"Skye Maid" begins

Begin with the end in mind say motivational experts! There's nothing like looking at drawings of the finished boat to strir the body into boat building action.  Above is a pic of Kees Prins drawing for my Fulmar cruising conversion with the sail plan and hull expansion I specified.  The boat dimensions (for this design is named named "Far Fetch" by Kees - i.e. taking his own design a little further) are as follows:

Lenght Overall (LOA) excluding bow sprit - 16ft 9inches - 5.10m
Lenght on Waterline (DWL) - 16ft 1 inch  - 4.90m
Beam - 6ft 4.5inches - 1.94m
Draft - 13.5inches/4 feet   -  0.34m/1.20m
Displacement 1900lbs  - 865kg
Ballast Keel Shoe - 230lbs  - 105kg
Boat Weight 1400lbs  - 640kg
Sail Area 150sq ft  - 14sq m

If you interested in building this design contact Kees Prins at keesprins@gmail.com  You will need to purchase Kees' construction plans as well as the original Iain Oughtred Fulmar plans.  You will find Iain's plans available on the web from a number of sources including Wooden Boat Magazine in the US and Jordan Boats in UK.  In Australia Iain Oughtred is represented by Robert Ayliffe of Straydogboatworks http://www.straydogboatworks.com/

For the moment the name I am giving to my boat is SKYE MAID.  This is both a tribute to outstanding  small boat design work of Iain Oughtred and reflects both his current home in the Isle of Skye and my Scottish heritage (one branch of my ancestors comes from the Isle of Skye where Iain now resides).  My previous boat, a Sunmaid 20 was named "Brigadoon".