Boatbuilding Web Site Update and New Stock Boat Plans

I've just updated the Spira International Easy To Build Boat Plans web site and added some new stock plans. You can now buy the Sitka 27' Pacific power dory plans, the Alamitos 15' vee-bottom dory plans, and the 13' Marsh Rat Duck hunting boat plans.

I also added a page about Custom Boat and Marine Equipment Design where I discuss my capabilities to design your semi-custom boat ideas, custom work boat, pleasure boat and yacht designs, marine facilities and equipment design, heavy load lifting and moving equipment and marine hydraulics systems and equipment. Stop by and take a look: Spira International Custom Boat and Marine Equipment Design.

I also added articles in the free articles section including: "Bearings for Seawater Immersion Use," "Portable Piers - How to Unload Ships Without Port Facilities," and "How to Move Massive Structures Using Hydraulics." You can check them out at: Boatbuilding Article Directory.

- Jeff

Ultra Light Duck Boat Plans Now Available

Announcing the Marsh Rat, an ultralight duck hunting boat that you can build at home. The Marsh Rat is easily built in the typical home workshop using materials available at any home improvement warehouse of lumber yard.

This convenient size boat can handle two hunters and a dog, and will handle the rough autumn and winter water conditions normally encountered during duck hunting season, yet is lightweight enough to be car-topped and carried by one person through the weeds to get those really good remote duck hunting spots. Ducks are smart enough to not land near boat launch ramps, so how come duck boats aren't designed to be launched in unimproved places. Well, this one is. Be sure to check out the Marsh Rat Duck Hunting boat page: Marsh Rat Ultralight Duck Hunting Boat Plans Page.