Downloadable Sailboat Plans by George Whisstock

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Design 146 – List of Plans and Instructions

Instructions & Specifications
Instruction Book 1	Introduction – Setting Up – Frames
Instruction Book 2	Transom – Floors – Jig – Apron – Hog – Keel – Stem – Shelf – Hull Skin (Lapstrake & Cold-moulded) – Bilge Runners – Keel Deadwoods – Glass Cloth – Waterlines – Finishing Off – Turning Over & Setting Up
Instruction Book 3	Sheer – Foredeck Structures – Coachroof Structures & Coamings – Outboard Well – Cockpit Sub-structures & Completion – Side Decks & Fordeck – Sampson Posts – Coachroof Top – Main Hatch – Fore Hatch – Companionway – Coachroof Runners.
Instruction Book 4	Fitting the Ballast Keel – Centrecase & Centreboard – Making and Fitting the Interior Furniture.
Instruction Book 5	Spars & Rigging – Tabernacle – Rudder – Deck Fittings – Setting Up the Rigging – Bending the Sails – Trials.
Specifications	Basic Specification – WEST™ Fact Sheet
Plans
146-002-10	Setting-Out Grid
146-002-11	Frame Joins
146-003-01	Longitudinal Structures – Profile View
146-003-02	Longitudinal Structures – Plan View
146-003-03	Building Jig – Profile View
146-003-04	Building Jig – Detail
146-003-05	Building Jig – Plan View
146-003-06	Faying Surfaces
146-003-07	Cockpit Sides
146-003-08	Cockpit Sole
146-003-09	Cockpit Coamings 1
146-003-10	Cockpit Coamings 2
146-003-11	Cockpit Seats
146-003-12	Cockpit Seats – Detail
146-004-01	Frame -300
146-004-02	Frame -1000
146-004-03	Frame -1700
146-004-04	Frame -2600
146-004-05	Frame -3500
146-004-06	Frame -4450
146-004-07	Transom
146-004-08	Floors 1
146-004-09	Floors 2
146-004-10	Coachroof Front
146-005-01	Aft Deadwood
146-005-02	Centrecase
146-005-03	Centreboard & Centrecase Rollers
146-005-04	Lead ballast Keel
146-006-01	Outboard Well
146-006-02	Outboard Well Components & Detail
146-008-01	Rudder & Tiller
146-008-02	Rudder Board & Heel Fitting
146-009-01	Beams & Carlings
146-009-02	Breasthook
146-009-03	Coachroof Runners & Main Hatch
146-009-04	Coachroof Runners & Main Hatch – Detail
146-009-05	Companionway
146-009-06	Forehatch
146-010-01	Fwd Bunk Base
146-010-02	Fwd Bunk Fronts
146-010-03	Galley Bulkhead
146-010-04	Galley Sink Unit
146-010-05	Cook Stove Unit
146-010-06	Aft Bunk
146-010-07	WC Fwd Bulkhead
46-010-08	Port Dresser
146-010-09	WC Partition
146-010-10	WC Base
146-010-11	WC Sole
146-010-12	WC Lockers
146-010-13	Main Sole now included on Plan 146-010-15
146-010-14	WC Doors
146-010-15	Interior Layout
146-011-01	Sail Plan
146-011-02	Mainmast
146-011-03	Main Gaff
146-011-04	Main Boom
146-011-05	Mizzen Spars
146-011-06	Main Ironwork
146-011-07	Bumpkin
146-011-08	Bowsprit
146-011-09	Running Rigging
146-011-10	Mizzen Step
146-012-01	Fwd Sampson Post
146-012-02	Stemhead Fitting
146-012-03	Main Tabernacle
146-012-04	Aft Sampson Posts
146-012-05	Deck Plan

Sample Instructions & Study Plans
These are shown in red and underlined in the Table of Instructions and Plans to the left. You may need to scroll down the page to find all the Study Plans.
Sample Instructions
The Instructions are in Adobe PDF format (see below in Study Plans). To view click on the instruction book. It will open in a new Adobe Reader window. To Print, set your printer Page Setup to US Letter or A4. Click the Print icon on the toolbar (or use cmd-P or ctr-P as usual). In the Adobe Print window select All to print the whole of the instruction book or select Current Page or From ... to to print specific pages. To save the instruction book to your computer, click the Save a Copy toolbar icon, navigate to the folder you would like to save the plan to and click Save. The instruction book is then on your computer and can be retrieved for later use, printing etc. Once you are done with the instruction book, simply close the Adobe window.
DXF Files
If DXF files are available for the design, we provide a sample file for you to download and send to your local CNC facility for test purposes. DXF should be saved to a folder on your computer, rather than opened. See Downloading DXF files for further information.
Study Plans
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