Boat Plans: Small and Fast
Don Watland
Way, way, back (circa 1963), I built an 8', flat bottom "hydroplane" (not a
step-hydro) from a set of plans I ran down through an ad in Popular Mechanics.
I believe it was called the "Yellow Jacket" (or maybe "Hornet"). With an 7.5
hp motor, it would do somewhere around 25+ mph, and with 18 hp, it was
awesome, if not scary. The bottom was formed from a single sheet of marine
plywood, and thetop (front section) was made from stretched muslim coated with
dope and several coats of paint. Small, light, and fast. Would anyone have
the slightest idea where this, or something like it could be found. If so,
e-mail me directly at: wat...@indirect.com
Thanks ........ DW
Craig Wall
In article <watland.6...@indirect.com>, wat...@indirect.com says...
I have "Yellow Jacket" plans- this was a W.D. Jackson design.
Craig Wall
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Palmer T. Davis
In a previous article, wat...@indirect.com (Don Watland) says:
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>Way, way, back (circa 1963), I built an 8', flat bottom "hydroplane" (not a
>step-hydro) from a set of plans I ran down through an ad in Popular Mechanics.
If you meant "hydrofoil" and not "hydroplane", the plans you're looking for
can be found at http://www.stevproj.com/SpecPurp.html and cost $10.
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Palmer Davis ___
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Craig Wall
In article <4ntctj$6...@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu>, pt...@po.CWRU.Edu says...
>If you meant "hydrofoil" and not "hydroplane", the plans you're looking for
>can be found at http://www.stevproj.com/SpecPurp.html and cost $10.
No, he means hydroplane.
Craig Wall
Craig Wall
Don, your email is bouncing. Here is the reply to your email to me:
wat...@indirect.com (Don Watland) Wrote:
|
| >"Yellow Jacket" is a W.D. Jackson design- I haven't
| built one yet,
| >but I will, and I do have the plans. I think it's an
| outstanding design.
|
| Could this be the one and same that I build when I was in
| high school ....
| way, way back around '62 or '63? The one I did was mad
| from a single sheet
| of marine plywood for the bottem, and the top deck was
| made by stretching
| muslim over the ribs (maybe the wrong term), and which was
| then doped and
| painted, resulting in a fabric top much like the skin on
| fabric covered planes.
|
| If so, would you let me know how, or from whom I could get
| a set of said plans.
|
| Thanks for the quick response.
|
| Don Watland
| wat...@indirect.com
The Yellow Jacket is indeed built that way, but there were a couple
of other nearly identical hydros that Jackson published and which were
again re-published about the time you and I were in highschool and seeing
those magazines like BoatBuilder.
Let me ask you one question: do you remember the details of the bottom?
The Yellow Jacket has an additional cut and bevel to form a beveled chine
for high speed turning, whereas the other "pumpkin seed" type hydros that
Jackson did and which were around at the same time had the bottom sheet
merely gathered at the bow by cutting a dart and pulling it together and fastening
it to the keel. The Yellow Jacket had, besides the true chines, a substantial
stringer that bolstered the bevel chine formed by a cut in the plywood about 4"
in from the true chine. It made the bottom harder to construct, but you could
slide around at full throttle without tripping.
The most popular "other" hydro he had out at the same time was the "Skeeter",
which was almost identical to the Yellow Jacket but did not have the anti-trip
bevel chine bottom.
I have plans for both in my collection. I can send you whichever copy you think
is the correct one- I only do this for people I think are genuinely interested- but
you should know that someone has published a collection of W.D. Jackson's
designs, and it's possible that we could be violating a copyright law. For that
reason, I will provide the plans free- IOW's, I don't want money changing hands.
Shoot me an address, and let me know which it is- and I'll get them in the mail.
Craig Wall
