The National Maritime Museum Cornwall holds an archive of plans by the well-known designer, Alan Buchanan which may be accessed on request. A summary of these is below. The list is work-in-progress as many of the plans are fragile or damaged and cataloguing is still under way.
To request more detail on any of these plans then contact us at library@nmmc.co.uk
| ID | Name | Vessel | Description | Design | Design Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.1563 | CHANNEL ISLANDS 41 | 41 ft Channel Islands 41 Layouts A & B | D2278 | ||
| 0340.1610 | CHANNEL ISLANDS Special | 32ft Channel Islands 32 Customs Launch | D2200b | ||
| 0340.1435 | CHANNEL ISLANDS Special | 40ft Channel Islands Family Cruising Motor Yacht | D2307 | ||
| 0340.1434 | CHANNEL ISLANDS Special | 40ft Channel Islands Cruising Motor Yacht | D2306 | ||
| 0340.1217 | CHASSEUR OF HAMBLE | Chasseur of Hamble | 34ft 9 ton wooden Fast Cruiser Stock Plan Spec 636 & Spec 650 CHASSEUR OF HAMBLE. Built by Sutton & Wiggins 1964 (LYR) for Cdr Morrison 1970 Varere Paris 2016 Belguim. Spec 683 28/07/64 for J E Oliver Spec 659 for R J Stewart Note drawer list gives 1579 + 1802 + 1845 for Morrison | D1579a | 1964 |
| 0340.1571 | Chine racing yacht | 25ft Plywood Chine Racing Yacht 8/74 1 sheet proposal | D2097 | ||
| 0340.1743 | CI 22 Special | 22ft GRP C I 22 for Silva Yates | D2004 | ||
| 0340.0051 | Clan Class | Clan Class 02/02/55 tbc | D0168 | ||
| 0340.1245 | Class | 20ft 6in. Cruising Sloop Conyer Plywood Chine version of D1512 Accommodation for 2, open cockpit Spec 705 22/02/65 for Conyer Marine – 6 sheets | D1511a | ||
| 0340.0534 | Class | BUCHANAN 29 Spec 164 D Garrett undated. | D0659 | ||
| 0340.0629 | Class | COUNTY Class Mk II | D0754 | ||
| 0340.0987 | CLIPPER Class Arlo , Martha McGilda | Martha McGuilda | 9 ton CLIPPER Class built to 24ft LWL as MARTHA McGILDA 187284 by Priors 1956 D0426 tbc Spec 343 8 ton Ocean Racer/Cruiser for M Slater. Built by St Osyth as ARLO 301276 check spec numbers may be reversed | D1114 | |
| 0340.1142 | CLYDE CRUISING YACHT | Gaff Clyde Cruising Yacht Spec 481 30/05/60 for D Eltwing Also Spec 486 17/06/60 See D1029 for lines | D1374a | ||
| 0340.1073 | Coaching Launch | 32ft Coaching launch Spec 412 22/10/59 for Cambridge University See also D0606 | D1281 | ||
| 0340.0644 | Coaster Commercial | 40 ton Motor Coaster | D0769 | ||
| 0340.0536 | Coaster Commercial | 400 ton Motor Coaster G A | D0661 | 1956 | |
| 0340.1258 | COLIN ARCHER Type | 35ft Norwegian Type Ketch (Colin Archer) Spec 730 07/02/67 for B Turner racked NYC | D1817b | ||
| 0340.0800 | Colin Archer type | 32ft 8in 13 ton TM wood Ocean Cruiser Spec 267 for H Baesler See YM 1960/01 Colin Archer Type Shorter and beamier than other A B versions one built as a workboat for the Baltic.YM 1960/01 | D0926 | ||
| 0340.1301 | COLIN ARCHER type | 13M Deepwater Cruising Ketch Colin Archer type Spec 791 23/02/72 for J Montfort | D1978b | ||
| 0340.1601 | COLLEEN Class | 1 sheet Special COLLEEN for Junior Offshore Group | D0183b | ||
| 0340.0525 | Commercial | Survey Launch | D0650 | ||
| 0340.0738 | Commercial | 57ft Steel Shallow draft Canal Barges Spec 577 10/11/61 for Brown & Son of Chelmsford | D0864 | ||
| 0340.0559 | Commercial | Motor Research Vessel Hydrostatic calculations | D0684 | ||
| 0340.0477 | Commercial | 81ft welded dump basrge tbc | D0598 | ||
