Plans for a 15'-18' flats skiff

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I am looking for some direction in finding plans for a 15'-18' flats skiff. Could you direct me to any sites that you may know of? I am have little luck just randomly searching.
Thanks.

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Two sources you might look at are:
http://www.bateau.com/ and http://www.parker-marine.com/

You will find many more at http://boatdesign.net/directory/Boat_Plans/

Originally Posted by Archive

I am looking for some direction in finding plans for a 15'-18' flats skiff. Could you direct me to any sites that you may know of? I am have little luck just randomly searching.
Thanks.

My dad is a custom boat builder on the chesapeake bay. He builds 25'-55' wooden bay style commercial fishing boats. Over the years he has built many 14'-20' wood flat bottom skiffs or row boats. They have a sharp bow with a square transom for outboard engines. They are a low freeboard hull design with a hard (square) chine perfect for rowing, outbord engine and a kilson for briggs & straton inboards. Great for shoal water areas. He built me a 16' in a day which I canverted easily into a small sail boat. These style skiffs date back to the early 1800's and have been very popular for water fowl hunting, trot lining and fishing. Somewhat heavy but easy to handle. Contact me at DEWEY.HART@US.ARMY.MIL and I can have him draw you a set of plans.