Above - "Saskia" a strip planked Evening Swan built by Chris van der Craats in Australia - as he says"this has to be the Morris Minor of sailing boats, small in LOD, but enormous inside"

One of our clients, Mr. Masters liked the Grey Swan but wanted a cruiser just a little bit bigger so that she could accommodate an inboard engine and provide more room for a basic galley and stowage for a Porta-loo. Having extended the Grey Swan hull, we have also given her deeper sections allowing more space in the cabin. Some of the additional length has gone into the cockpit giving more sitting room for the crew. Installation details are given for the inboard engine to be mounted under the cockpit sole aft of the cabin but details are also shown for an outboard well right aft. The standard keel configuration is a long central ply box ballast keel with additional bilge keels which will also allow her to sit upright. Construction starts with the assembly of the pre-shaped ply bulkheads, transom and fore/aft girders. Chine stringers then go on (the plans also show alternative epoxy filleted chine joints) followed by the hull panels shapes for which, are given on the drawings.

LOD 17'6" (5.3m); Beam 7'3" (2.2m); Draft 2' (0.61m); Weight (incl. engine) 2547 lbs (1155 kg); Ballast 630 lbs (286 kg); Sail Area 216 sq.ft. (20.07 sq.m.).Note - the plans also include details/moulds for a strip planked hull.