Optimist about clark mills designed the original optimist pram in 1947. his intention was to offer a simple boat that children could use to learn to sail and build themselves. it was the biggest hull clark mills could make from two 4 ft by 8 ft sheets of plywood. we chose to name our version of […]. This web page is dedicated to building an optimist plywood pram to the specifications of the original optimist pram designed in 1947. we are using a set of plans redrawn by cabbs - cleveland amateur boat builders and available for $24.00. these wonderful little boats will never measure to the strict international optimist design.. Popular fishing boat plans here you will find a vast array of flats fishing and skinny water boats that you can build yourself. ranging from 13’ to 22’, there is a size to fit all needs and all budgets. here at boat builder central, we have been designing flats boats and providing kits to build […].
Sep 9, 2018 - this is the 18" half hull model of the optimist class sailboat-dinghy. the model dimension is 18"(l/46cm) x 7"(h/18cm) x 5"(d/13cm). the size of the backboard is 24"(w/61cm) x 12"(h/31cm). the model weight is 6 lbs. .*** please contact mas at halfhull@gmail.com or visit the web at www.halfhull.net for more model information. zuma boat (404) 272-7889.. How to build an optimist how hard can it be, there’s only five bits of wood; famous last words… the answer is, quite hard, if you want to build a boat that measures up to the very comprehensive regulations. i started by ordering the plans of a “wood/epoxy” boat from ioda who are in ireland but need to be paid in us dollars!.
