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Thinking about building a shallow draft skiff... I already have a 10 hp motor... occasionally protected bays to throw out a few crab rings... standing and casting a fly rod... light, shallow, low power. I like pointy boats ... Take a look at the FS18... pointy, stable for crabbing/fly fishing, hull...

I am building a FL12 or 14 and would like to get a small elec. motor... I also have a small 12ft sloop... I'd like to be able to use the same motor on it. As long as you are prepared to carry, and switch a 60 lb battery from one boat to the other, a 12 volt trolling motor should work fine for your ...

So if you duplicated the skiff in S&G you would have a boat without the feel and behavior of one “developed by generations of [Smith Island] watermen...â€

Beautiful!

Like Ranger said, it’s a well developed, and constructed, skiff for proging around the marshes.

Based on the side view, I get a LOA of about 13:1 to the depth of the hull at midships. So if my calculations are right, and it is 15’ long, the depth at midships would be about 13â€

Anyone interested in maritime history should definitely visit the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum when in the area... besides skipjacks, buy boats and “skiffsâ€

How was it used... outboard/sailing/rowing/poling?

Do you have any pictures?

Rescue Minor in action:

http://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Photo ... landRM.mov

Sorry, I was wrong, the boat plans site is still bateau.com. I’m running Firefox (on a Mac) and it’s fine, but it could be a PC/Foxfire problem.

Is your version of Firefox up to date?

It's now bateau2.com

Vman777 wrote:I love the Hooper Island Draketail. Wish somebody had plans or somebody would do one, say in a 25'-30' range.

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum store has plans for “Martha,â€