Posted on December 15th,2009We realized that we have been running this blog for over four years now. This is the second iteration of it,as of last Winter,so our analytics are incomplete. It is the case for the last several months,however,–and we promise that it has basically always been the case –that one of our first posts,on the Wayfarer Dinghy,is the most popular on the whole blog. Specifically,we called out the poor decision on the part of designer Ian Proctor’s descendants and the various Wayfarer Dinghy associations to not publish plans for the Wayfarer so they could be built at home.
We find it interesting that this post has had such legs and dare to think that it might mean that we are not alone in searching for the plans. Want more evidence,over the same period (3/14/09 to 12/14/09),one of the top search terms that brought visitors here was “wayfarer dinghy plans.”We think there is unmet desire here and it is time to publish the plans. Again,we are all for fair one-design racing,and we also think that issues raised by home-built boats in this context could be mitigated (e.g.,validation by the association at the owner’s expense). We just don’t find the reasons for holding back compelling.
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Some people are selfish,I just want sail and have fun. Can’t have a ragotta here in Eugene Oregon,there’s no Wayfarers…Would love to build a club from the ground up,just need plans.
I found an ad for a “wayfarer kit”some years ago,I still have it,and I thought it was a beautiful craft,it’s lines were calling to me,“build me”. I thought,if I ever have the time to build a boat,that’s the one I would build. Now that I have the time,I find there’s no plans available. Oh well,maybe I’ll build the “Conga”,still available free plans at “polysail international”the “Sunray”and “Super sunray”are also pretty boats,and share similar characteristics with the “Wayfarer”Good Luck to all homebuilders.
I have a Wayfarer made as a kit I think #915 I also think the wooden wayfarer,should keep going.I tried about 6 years a go to get rights to build wooden Wayfarers,but no luck. I do have building plans if any one like copys. Free with cost of printing and postage. theboatwright@mac.com
Thanks for visiting,Brad. Seems like a bunch of folks would like those plans,but let’s keep it legal.
what do you mean by keep it legal,are these plans not for sale?
They are not. That’s the whole unfortunate part. I think there would be a great demand for them,but the designer’s estate won’t license them.
Like many others,I would like to build a Wayfarer from plans. Stumbled across this blog looking for a source for the plans. The fact is that a Wayfarer is not much different in design to an Enterprise (just scaled up from 13’3 to 16′) and building an Enterprise is not that difficult. So the argument that it would be too difficult for the amateur is spurious. Nothing to stop you buying an old scrap heap job and doing it up though. Jon
Indeed guys!
The concept that became the wayfarer as I understand was briefed to be an affordable and easy home build kit that could be made from x (4)? Sheets of standard ply and fit in a car sized (uk) garage….
I have been sailing Wayfarers for over (off and on) 24 years. I have sailed and rowed many miles in my Mk 1. You have to realize that you are dealing with people who have improved the models of Wayfarer to where it is of little use to serious cruisers and IAN PROCTOR’s original idea of a dinghy that could be easily daysailed,raced and cruised with no changes in the boat.
I have seen the insides of what they are selling and aside from the hull and sails it is NOT a Wayfarer. It is only good for daysailing and racing. And since everything seems to be run by racers…racers make the decisions for us.
They don’t want the Mk 1 (wood or fibreglass) to compet
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