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BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT
e-book 1400 Colour pages !  Large easy to read format.

Here is a fraction of huge list of subjects covered.

Planning and how much will it cost. Your budget. Earn as you cruise. Setting up a workshop. Best boat size for cruising. Crew requirements: new or second-hand or build? The KISS factor.

Fully detailed construction methods for building in Fiberglass, Steel, Wood Epoxy with all methods fully explained ... Thousands of drawings and thousands of step by step photographs this is a complete boatbuilding book !

Hull types, including keels and other appendages. Selecting a hull type. Formulas and technical considerations . Displacement length ratios and meanings. Seaworthiness, hull balance, self steering capabilities with and without mechanical devices. Raised decks, poop sterns. All types of rigs  fully explained. Underwater considerations; draft limitations, centre-boards, drop keels, twin keels. Rudder types; transom hung rudder.

Over 200 designs you can build in Steel, Fiberglass or Wood Epoxy. Step by step construction photos for all building methods.  Hundreds of photos of completed boats including interiors etc.

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Roberts 40 FIBERGLASS
Available with Roberts Safety Skeg modification.

This design comes with either a centre cockpit or a Pilot House layout. There is adequate room for you to make up your own below deck accommodation arrangement in this long waterline sailboat if you wish. The full size plans are available for fibreglass construction.

L.O.A. 12.10 m 39'  8"
L.W.L. 10.10 m 33'  2"
BEAM 3.96 m 13'  0"
DRAFT 1.73 m 5'  8"
DISPLACEMENT 11,500 kg 25,530 kg
BALLAST 3,600 kg 8,000 kg
AUX 20 to 60 hp

STUDY PLAN PACKAGES ON DOWNLOAD GIVE ACCESS TO MANY step by step BOAT  CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS + PHOTOS OF COMPLETED BOATS ETC. SEE DETAILS   ORDER STUDY PLANS