Minnesota ice sailor, Pat Heppert, has put his virtual drafting pencil to paper and produced AutoCAD plans for his C Skeeter build, DRIFTER. Download them here. Download AutoCAD plans for a C Skeeter iceboat.
Iceboat designs!
Iceboat designs! 12-20-2008, 04:05 PM. We have been thinking of building a small ice/snow, sail boat. can anyone direct us to a simple small design the can be taken down easy and used for sailing on snow laden lakes as well as ice? Tags: None. paladin. Senior Senior Member. Join Date: Dec 2000. Posts: 26475. Share.
Mini Skeeter Iceboat
The Mini Skeeter was made primarily as a fun leisure iceboat that I could use on smaller lakes. The goal I was aiming for is a small, comfortable, warm iceboat that looks elegant. The fuselage is about slightly more than10′ long. The beam is 82″. The sails are 5.5 square meters and 4 square meters.
Mini Skeeter Dual Sport Plans PDF
The Plans consist of over 60 pages of pictures, cut sheets, drawings and a liability release for the designer. It includes the original fuselage, the large fuselage, the iceboat version and the landsailer version. I list various vendors for the parts (sail, rigging, wheels and ice runners etc.).
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Download DN iceboat plans for free or order a set of 18" x 24" plans. Download AutoCAD plans for a C Skeeter iceboat. Every iceboat is a rocket. My little homebuilt DN-60s topped out at more than 50 mph on smooth ice. The Cheapskate is basically a DN re-rigged with a Sunfish sail.
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Numerous plans and building instructions for a large variety of ice-boats--both power and sail!
Renegade
About the Renegade Iceboat. The Renegade is an excellent boat for those seeking spirited on-design racing. It has been a winner and trend-setter ever since its unveiling in 1947, providing many of the design features found in today's Skeeters. The Renegade bears 67 square feet of sail on a bendy wing spar, making it a powerful racing yacht in ...
Iceboat design questions
The boat immediately makes a very sharp, full-speed turn and the heel of your loose foot hits the ice. The unplanned turn is somwhat dangerous and if your heel hits a bump in the rough ice at speed, it could easily break your leg.
Ice Boat Plans How to Build Ice Boats
By referring to " How to Rig and Sail Small Boats ," he can find several simple kinds of sails illustrated. Fig. 188 shows the top view of an ice-boat a trifle larger than the one just described; the braces shown in the diagram are unnecessary on very small craft.
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The ice boat is each year becoming more popular. Anyone with even small experience in using tools can construct such a craft, and the pleasure many times repays the effort.
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Free Boat Plans You Can Build This Week (with PDFs) 1. The Wanigan. PC Duckworks Boat Builders Supply. The Wanigan boat began as a garvey design, which is one of the older boat plans known to the Americas. Traditionally, these boats were built as work scows and were very popular among American summer camps.
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The ice boat is each year becoming more popular. Anyone with even small experience in using tools can construct such a craft, and the pleasure many times...
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Assembly: 1 evening, depends on user skill. Materials: Wood, Ripstop-Dacron-Nylon-Carbon-Steel-3D Printed Parts. Control Type: Servo Control Sail and Steering with Optional Propulsion for low or no wind days. Sail: Original Green with Black Edges. Sail Span: 16"Wx38"L.
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Iceboat plans ???
Home-built plans There is an old Mechanix Illustrated plan called a FrostFish using a Sunfish rig. Boat is pretty much 2 X 4s and plywood, but it will get you on the ice. I'm afraid your rig won't be very fast since any sailboat sail tends to have way too much draft for iceboats.
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Minnesota ice sailor, Pat Heppert, has put his virtual drafting pencil to paper and produced AutoCAD plans for his C Skeeter build, DRIFTER. Download them here. Download AutoCAD plans for a C Skeeter iceboat.
Iceboat designs! 12-20-2008, 04:05 PM. We have been thinking of building a small ice/snow, sail boat. can anyone direct us to a simple small design the can be taken down easy and used for sailing on snow laden lakes as well as ice? Tags: None. paladin. Senior Senior Member. Join Date: Dec 2000. Posts: 26475. Share.
