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This is the final item on the Drifter 17 trimaran for now. First, will be Mark’s comment when he first sailed the trimaran and some...

This Drifter 17 item will be about the wing mast that is a ply timber build and the centre board which is a spruce or WRC build with...

Drifter 17 cross beam structure. Mark designed the cross-beam structures from timber and plywood. The folding system works well if you...

Drifter 17 plans. To help simplify some of the discussions I have managed to download some individual plan sheets in a JPEG format...

The next instalment of the Drifter 17 design is about the main hull. The Drifter 17 is a ply and timber design with glass on the...

The Drifter 17 is 17 x 12 foot with an all up towing weight of 1,900 lbs including trailer. This indicates a boat weight of about 1100...

Drifter trimarans are designed by Mark Gumprecht. The Drifter 17 is a small trailable cabin trimaran for bay and river cruising etc. The...

I understand the pitfalls of building your own boat. But we now have an incredible number of products that aren't boat-specific and...

when building my Wharram (34' Tangaroa Mk I) in the late 70s I tried to navigate the shoals of cheap-&-maintenance-intensive vs...

A short story that gives the idea of how to build a cheap boat. Be warned you will still take the same amount of time to build the cat...

Thanks Jamez. Pat McGrath (who ran Canadian multihull services and produced the original doco for the PDF above) married an Australian...

OM, Mark Gumprecht did a 17' Drifter Tri also that had a small cabin, and I cannot find any plans for it. i sent an email to an address...

Skarabougcraft. The Hirondelle 20 and "Cracksman" sold very well at the time. The Hirondelle was extended and subsequently widen in...

Back in 2019 we published a small catamaran design by Mark Grumpecht. Mark built the design in a year himself but I could not find any...

SaltyYAK. The designer of the Cirro was Robin Chamberlin who still does some design work in Tasmania of commercial boats. Look up google...