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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 493 - Radius Chine Steel ... Plans & Frame patterns

There are two different versions of this design - the Radius chine steel version that features a wing keel and the Fiberglass version that has a regular keel / skeg combination.

This design has appealed to many serious cruising sailors. It is available for construction in Radius Chine Steel or Aluminum or FIBERGLASS in either C-Flex, Foam or Balsa Sandwich or Single Skin Glass. A recent wave of "performance cruising boats" from a number of designers has obscured the fact that a good design always strives for the beat performance consistent with it's objectives. The Roberts 493 is an example : a stylish luxury cruising yacht for four to six people, capable of making fast passages in any weather and on any point of sail.

L.O.A.	20.00 m	49' 3"
L.W.L.	11.90 m	39' 2"
BEAM	4.54 m	14' 10"
DRAFT	1.82 m	6' 00"
DISPL.	17,690 kg	39,000 lb
BALLAST	7,257 kg	16,000 lb
SAIL AREA	98sq. m	1,055 sq. ft
FUEL	785 lts	200 gal
WATER	2070 lts	400 gal
AUX.PWR		60-100 hp

	Roberts 493 Radius Chine This boat can be rigged as a Cutter, sloop, or Ketch as shown here. STUDY PLAN PACKAGES ON DOWNLOAD or on CD - YOU CHOOSE DOWNLOAD OR CD. . . GIVE ACCESS TO MANY step by step BOAT CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS + PHOTOS OF COMPLETED BOATS ETC. S EE DETAILS ORDER STUDY PLANS
	Roberts 493 Radius Chine Roberts 493 Radius Chine Steel or Aluminum version. The accommodation lay-out can be varied to suit your personal requirements.
	Roberts 493 Radius Chine Steel Roberts 493 built in Florida
	Roberts 493 Note spacious master cabin in that can be arranged in this design.
	Roberts 493 This arrangement which we favour as will fit comfortably into this boat.
	Roberts 493 Kit version - Voyager 495 OWNER WRITES: To her sailing, everyone into boating and sailing in the northern half of the country (Chile) knows of "Pinguino". She cuts an impressive figure and when she first crossed the bar, it was an awesome event for me and a whole bunch of friends that have been involved

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