BRUCE ROBERTS YACHT DESIGN
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Bruce Roberts-Goodson
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These sailboat plans feature simple & easy to follow STEP by STEP
CONSTRUCTION for STEEL, ALUMINUM, FIBERGLASS & WOOD EPOXY building methods.
These sailboats can be built by any person with welding skills (Steel or
Aluminum) or general handyman skills (Fiberglass or Wood Epoxy).
NO previous boat building skills are needed ... all you
need is to follow the plans and you will be able to build a beautiful
STEEL, ALUMINUM, FIBERGLASS & WOOD EPOXY
sailboat for yourself and your family's happy days on the water.
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1. ALL BOAT PLANS & FULL SIZE PATTERNS: Package
Includes latest sail boat plans, SAILBOAT building plan updates &
revisions, PLUS direct contact with the designer
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come with a BONUS PLANS -
placement of anodes, how to build a sea hood, how to build fuel & water
tanks, engine installation, electrical schematic & plumbing; all
included to assist you to build your boat. All the plans are
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DOWNLOAD directly to your computer. The
plans also include the 1,800 PAGE e-book BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT
2. All BOAT PLANS & patterns come with a
special DETAIL FOLIO on how to make some of your own fittings.
All BOAT PLANS are have both metric & imperial measurements.
All BOAT PLANS include FULL SIZE frame patterns at no extra charge.
3. Where
FIBERGLASS is mentioned as a material this means Balsa
sandwich / Foam sandwich, Single skin as the boat building material.
Most
WOOD / EPOXY designs can be built using either molded ply
or strip plank or a combination of the two methods. Many
STEEL designs can be built in
ALUMINUM;
please seek the designers advice first.
4. We personally check the BOAT PLANS for updates to
make sure you receive the latest version; we are constantly updating
all of our BOAT PLANS. PLUS you have
direct contact with the designer Bruce Roberts-Goodson.
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This Spray 27 was build in wood by a German sailor. |
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Spray 27
Trailerable
...
boat plans include
Gaff rig
.
Bermudian rig .
Junk rig
There are over 5,000 Sprays already sailing world wide plus over 1,000
currently being built from our boat plans and STEEL OR ALUMINUM PLANS &
CUTTING FILES. We have been willing to listen to every combination of idea's
about this wonderful boat and several layouts have been drawn. Many of these
features are interchangeable between the various versions.
After several builders asked for
a trailerable stretched version of the Spray 22, we produced the Spray
27.....This boat is incredibly popular ... over 300 sailing world-wide.
There are two basic layouts - either regular or pilot house - and either can
be rigged with a gaff sail plan or as a Bermudan sloop. Both regular Trunk
cabin and Pilot house versions for each material - STEEL, ALUMINUM,
FIBERGLASS & WOOD EPOXY as applicable to the particular boat plan - with up
the boat plans.
Check out our
SPRAY NEWSLETTER for details.
L.O.D. |
8.23 m |
27'
0" |
L.W.L. |
6.55 m |
21'
6" |
BEAM |
2.59 m |
8'
6" |
DRAFT |
0.84 m |
2'
9" |
AUX PWR |
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10 hp |
Trailerable Weight |
1,500
kg |
3,306
lb |
Loaded Displacement |
1,825
kg |
4,023
lb |
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Spray 27
Version A
(Standard Coach House)
Gaff sloop shown. Bermudian
Sloop & Junk rig also included with boat plans & study boat plans.
Here we see the profile and plan
view of the accommodation. Other layouts are possible and many builders make
changes to suit their own particular requirements. |
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Spray 27
Version A
(Standard Coach House)
Here is another rig that will
suit this boat ... the junk rig is very popular with Spray owners who report
that the rig is easy to handle and performs well on their Spray.
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Spray 27
Version A
(Standard Coach House)
Hi Bruce, I wanted to let you know
that this afternoon I launched my Spray 27 right here in Iowa & I did
it all by myself. Properly enough I named her PERSEVERANCE. Next comes the
engine test, then we are putting up the sails, and she is heading for South
Florida. Thank you Art Cruz |
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Spray 27
Version A
(Standard Coach House)
Hi, Bruce: In September 1999 I
had the transom plate rolled and it was the first plate I tacked on my
boat (27 Spray). Well, I would like to let you know that yesterday July 22
I finally finished welding the whole hull. Considering I left for last the
keel plate I had a professional welder finished it. It looks real strong.
