The Snapper Boat was drawn up for us by David Payne along the lines of the Snapper fishing boats of either side of the turn of the 20th Century. We were looking for a local working boat type that would be suitable as a half-decked family trailer-sailer with the option of an inboard engine and the Snapper Boat fits the bill admirably. The plans were drawn up for strip-planked construction, and the first few boats were built this way, but after a number of enquiries David and I worked up a clinker planking lineout and David drew a construction plan for plywood clinker construction.
A number of other people admired the design as a motor boat without sailing rig, and a number of these have been built with larger motors than the sailing version. Some of the sailing versions have been built with an outboard under the aft deck working through a well built into the hull.
A Snapper Boat built with Ply Clinker planking
An easy boat to strip-plank.
Internal structure and deck framing going into a strip-planked Snapper Boat.
A great family sailer!
