18' Beetle Nomansland Boat (2012) - EYECOD

No Man’s Land boat, documented by Howard Chapelle and documentation by Robert H Baker. Described in American Small Sailing Craft by Chapelle, this is a beach boat from the vicinity of the Vineyard Sound. Though they are not race horses, they had an admirable safety record. The boat feels like a much larger boat when under sail. Besides have a shallow full length keel there is a centerboard. We built the version that was documented from the Beetle shop which were designed to sail better than the models from the Delano yard.
We built our No Man’s Land Boat in 2012 from Smithsonian Plans documented by Howard Chapelle and Robert H Baker. The boat is a double ended beach boat used for fishing. Anne W Baker’s book “Robert H Baker, A Legacy of Small Craft” is available at the Woodenboatstore.com and Amazon. Chapelle’s “American Small Sailing Craft” is available at Amazon. Our thanks to Sarah H Baker for her support of boat builders and keeping wooden boat traditions alive.

Though Baker Boat Works is no longer a working New England boat shop, the heritage of Robert “Bob” Baker lives on at Mystic Seaport. Bob’s complete collection of plans, including original designs and lines he’d taken from important traditional small craft that were in varying degrees of disuse and decay, are now available through Mystic Seaport Collections. (Paul O’Pecko: paul.opecko@mysticseaport.org)

In addition to all Bob’s plans, Mystic Seaport Collections currently houses all of his boat files and photographs. Most are available for review and research, by appointment, at the Collections Library.
BAKER BOAT WORKS – Plans
The boat plans (no kits available) are grouped into five building categories: easy, basic intermediate, intermediate, intermediate-advanced and advanced based on size and complexity of construction. Please note that prior boat building experience is assumed for all of these categories. Some plans do NOT include construction plans.
Most plans now available through Mystic Seaport Plans
To order plans please contact Mystic Seaport: (unless otherwise noted)
REQUESTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICES: Ships Plans http://www.mysticseaport.org/research/requests/ http://www.mysticseaport.org/research/collections/ships-plans/
If you do not find what you are looking for contact collections@mysticseaport.org
or call: 860.572.5360 or 860.572.5367

Questions? Contact: RHBakerCatalog@gmail.com.