The Mini Skeeter was made primarily as a fun leisure iceboat that I could use on smaller lakes. The goal I was aiming for is a small, comfortable, warm iceboat that looks elegant. The fuselage is about slightly more than10′ long. The beam is 82″. The sails are 5.5 square meters and 4 square meters.
The Plans consist of over 60 pages of pictures, cut sheets, drawings and a liability release for the designer. It includes the original fuselage, the large fuselage, the iceboat version and the landsailer version. I list various vendors for the parts (sail, rigging, wheels and ice runners etc.).
Download DN iceboat plans for free or order a set of 18" x 24" plans. Download AutoCAD plans for a C Skeeter iceboat. Every iceboat is a rocket. My little homebuilt DN-60s topped out at more than 50 mph on smooth ice. The Cheapskate is basically a DN re-rigged with a Sunfish sail.
Numerous plans and building instructions for a large variety of ice-boats--both power and sail!
About the Renegade Iceboat. The Renegade is an excellent boat for those seeking spirited on-design racing. It has been a winner and trend-setter ever since its unveiling in 1947, providing many of the design features found in today's Skeeters. The Renegade bears 67 square feet of sail on a bendy wing spar, making it a powerful racing yacht in ...
The boat immediately makes a very sharp, full-speed turn and the heel of your loose foot hits the ice. The unplanned turn is somwhat dangerous and if your heel hits a bump in the rough ice at speed, it could easily break your leg.
By referring to " How to Rig and Sail Small Boats ," he can find several simple kinds of sails illustrated. Fig. 188 shows the top view of an ice-boat a trifle larger than the one just described; the braces shown in the diagram are unnecessary on very small craft.
The ice boat is each year becoming more popular. Anyone with even small experience in using tools can construct such a craft, and the pleasure many times repays the effort.
Free Boat Plans You Can Build This Week (with PDFs) 1. The Wanigan. PC Duckworks Boat Builders Supply. The Wanigan boat began as a garvey design, which is one of the older boat plans known to the Americas. Traditionally, these boats were built as work scows and were very popular among American summer camps.
The ice boat is each year becoming more popular. Anyone with even small experience in using tools can construct such a craft, and the pleasure many times...
Assembly: 1 evening, depends on user skill. Materials: Wood, Ripstop-Dacron-Nylon-Carbon-Steel-3D Printed Parts. Control Type: Servo Control Sail and Steering with Optional Propulsion for low or no wind days. Sail: Original Green with Black Edges. Sail Span: 16"Wx38"L.
Buying a sailboat can be expensive, but building your own can save you money. So what are sailboats you can build from home?
Build your own sail boat yatch from 9 feet to 63 feet in length. Fully featured wooden boat plans for home construction in Plywood, Steel and Fibre Glass.
Forum. Designs / Plans. The WoodenBoat Forum is sponsored by WoodenBoat Publications, publisher of WoodenBoat magazine. The Forum is a free service, and much like the "free" content on Public Radio, we hope you will support WoodenBoat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine. To get WoodenBoat delivered to your door or computer, mobile device ...
"Building boats from Glen-L plans is simple and straight forward…I honestly have never run into a problem, unless it was of my own making. Follow Glen-L's plans and you can't go wrong." Dr. Norman Cove, Bahamas "Boat building is one of the few pursuits where utilization of the end product is as rewarding as its […]
For most amateurs, plywood is the material of choice. Plywood is one of the cheapest and easiest building materials, one that the average do-it-yourselfer is both familiar and comfortable with. Plywood is also, pound for pound, stronger than steel. Because of its high strength to weight, plywood construction yields a boat that is much lighter […]
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Bruce Roberts Yacht Designs offer boat building project management arrangements for boats built overseas at affordable prices. Sailboat and Powerboat building plans and kits available for building steel boats, fiberglass boats, aluminum boats and wood epoxy boats.
Home-built plans There is an old Mechanix Illustrated plan called a FrostFish using a Sunfish rig. Boat is pretty much 2 X 4s and plywood, but it will get you on the ice. I'm afraid your rig won't be very fast since any sailboat sail tends to have way too much draft for iceboats.
Dumas Products. Serving the model hobby industry since 1947. Office hours Monday-Thursday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm MST. Closed Friday-Sunday. 520-623-3742.
Take a road tip to Wiscasset for art, food, car racing and a gargantuan amount of candy.