Voyager 388 steel or aluminum kit and boat plans

VOYAGER 388 ... Steel KIT or Plans & Cutting Files
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.

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

	The Voyager 388 can be rigged as a cutter, ketch or with a variety of other rigs.
	Plan view of Voyager 388 deck and cockpit
	Profile of standard accomodation
	Standard accomodation layout ... other arrangements are possible.
	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. 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
	Hull plating almost complete.
	Myron Fox with his almost complete Voyager 388 hull deck and superstructure.
	Voyager 388 aluminum kit assembled by Robert Downie
	Stern view showing boarding steps etc.
	The above photos illustrate one possible interior layout of the Voyager 388
	The above photos illustrate one possible interior layout of the Voyager 388