This web page is dedicated to building an optimist plywood pram to the specifications of the original optimist pram designed in 1947. we are using a set of plans redrawn by cabbs - cleveland amateur boat builders and available for $24.00. these wonderful little boats will never measure to the strict international optimist design.. Clark mills designed the original optimist pram in 1947. his intention was to offer a simple boat that children could use to learn to sail and build themselves. we chose to name our version of the optimist the "club racer" to reflect the original idea behind the design.. This is the first of three optimist dinghies we are making from cabbs (cleveland amateur boatbuilding and boating society) plans. the plans have been redrawn from clark mills original drawings for.
At the time i had an idea to make a plywood optimist for janet as she was proving to be a fine little sailor. plans were freely available from hans who was in charge of the association here in the cape.. Wood epoxy optimist” some of which is useful, but much of which is at best misleading, at worst plain wrong. not that you can tell when you are setting out on the project. the book suggests that you build the boat with a 12mm ply bottom and attach the sides to edge of the bottom, but as the plans have the bottom as. Ing the plans, diagrams and the measurement forms. 2.1.4 the qnational class associationr is the international optimist class association in the country concerned. 2.2 builders 2.2.1 the optimist may be built by any professional or amateur builder. 2.2.2 professional builders shall be responsible for supplying boats complying with the rlass rules..
