Build Your Own Cabin Cruiser Boat

My main concerns would be the caulking between the planks and i would have offset the butt joints.

Build your own cabin cruiser boat.

In 1968 my wife and i started out with our first cabin cruiser. She was a 17 foot aluminum hull starcraft outboard cruiser with a small cuddy cabin for two and a removable pail for. At present only their smaller models up to 17ft 5 18m are available in kit form and the storm 17 open dayboat has found a loyal following. Our family of sport boats is designed for your family s excitement with every detail delivering the ultimate in style performance and fun.

Now i ll walk through some of my own experiences onboard my family s cabin cruisers over the years. Our first cabin cruiser. Although this section describes the building of a sedan cruiser this particular hull with a few changes in the cabin construction is readily adaptable to a sport fisher express cruiser or utility boat. This is the way i built my own boat.

Or simply take a closer look at your favorite model. Any sport boat deck boat cabin cruiser. I congratulate you on building a boat without plans or a whole lot of boat building experience. How to build a wooden boat with a cabin.

Build your own cabin cruiser. It was named the pm 38 because the magazine claimed that it could not only be built in 38 hours for a materials cost of a mere 38 1962 prices but would when launched do 38 mph the one pictured was built by mark in harpers ferry west virginia. Diy 21 foot cabin cruiser from scratch no plans discussion in boatbuilding started by steviepage101 oct 9. Swallow boats make a few small cuddy cabin cruisers such as the bayraider pbo february 2009 and will be releasing a kit version of the baycruiser shortly.

The pm 38 plans for the pm 38 free motorboat plan first appeared in the august 1962 issue of the popular mechanics magazine. Build your own cruiser duration. These plans are for a large cabin cruiser boat measuring 25 feet. Seawon i 1968 to 1972.

Notes on fitting out wooden cabin cruisers. Skip navigation sign in. Whether you are building one from scratch renovating an old one or even buying one there are also numerous ways in which the layout will determine her comfort and efficiency.