GOLIATH

CATEGORY: Tug yachts
CONSTRUCTION: Sheet plywood/wood framing, or welded aluminum or steel

This Mini-Tug is a step up in size with the result being more space in the cabin and cockpit. The deckhouse shows a seat or galley cabinet partially concealing the motor, but is only a suggestion. You can lay out the area to suit. Or if you wish, you can extend the deckhouse a foot or two for even more interior space, if at some decrease in cockpit length. It's an easy alteration most can carry out so the details are not a part of the plans.

A private double stateroom is located forward. The berths are 6' 3" long with sitting headroom above the berth tops and space below forward for a portable head. Plenty of windows, ports, and a trunk cabin hatch assure generous ventilation and light. Storage is below the berths as well as along the house sides below the side decks, and in any cabinets you might provide in the deckhouse.

Looking much like any other steel boat in progress, the novel SHRINK-WRAP techniques make construction quicker and more accurate. These amateur-proven methods assure super-smooth, fair surfaces virtually free of distortion. Fairing and filling compounds are virtually unnecessary. The final boat is so fair it might be confused with one molded in fiberglass.

Photos of the Sorenson Steel shrink wrap process
About our Mini-Tugs