by Edson I. Schock
LOA 20', 8' 3", DRAFT 1' 10", DISPLACEMENT 2,270 LBS.
Fishermen will be most interested in this design. She has an open cockpit, but enough cabin to be snug in bad weather.
For the yachtsman who wants a small “Sport Fisherman” type of boat this could be a suitable hull. She has good speed, beam enough for safety, a place to get in out of the weather in a rain squall, a shelter for the skipper in cold weather, and she is a good sea boat. The little cabin is not meant for cruising, but if you are some distance from your home port and a bad sea kicks up, you can spend the night on the boat and avoid a run home when it would be unwise for such a small boat to go out. She should make a good utility launch or fishing boat. This boat cannot be plywood planked. She should be planked in the conventional style with 4” planks, or in the Maine—lobster-boat style with narrow strips. The strip planking is the easiest for the amateur, and the cheapest.
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