The Storer Rowboat is a pretty and fairly fast plywood rowboat plan that is easy to build. The shape is derived from the famous Goat Island Skiff sailboat plan which rows fast without much effort. This rowboat will be fast and responsive under oars. See list of agents top left on this page or click here. There is a report about one being built here on the OZ woodwork forums.. And now another one And another one. This design has had a very long gestation � over two years.
I scrapped the whole thing and started again a few weeks ago. In this case two emails from old boatbuilding friends prompted the development of this boat for oars. Initially I headed in the direction of something much more racey. But then realised that Peter and Richard wanted speed but with more flexibility. The racey version was finally rejected when Peter asked me about where he was going to cut the bait!
The front and back seats take up a lot of the boat length for a safety factor. But also to push the passengers toward the middle of the boat so the stern and bow do not drag. The middle seat is very wide so there can be two sets of rowlock sockets � front one for when there is a passenger in the back.
It can be used for storage or batteries if using a electric trolling outboard. For some time I had thought of using the Goat Island Skiff GIS design as the basis for a plywood rowboat � more slender, lighter, lower. Thus catching the wind less. Here were the models of the GIS with the Rowboat plan prototype.
Not to same scale. It also is a response to the number of lightweight plywood dory designs that are around these days. Old dories weighed hundreds of pounds and were around 20ft long overall and are reputed to need a good load of fish to make them into stable platforms under oars.
Consequently shrink them and lighten them and the stability drops off very rapidly. This plywood Rowboat has ample. Tom really wanted to show this to me under oars when I met him north of Newcastle for the photos.
Of the modern, shorter, lightweight dorys, the better ones of the modern kind paddle very easily but are tender until you have a load aboard and their speed under oars is limited by the short waterline. The worse ones are so twitchy as to be almost useless. Some try to fudge a dory shape by having curved clinker sides.
But then you lose the simplicity. This rowboat is not really suited to wavey oceans, though one who uses his off the coast of Maine enjoys it. Most will be used in estuaries are rivers where there is a chop. On thinking about the rowing boat brief�. Sooo� two sheets of ply long, needs to be a bit more utilitarian than a shell, so that one can cast a line or pick up a crab pot. The Goat Island Skiff with a foot out of the beam??
My response: Was to say, yes, yes, yes � but Richard had slightly different criteria as far as payload. For efficient rowing on the river Murray � so against current, some chop, wake from power boats, but not open ocean or rough water. Will be used for fishing I sit when I fish in a boat and exploring.
Cheap to build without sacrificing usability. Light � although this boat will be carried on a trailer, it will be launched and recovered from river banks, not boat ramps. Light enough to car top or for one person to carry would be nice but not essential.
My Response: Again � Yes. A move toward general use as Richard describes willl also make the plans more interesting to more people.
She will float a little deep with three aboard. But keeping the base of the transom narrow and shallow any bad effects will be minimal. I think she will prefer to carry three lighter individuals or a heavier adult a lighter adult and a child. Truthfully she will be at her best one up.
I drew up shape on the computer and emailed some panel outlines so models could be made by both interested parties � they are both experienced boatbuilders. The photos of the plywood rowboat plan model arrived the next morning! Peter whipped it up overnight and photographed it with the red timber glowing in the morning light. The white boat is the model of the Goat Island Skiff that Peter built years ago.
Scale is approximately similar. The version that has been developed since has more side panel flare to give a larger beam for more stability and to carry 8ft oars without outriggers. On double checking the dimensions and found that the bow had crept up too high � almost mm above the waterline � it would have caught the wind very badly � so it has been reduced but with a fraction more sheer in the stern.
The wireframe drawing reflects the Plywood Rowboat Kits Ltd current shape. It is interesting to compare the shape of the rowboat with the Goat Island Skiff GIS � below which was based around an excellent sailing performance. Reduced in the plywood rowboat by narrowing the width of the bottom throughout relative to the GIS particularly in the stern. It was tempting to go toward a canoe stern, but it would sink heavily when a passenger was in the back seat.
And Plywood Fishing Boat Plans Free Modeling stability would be reduced for other uses. Reduced but the width at the gunwale retained to provide a good base for oars. Oar length is approximately twice the beam so if the beam becomes too small then the oars have to shrink too � for less efficiency. A measure of how much volume is in the ends of the boat.
Light sailing boats like the sail powered GIS can easily average 6 to 8 knots so need extra volume in the stern and bow at speed. The plywood rowboat will only ever get up to around 3. It was hard to achieve the exact numbers required because of the transom width so we have gone as far as possible.
Getting rid of the passenger and having a canoe stern would make it easier to get the right numbers. It actually fits nicely within my range � some people build the Goat Island Skiff to serve as a rowboat where it is more than adequate when fitted with a skeg. But where less capacity, more speed for the same effort and the ability to cartop narrower and lighter is more important the Rowing Skiff will be more suitable.
Agents listed top left of every page. A swift rowing boat for one person � with the capability of carrying an extra person or two if they are not toooo heavy for fishing or picnics. Easy construction � but an easily driven shape that is rewarding to row. So it evolved in a more sensible direction.
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