Now I can concentrate in sanding the hull and prime it so I can roll it
over. Maybe two weeks. Thank you for your support...Art
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Spray 27
Version A
(Standard Coach House)
Another gaff rigged Spray 27 .. this
particular owner is very pleased with his boat and particularly likes the
gaff rig. |
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Spray 27
Version A
(Standard Coach House) |
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Spray 27
Version B
WOOD EPOXY (Pilot House) |
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Greetings,
Bruce.
My name is Igor. I am a Russian
architect. Excuse for the bad English as this is an electronic translation.
I live in Siberia near to beautiful big lake Baikal. I very much wanted to
construct a boat and 4 years ago I found on the Internet the description of
your Spray 27.
You have sent me drawings by e-mail.
I have a little changed the project. 2 years proceeded construction. The
hull - metal, with a wooden cabin. I have named her *Mobi Dick*. In
August 2006 I and my wife of 2 weeks travelled across Baikal.
On travel the boat has very much
liked me. She is reliable. She is not overloaded with sails. Allows me to
operate alone. Long Keel is super. She goes against a wind! Many friends
have become interested in this project and now 3 more hulls are in work.
I want to thank you for the
successful project. Best regards! Igor V.Logvanov.
SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS BOAT IN
STUDY boat plans
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Spray 27
Version B
(Pilot House)
One competent computer operator who was
also a Spray 27 builder wanted get a better idea of how his boat would
look ! |
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Spray 27
Version B
(Pilot House)
Here we see the profile and plan
view of the version B accommodation. Other layouts are possible and many
builders make changes to suit their own particular requirements. |
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Spray 27
Version B
(Pilot House) |
Dan Aadland's building of his Spray 27 in Wood Epoxy
The lifelong desire to sail has prompted my present (major) project, a Spray
27 cutter designed by Bruce Roberts. This is the second smallest of his
Spray series and the larger of the two trailerable ones. A multi-chine
plywood design, the cutter can be built with either Marconi or gaff rigs and
in either pilot house or conventional sailboat configuration. Luckily,
decisions on those two matters need not be made until bulkheads are
installed, so I have a while yet to decide.
I made two modifications.
First, the Sprays have a
conventional transom which turns to vertical for the upper one foot. I kept
the taper of the transom all the way aft, which will increase cockpit (or
lazarette) space and overall length (to about 28'). The shape is more
pleasing to my eye. Secondly, I am building the hull with a modified
stitch-and-glue or, more accurately, epoxy chine method. I’ve built the hull
over the same temporary frames specified but eliminating the chine logs and
instead edge-gluing the plywood panels with filled epoxy.
The hull is roughed in and
when fibreglasses will be turned over with the temporary frames still
supporting it. At that point the fillets of filled epoxy will be installed
inside as the chines. This modification was done with the blessings of Mr.
Roberts himself, incidentally.
A Spring ‘99 Update: I
completed the planking, built up the keel with fir, and built a steel
ballast box to be later filled with lead and thickened resin. This
ballast box, still empty, was fitted into place and the wooden keel
laminated up around it. Then I removed it to be bolted in
position later with the hull upright.
I also located an
old-but-good Yanmar 8h.p. diesel, the old horizontal cylinder model, and
purchased it for later installation.
A stern view of the hull, now covered with 6 oz. fiberglass cloth set
in epoxy resin. (Much sanding and fairing remains before it will be
ready for paint.) To turn the hull we had, naturally, a party.
Two heavy Polly ropes were
run from the ends of the trusses on each side of our pole shed, under the
hull (but over the building form), then to cable-type “come-along's.”
To protect the hull we padded the area with tires and also put foam pipe
insulation over the ropes. Then we cranked on the come-alongs until
the hull lifted off the form. We lifted the hull until it went over gently
onto the ropes. Then everyone quickly skidded the building form
forward out of the way. Then we pushed the hull back onto the concrete
building platform and blocked it.
Final positioning of the hull
was easy, and with this nice old-fashioned straight keel design, the hull
ended up dead level with the waterline (as shown by the marks on the
temporary frames still inside).
Emily and I posed in front of
our sailboat to be, then she posed me by the stern. We’re tentatively
planing to name the boat Sjo Hest, “sea horse” in Norwegian, a marriage of
our Scandinavian heritage and our preoccupation with the world of horses.
Hopefully it will take us over the waters of Puget Sound and the Sea of
Cortez. Watch this space for more on the building of Dan Aadland's Spray 27 |
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Setting up the frames |
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Ballast keel section is being
welded |
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Ballast keel in position; will be removed after
completing lamination of the wooden sections. |
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Hull ready for turn-over |
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Dan and Emily Aadland |
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