Plans to build the 17' Kachemak Vee-Bottom Carolina Dory
Introducing the Eureka Pacific Power Dory. Easy to build plans are available for immediate download.
About Vee Bottom Carolina Dories
Quite a number of people have written me and asked for a vee bottom version of my Carolina Dories. These vee bottom Carolina dories offer all of the advantages of the flat bottom version, low power, good speed good sea keeping abilities, and ease of construction, with a more modern, vee bottomed hull, to keep the pounding down and improve the performance in a chop. They're a bit more complex to build than their flat bottomed cousins, but are still well within the realm of an amateur boat builder. They're constructed of standard milled construction lumber, available at any lumber yard, and covered with exterior grade plywood. When you epoxy and fiberglass cover the outsides, they result in an extremely rugged boat, one that will serve for many years with modest maintenance.
The Kechemak is for those who like the vee bottom Carolina dory style but want it in a campact form for easy trailering, launching and storage. This sharp 17 footer is ideal for choppy, rough stuff where you cant to take a couple of anglers or small family out for a smooth ride. These rugged boats take surprisingly little power. A 20 hp outboard will get them up on a plane and with a 40 or so, you'll fly. Why spand all of that money on gas for a heavy fiberglass deep vee that takes twice as much power for the same performance.
Free Study Plans for the Kachemak Vee-Bottom Carolina Dory
Our study plans are two of the actual construction drawings. They're not enough information for you to build the boat, but they do give you the overall boat size, shape and construction methods. This is a pdf file readable with the free Adobe Acrobat pdf file reader.
Complete Construction Plans for the Kachemak Vee-Bottom Carolina Dory - Only $59.99
The construction plans for the Kachemak are available for download from the Internet in Adobe pdf format. To purchase, you will be taken to the PayPal site where you may use a credit card, debit card, or e-check. It's safe and secure. California residents must pay 7.75% sales tax.
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