Freebies

This section collects some drawings that are used in various parts of the FAQ - you can download these and print them out; they should print at the scale specified.

These images can readily be converted to other scales.

On most printers, these will be multi-page output that you'll have to "stitch" together to make a working drawing.

H. M. Schooner Union - 1:96 (1" = 8')

A center-board schooner used in the suppression of the slave trade, dated 1823 (these drawings are based on ones from Howard I. Chappell's The History of American Sailing Ships); there's also a third (unscaled) image giving some idea of the sail plan. These are:
Click for larger image. (208KB), Click for larger image. (124KB) and Click for larger image. (46KB).

Permaquid - 1:48 (1" = 4')

A 25 foot long Friendship Sloop of c1914, a fishing boat from Friendship Island, Maine. (These drawings are based on ones from Howard I. Chappell's American Small Sailing Craft). These are:
Click for larger image. (528KB), Click for larger image. (277KB) and Click for larger image. (282KB).

HMY Caroline - 1:48 (1" = 4')

My page showing my dockyard model of Caroline also has a copy of the plans I worked from, available for downloading.

Royal Barge from Chapman, Plate XLVI, No. 2 - 1:24 (1" = 2')

My page showing my dockyard model of Royal Barge, Chapman Plate XLVI, No. 2 also has a copy of the plans I worked from, available for downloading.

Royal Barge from Chapman, Plate XLVII, No. 5 - 1:24 (1" = 2')

My page showing my dockyard model of Royal Barge, Chapman Plate XLVII, No. 5 also has a copy of the plans I worked from, available for downloading.

New Haven Sharpie from Howard I Chapelle's American Small Sailing Craft, Fig. 41 - 1:48 (1" = 4')

My page showing my New Haven Sharpie also has a copy of the plans I worked from, available for downloading.
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Plans are also available online for: Mercury, a 20-gun Russian brig. It was laid down in Sevastopol in 1819.
{Madalin Popa}
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