Design
8 ft 6 in Dinghy
Designed by Jay R. Benford
An 8 ft 6 in design from Jay Benford's catalog, drawn for cold moulded, solid fibreglass or lapstrake construction, so the same hull can be built in whichever suits the shop. One of the fifteen designs in Small Craft Plans, the book that carries complete working drawings and tables of offsets so a builder can work straight from its pages rather than ordering plans. The designer still recommends lofting full size and taking the rest of the dimensions off the lofting, on the grounds that the time spent is paid back several times over during the build.
The lines are drawn full size for mould frame building, as design number 164, so they can be picked straight off the paper rather than lofted. Benford publishes an estimated structural weight of 80 lb. Plans are sold to owner-builders, and full-sized patterns come with them.
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| Lit'l Petrel 9 | Devlin | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | 0 |
| Spindrift Dinghy | B&B Yacht Designs | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | 0 |
| 8 ft Double Ended Dinghy | Benford Design Group | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | 0 |