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Voyager 450 Kit or Cutting files & plans.
The Radius Chine Voyager 450 is based on our highly successful Voyager 495 design and incorporates several features from the R432 and R434 sailboats. The Voyager 450 has full standing 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.

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. Some years ago I met you at a boatshow in Houston, Texas where I purchased a set of plans for your Offshore 44 design. In 1983, after 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

L.O.A.	45'- 00"	13.72m
L.W.L.	40'-08"	12.39m
BEAM	14'- 10"	4.54 m

	Voyager 450 - Cutter rig version shown here.
	Voyager 450 - Staysail schooner rig version shown.
	Hull is features flush deck with toe-rail
	Accommodation plan can be varied to suit individual requirements.
	V450 - First side plates in place - From this to see below ! 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 450 - Staysail schooner rig version shown.
	Boarding is easy from your dinghy when you have this type of transom.
	Just one of the sleeping cabins in the Voyager 450
	This arrangement can be used in several of our sailboat designs.
	Note the beautiful finish on the radius chine hull.
	Prototype for the Voyager 450
	Hello Bruce Just thought you might be interested to know we were paying customers on a 44' Bruce Roberts design boat in Iceland this year. Our skipper Ashley Woods had built the boat, 'Bold Explorer' himself. Bold Explorer felt extremely seakindly and safe, and was simple but fun to sail. She has a large deck saloon which allows you to see the horizon from inside the boat, a great boon on the colder days. We felt confident sailing her around the wild and beatiful North West coast of Iceland up to the Drangajokull glacier. I think Ash is intending to go back to Iceland this year, and also to Norway, perhaps to the Lofoten Islands. (We have no financial arrangement with Ashley, we were just happy with the trip). Yours Lesley Whitfield and Paul Brittain This is a requirement of the British Department of Transport, governing Commercial Vessels. It covers stability, construction, machinery, operation and manning; and it's suitability for World Wide operation. The vessel has been constructed under the careful scrutiny of YBDSA surveyors to ensure its proper construction and compliance with Category "O", as a Sail Training Vessel.