Design
Great Island Rowboat
Designed by Walt Simmons
A 12 ft 10 in rowboat from Walt Simmons of Duck Trap Woodworking in Lincolnville, Maine. She is sold as a full-size lofting, a black line print on 36 in wide paper that replaces the lofting stage and lets a builder make moulds directly. The designer's site currently lists only her name, length and price, so beam, weight and construction are not recorded here.
Simmons draws his plans with amateur builders in mind, and most of his small boats are lapstrake. Without published guidance for this design, assume some woodworking experience is wanted. For a rowing boat of this size, 150 to 350 hours is a reasonable rule of thumb. Measured medians from build logs appear below.
What building a Great Island Rowboat actually takes
Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.
Those medians firm up as more people log this boat.
Builds of this boat
Nobody has logged a Great Island Rowboat here yet.
If you are building one, yours becomes the reference: the page the next person building this boat finds when they search for it. One photo and one line is a valid first entry.
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| Design | Plans from | LOA | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13' Jolle mit flachem Boden | Boatkits | 3.9 m (12′ 10″) | 0 |
| Flateka pram no. 24 | Båtritningar | 3.93 m (12′ 11″) | 0 |
| 13 ft Rowboat | Grandpa's Archive | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | 0 |
| Mallard 13 | Devlin | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | 0 |
| MI Bateau Multichine | Bateau | 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) | 0 |
| 13' Schwan | Boatkits | 3.83 m (12′ 7″) | 0 |