Overview
This option is to DOWNLOAD the complete Madness Proa Plans and Patterns option.
You will need access to a printer/plotter capable of printing a sheet 36" wide by 165" long (914x4140mm) in order to build the boat using these downloaded plans & patterns. Please check that your print shop can plot sheets up to 165"/4140mm BEFORE you download the PDFs.
Instantaneous delivery to the Lower 48 US States. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE LOWER 48 UNITED STATES, your PDF will be emailed THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.
Your emailed receipt will contain links for two PDF files. One file contains the long sheets with full-sized patterns. The other file contains 37 24" x 36" 610x914mm) architectural sheets.
Almost three years in the making, Madness Proa plans include 37 pages of 24x36 architectural drawings covering all construction details, including both racing and cruising rigs. Over 100 lineal feet of full-sized patterns include nearly every part in the boat.
An option to build the vaka over a strongback rather than stitch-and-glue-style is included.
While the plans are copiously detailed, building Madness from plans is not a project for first-timers. Builders should have a solid foundation in wood-epoxy-fiberglass composite boatbuilding and fairly sophisticated plans-reading ability. Rigging details are included, but familiarity with modern rigging, particularly of the multihull flavor, is assumed.
All dimensions are in both metric and standard units. Because of the large size of the package, a shipping quote is required.
These thumbnails show most of what you get in the complete plans package. First up, the 2x3 architectural pages. Builders working from kits receive these drawings (but not the full-sized patterns).
Scroll to the bottom for the materials list.
Detail of a page showing "pod" construction:
Here are thumbnail versions of the full-sized patterns. The only parts not shown full-sized are the side panels of the vaka. These were simply too large for full-sized patterns, and are instead provided as dimensioned diagrams.
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**Note that the last entry, 50 pounds of woodflour, is a good bit more than you need. Suppliers of generic wood flour do not offer it in quantities of more than one pound or less than 50 pounds! Fortunately it's inexpensive... |
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