by Ben Seaborn, N. A.
This 26-ft. racing-Cruising sloop is a fine example of good design and proper application of materials.
If you've never before built a boat, this plan may at first seem discouragingly complex. It really isn't. Naturally a boat plan can't be as simple as a plan for, say, a bookcase. On a boat there are few straight lines. Parts curve up, down and sideways. And because many of these parts are rough-shaped, somewhat oversize and trimmed to fit as they're assembled, boat drawings are hard to dimension precisely.
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