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SmallTugs LLC

PO Box 7147

Gloucester, MA 01930 USA

www.smalltugs.com
Copyright 2004 SmallTugs LLC, Gloucester, MA USA
Mal Low, Naval Architect

Please read this page before ordering plans or Tutorial Sets.

NOTE:  As stated elsewhere in the Tutorials, they are intended to be non-specific to a particular design.  Therefore you may find information for other hulls as well as your own.  The sample drawings of hull details (yellow sheets) in the Construction section are NOT intended to be applicable to all hulls without exception.  They are included as examples of the type of construction detail previously available to individual clients who purchased full price designs.  However, most of the detail included here can be applied to all hulls with some thought as to appropriateness and scantling suitability for your vessel.  See also para. III of the Preface section of the Tutorial Set.

Quoted from the FAQ section of the smalltugs.com web site:

# 4. Are there any restrictions on use of the FREE plans?:  No, but as a personal favor to me (consider it a gentleman's agreement) I would like you to build only one hull from each set of plans obtained under this FREE plans arrangement.  If you want to build two, or more, order a set of plans for each even if its the same design.  

Also note that these plans, just as those obtained from any naval architect, are intended for the purchaser's use only.  By copyright and other law you may not copy it, distribute it, or exchange the information I send you with any other party, by hard copy, digitally, or by any other means.  This applies to the material in its original form and also in any derivative form whether added material is by you or a third party. 

#17. When I scale the hull from the paper plan drawing I get a different value in the Y direction than when I use the Offset Table, why?:  Because the Offset Table is for steel and aluminum hulls and is the recommended set of offsets for any material.  The paper drawing is the original design for wood and/or fiberglass construction.  This is stated elsewhere in the Tutorial Set too.  The weight of metal hulls requires a deeper hull form and that form also provides a drier ride for tug-yachts.  (Read the White Paper re: steel hulls available on the web site.)

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