I have decent drawings from the waterline up. However, I need something to show me the shaft locations, prop size, and rudder size/location. Anyone have a good lead? Free is best. It only has to be of mediocre quality to work. My son is now old enough and has shown interest in having his own boat. I figured the wind class is a good place to start. Not too big. Intending it for Big Gun format. May make it dual format capable. We will see.
Haven't found free plans yet, but Taubman's sells a set of plans: http://www.taubmansonline.com/TPSWINDCLASSICEB.htm
I've seen those. I wish I could just buy the sheet I need. $55 is a hard pill to swallow just to verify rudder size/placement primarily.
The Library of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington appears to have a Booklet of General Plans for a icebreaker, not sure of the class but their site mentions a conversion in 1952, which is when some of the Wind-class were converted to Coast Guard duty. Might be worth pursuing... https://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/manuscript/ms071.html The above link has been corrected and is now working.
OK, I have good news and bad news... Bad news first: I crapped out on finding free drawings for the Wind-class icebreakers online. Good News: The design of the US Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw was based on the Wind-class, but was made a little longer and a little wider to yield a shallower draft. Aside from this, indications are that she conforms to the Wind-class design by and large, including a bow propeller like the Wind-class. If you go to the Navsource webpage for the USCGC Staten Island, the first photo shows a bow shot of USCGC Staten Island being launched stern first, and in it you can see the details of the bow propeller shaft (although the bow propeller wasn't installed at launch). http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/08/0805.htm Here is a link to the Library of Congress page for the HAER report on the Mackinaw. This web page links 70 photos and 11 drawings (in 1/96 scale) of the Mackinaw, including outboard and inboard profiles (page 2), cross sections (page 5) and hull lines and stations (page 7). There are propeller details on page 10 and rudder details on page 11. https://www.loc.gov/item/mi0462/ Scroll down under 'More Resources' and click on the grey box that says 'View 11 images in sequence'. You will have to download the pictures one at a time, but the drawings are worth it. When you get to the page for an individual image, select the size of the download you want using the pull-down menu for 'Download' under the bottom left corner of the drawing and then click 'Go' to download it. Hi-Res tiff images are available in addition to the lower-res JPEGs. Enjoy!
That is awesome and very confirming to what I imagined the size, scale, and placement of everything would be.
Good looking out Bob. I actually have one of his hulls. I just don't have any plans that show the rudder and shafts.
