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25' Songthrush Dutch Yacht
Full Plans
$552 England & EU
$470 USA/Elsewhere 
Extra for Steel details
$88 England & EU
$75 USA/Elsewhere 
Study Plans
$40 England & EU
$34 USA/Elsewhere 

This pretty little Dutch style yacht finds it’s heritage in the Hegst fishing boats of the Scheldt area of Holland. Construction can be of ply or rough cheap timber for those who want a small, cheap live-aboard boat. She has room for two to sleep in the cockpit under a boom tent, double berth settee and large fore cabin for stowage. The cockpit/bunk fronts, frames and bottom hull panel are pre-shaped and form a prefabricated ply structure. The hull sides and bulwarks are then added oversize and trimmed later. The curvaceous bow is formed by 2 overlapping layers of ply for ease in construction.

25' Songthrush Dutch Yacht Particulars

LOD 24'11" 7.6m
Beam 9'6" 2.9m
Draft 1'6"/4'6" 0.46/1.37m
Sail Area 352 sq.ft 32.74 sq.m
Displacement 3.1 tons 3.15 tonnes
Ballast 0.7 tons 0.71 tonnes
Maximum Headroom 5'4" 1.63m
Accommodation Room for 4 berths, galley and wc
Engine Usually outboard - 8-10 hp

Hull Shape

Flat bottom single chine
Construction Methods Ply over frame and steel
Major plywood requirements 19 x 6mm sheets
36 x 12mm sheets
Guidance Use Coastal/offshore
Drawing/Design Package 7 x A1 drawings + 2 x A4 instruction sheets
Additions and alterations included with the plans Steel hull construction details