The frame kit was a great way to get started.
Bartender boats frame kit.
These need less skill are quicker to build and can produce a just as strong a boat as traditions methods.
An older but well respected and seaworthy design for a small boat the bartender is justly famous in some circles.
19 bartender 225 00 325 00 select options.
A 40 hp outboard is recommended as ideal for a variety of loads and uses.
If you do not see a kit listed for a particular boat please e mail us for a custom quote.
But another man has gained rights to put the design up including cnc frame kits etc.
Canvas tote 25 00 add to cart.
The simplest kits use the stitch and glue method.
Its size and simple plywood on frame construction method make it a great first boat to build.
The bartender a boat first used for u s.
He isn t interested in web sites etc.
Purchase of one plan set allows the purchaser to build 1 bartender only.
At the time bill sold frame kits and this was a great way to get started.
This new bartender fills a previous gap in the line up.
Welcome to bartender boats.
Custom stretched 19 bartenders proved to be a great success so we decided to offer a new model to fill the demand.
The frames constructed of 3 4 meranti plywood fit together quickly and accurately on the jig.
The building process was fairly straightforward.
2020 bartender boats.
The motor well allows the outboard to tilt for beaching the 19 footer is the economy bartender any safety conscious mariner will appreciate.
The frames fit together quickly and accurately on the jig and the overall kit quality was first rate.
The two most common wooden boat kits methods of construction are stitch and glue and strip planking.
We decided to build the bt 19 after seeing bill s beautiful cuddy cabin version.
Cnc cut plywood kits.
Our plywood kits are pre cut on our cnc machine from either 1088 okoume marine plywood or 6566 meranti.
The designer george calkins is 90 now and still active as i understand it.
Kits can be found linked at the bottom of each boat plan on the website.
The only fiberglass called for in the plans was on the bottom for stiffening and to provide a more abrasion resistant surface for beaching.
Kits include all plywood necessary to build your boat.
