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T-SHIRTS

ON THE WATER OR ON LAND: available via online shops in USA & Europe.
T-shirts with boating logos "Pedal power" and "Serendipitous Snail."
Description & links to shops

DESIGN FILE

Note: Plans that are not available, either because they have been discontinued or because they are study sketches that have not been realized, are in the "building record" section below.

APHASIA: 152'-4" x ???
Six-place day cruiser - picnic boat with twin SEACYCLE drive units.
Plans: $50 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description    * Layout    * Photos

ESCARGOT: 18'-6" x 6'-0" trailerable
Canal and sheltered inland waterways cruiser. Accomodations are for two plus one.
Outboard propulsion.
Plans: $150 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description   * Layout * Photos * Times Article

FRIEND-SHIP: 22'-9" x 8'-0"
For canal-cruising or exploring sheltered inland waters. Outboard propulsion.
Plans: $190 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description    * Layout

L'ARK: 18'-6" x 6'-6" trailerable
Variation of ESCARGO with centerline headroom and berths for four. Outboard propulsion.
Plans: (ESCARGOT supplement) $20 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description    * Layout

JOLIBOAT: 22'-9" x 8'-0" trailerable
For canal cruising or exploring sheltered inland waters. Outboard propulsion.
Plans: $120 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description    * Layout

SKIFFCYCLE: 15'-7" x 3'-9" car-topper
Light single-place day cruiser. SEACYCLE drive unit.
Plans: $50 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description    * Layout

SANPRAM: 12'-4" x 2'-6", draft 2'-3"
Single-place day cruiser with DORYCYCLE v-belt drive and self-made propeller.
Plans: $120 in the USA - other countries on request.
        Description    * Layout    * Photos

BUILDING RECORD (no plans available)

These plans are either no longer available, or are study sketches that have not yet realized.

DORYCYCLE: 16'-0" x 4'-3" trailerable
Grand Banks dory with skeg and outboard rudder, V-belt drive and self-made propeller.
        Description   * Layout

SERENDIPITOUS SNAIL: 16'-0" x 5'-3" trailerable
Two-place canal and inland waterways cruiser with twin SEACYCLE drive units.
        Description    * Layout

SIMS' SKIFF: 21'-0" x 5'-0"
With a tip of the hat to Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 classic Three Men in a Boat.
        Description    *    Layout

SWEET & SIMPLE SAMPAN: 12'-0" x 4'-0"
       Layout

TECHNICAL MEMO FILE

BUILDING A WOODEN PROPELLER:
Procedure for making a low-speed propeller of epoxied laminated plywood.
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RUNNING SPEED TRIALS:
Simple procedure for conducting and plotting progressive speed trials.
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