BEN-MY-CHREE: Knockabout sloop, Design #53

plans set

12 sheets of plans for 28 ft. knockabout sloop, BEN-MY-CHREE (built 1932), design #53 by L. Francis Herreshoff. Dates on plans range from 01-1932 to 1956. 1 sheet is a duplicate.

There were 3 versions of the keel of this boat:
Original keel - centerboard version as designed in 1932 for Willoughby H. Stuart Jr., weight is listed in the scantlings as “about 1,175 lbs”
Version #2 - centerboard version, keel redesigned in 1934, notation by L. Francis Herreshoff on this version that “weight was added and the top is straight”
Version #3 - for Thomas Taylor in 1955 - full keel, change in rudder, weight listed as 1,950 lbs

List of Plans available:
38.194.1 - lines and offsets for the 1934 keel version -dated 1934
38.194.2 - lines - for 1932 original keel and the 1955 new keel for Thomas Taylor
38.194.3 - offsets for the original 1932 version for Mr. Stuart
38.194.4 - construction plan, sections, deck arrangement, deck framing and scantlings list - all 3 keel versions are shown (tracing cloth)
38.194.5 - sail plan and outboard profile, 1932 keel with later revision for the 1955 version
38.194.6 - lead keel - 1934 version - redesign of the keel in 1934 (tracing cloth)
38.194.7 - spar details, mast and rigging section, dated 1932 - (tracing cloth)
38.194.8 - half model lines - not dated, the shallow draft keel version of 1932 - for a “solid half model,”
38.194.10 - rigging list as altered for Thomas Taylor in 1955 - dated 1955

Sole rights to all construction of this design, in non-traditional materials, are held by Doughdish, LLC. (E .& D. Stuart, Inc.) MA, USA, http://www.stuartknockaboutllc.com/. . Plans provided by the Ships Plans Library of Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. are for research purposes only. Any vessels built from plans obtained from the historic collection of Mystic Seaport are intended for individual use in traditional wooden construction for one vessel only.

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