memories. Like, I think, most people, if you ask me what I was doing this time 2 years ago I might be hard pressed to tell you. Conversely, I can recall any part of my yacht journey to the month or week. I am gratefull that I had the luck to pull it off and see the world and meet its people as a traveller rather than as a tourist. Thanks for designing a fine boat.

Phil Gerry

LOH	39'-0"	11.89 m
LWL	34'-10"	10.63 m
BEAM	13'-2"	4.02 m
DRAFT (deep)	6'-0"	1.83 m
Draft (Shoal)	5'-6"	1.71 m
Sail Area	1,174 sq ft	109.06 s/m

	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT The Voyager 388 can be rigged as a cutter, ketch or with a variety of other rigs.
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT Plan view of Voyager 388 deck and cockpit Profile of standard accomodation ... other arrangements are possible.
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT Voyager 388 being assembled by Myron & Anita Fox from a kit cut locally from the cutting files and plans that are available for this boat.
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT Hull plating almost complete. STUDY PLAN PACKAGES ON CD GIVE ACCESS TO MANY step by step BOAT CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS + PHOTOS OF COMPLETED BOATS ETC. S EE DETAILS ORDER STUDY PLANS
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT Myron Fox with his almost complete Voyager 388 hull deck and superstructure.
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT Voyager 388 aluminum kit assembled by Robert Downie
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT Stern view showing boarding steps etc.
	VOYAGER 388 CRUISING SAILBOAT These above photos illustrate just one possible interior layout of the Voyager 388