Completely Outrageous! I guess I must be totally losing it in my old age, but I’ve decided to release the plans (FREE) for my (once very popular in the 90’s) “Bootstrap Dinghy.” I sold thousands of plans, worldwide for this sailing dinghy model. Makes a great tender (rowing or small outboard) or have fun day sailing with its sprit rig and dagger board. The boat has a generous beam for increased initial stability and load carrying capacity yet is lightweight and easy to build.
Here is a link to the Bootstrap Dinghy Customer Gallery page on my Shoestring Shipyard web site where you can see a few photos of customer built Boostrap Dinghies: https://www.shoestringshipyard.com/bootstrap-dinghy-customer-gallery/
The video briefly shows the (very reduced) plans so you can get an idea of what you’ll have to work with. They were drawn in CAD (the original Bootstrap Dinghy design was hand drawn) and step by step video instructions in 26 parts (averaging 5 minutes each) are available on my YouTube channel. You can find them listed by playlist on my YouTube home page under “Boatbuilding” or you can go to my YouTube home page and click on the “Videos” button in the menu bar and scroll through until you arrive at the series of videos. The tutorial shows me building an 8’ “Frugal Skiff” but the exact same building method, procedures, and sequences are used to build the 8’ Bootstrap Dinghy (and all the other Shoestring Shipyard designs).
Here’s the link to the first video of the tutorial series and all the links for the others are listed in the video description below each video in the series: https://youtu.be/OqTVSe4bWZg
The plans I’m offering are available as pdf download attachments on my Patreon page under the Bootstrap Dinghy article page (WHICH I HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE)!
More detailed information can be found on my Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/downeastthunder I’ve recently launched this Patreon page and this is where you will find more in-depth information and details if you’re interested in my projects. Otherwise, I’ll continue to share general progress here on my YouTube channel on a weekly basis for the general public not wishing to become a Patron.
If you are or become a Patron, you can ask questions via email if necessary and I’ll be happy to answer them. If you are not a Patron and have questions, please don’t be surprised if you do not receive an answer. There’s only so much I can do for free!
If you wish to become a Patron, you can do so for as little as only $1.00 per month! That’s only $12.00 per year and you can cancel your subscription at any time. As a Patron, you won’t miss any of what is going on around here at Downeast Thunder, and I make updates on Patreon almost daily! This is also where you’ll find the pdf downloads for my sailboat (S/V Downeast Thunder) drawings at no charge.
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Many thanks to all my subscribers for participating, commenting, liking, and sharing my videos. I very much appreciate your continued support of my YouTube channel. It’s a lot of fun for me, and I hope this trend continues.
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