The Plans Arrive

The plans for my two future sailing canoes arrived today from England. Inside the envelope were two smaller envelopes, one with plans for a MacGregor and the other plans for a Wee Rob, both designed by Ian Oughtred.

Opening up the packaging and gently unfolding the pages to get a glimpse of all the wonderful building details is like being a kid on Christmas morning again. These are small but very carefully designed boats and I'm looking forward to the challenge of building something that lives up to the aesthetic potential of the designs.

The Wee Rob plans were all printed on blue print type paper and fit nicely into a new folio I bought to keep this project organized and keep the plans in good condition. The MacGregor plans had one blue print type sheet and the rest were on large photocopy paper. This wasn't a problem of itself, but the paper was a euro dimension and didn't fit when folded. My solution was to refold and then cut off the blank margin to get back to the original drawing paper size. 

Now both plans fit nicely in the folio and will have a chance of surviving the rough and tumble life of the boat shop (i.e. my basement). I have a separate section dedicated for keeping track of receipts and that leaves four more sections for future builds!

I'm not in a position to get started on the building just yet, but can't wait to start bringing these beautiful plans to life.