| 0340.1635 | Commercial | 67ft Passenger/Cargo Craft for G A Heath & Co undated. Provisional drawing only | D1971 | ||
| 0340.0527 | Commercial | Coastal Survey Vessel | D0652 | ||
| 0340.0526 | Commercial | Survey Launch | D0651 | ||
| 0340.1102 | Commercial | T S Landing Ship Spec 814 11/09/74 for Cameroon | D2094 | ||
| 0340.0615 | Commercial | 63ft Fishing and Cargo Vessel | D0740 | ||
| 0340.0802 | conversion | Tercel Conversion | D0928 | ||
| 0340.0904 | COPYU Dinghy GRP | Coypu | 11ft GRP fibreglass dinghy COPYU 2 sheets separated pl28 for racking | D1031 | |
| 0340.0797 | CORONATION | Coronation Day Boat Dr Wand | D0923b | ||
| 0340.0806 | CORONATION Special | Coronation Sp with small cuddy | D0932 | ||
| 0340.1750 | Coronation Special | Coronation Class revised Cabin top for F J Benson | D1831 | ||
| 0340.1513 | Cruiser racer | 35ft Cruiser Racer for Mr Robinson 1972 new aft end for 1509 tbc | D2013a | ||
| 0340.1067 | Cruiser racer | 37ft 12 ton wooden Cruiser Racer Prov Spec 404 for G A Robinson | D1252 | ||
| 0340.1001 | Cruiser racer | Easter | 35ft 12.5 ton wooden Cruiser Racer, Spec 351 for J Greaves, Teak planking. Spec 359 Sail plan 1129 B for J Greaves.Spec 375 for J Greaves. Final Spec 378 for J Greaves Built as EASTER by King 1960 NR | D1129a | 1959 |
| 0340.1367 | Cruiser racer | Four Graces | 35ft 9 1/2 ton Masthead rig Cruiser Racer Spec 610 27/09/62 Spec 620 for Lt. Col. W.A. Hardy. Believed to be FOUR GRACES 305477 built by Sutton and Wiggins 7/63. in 2 rolls Cat pl28 | D1558a | 1962 |
| 0340.1079 | Cruiser racer | 40ft 15 ton wooden Cruiser Racer Spec 460 25/03/60 for Alan Keith (May not have been built GH) see LYR 63 | D1224 | ||
| 0340.1070 | Cruiser racer | 34ft 10 ton wooden Cruiser Racer Spec 408 22/09/59 for J M Muller | D1226 | ||
| 0340.1211 | Cruiser racer | Barbican | 32ft Transom stern Cruiser Racer Spec 642 01/05/63 for B Hayman built by W King as BARBICAN Sail No 2182. Set of drawings completely unuseable especially ink on linen lines plan photos taken GH 25 Feb 16 | D1582a | |
| 0340.1212 | Cruiser Racer | 40ft (27ft WL) 8 M Cruiser Racer Spec 644 06/05/63 for J G Mc Laren | D1591b | ||
| 0340.1261 | Cruiser Racer | 36ft Cruiser Racer One Ton Cup Boat Spec 733 03/04/67 | D1815a | ||
| 0340.0992 | Cruiser racer CHOUETTE | Chouette | 35ft 12 ton wooden Cruiser Racer, Spec 347 35ft wooden Ocean Racer CHOUETTE built by Priors in 1960 for Earl of St Germans Prov Spec 376 D 1120 & 1129 for Lord Eliot. Final Spec 380 for Lord Eliot ON 301142 Lloyds 100A1 Following an earlier CHOUETTE ON 187583 Built by Wm King in 1957 as the first East Anglian Restricted Class also AB designed. | D1120 | |
| 0340.1239 | Cruising ketch | Lucipara II | 45 ft Steel Ketch 1 built Molen Zaandam 1965 SN 1087 Noordenbos as LUCIPARA | D1682a | 1965 |
| 0340.1090 | Cruising Ketch | 28 ton Cruising Ketch Spec 727 03/11/66 for M M Green proposal tbc | D1752 | ||
| 0340.1295 | Cruising Ketch | 32ft Cruising Ketch Spec 783 12/02/71 for M Johnson Clipper bow | D1934a | ||
| 0340.1416 | Cruising Ketch | 94ft Cruising Ketch ALGAIOLA ll for Mr. &.Mrs. Calnan See D1767 for Drawing schedules. Metric versions of D1767 | D1776b | ||
| 0340.1254 | Cruising Ketch | Algaiola II | 94ft Aux wood Ketch Spec 721 12/05/66 ALGAIOLA II Built Craglietto Trieste 1968 for Mr & Mrs Calnan ON 317774 Reg Gibraltar (LYR 70) See also D1776 for metric version | D1767a | 1966 |
| 0340.1478 | Cruising Ketch | 25 ton Cruising Ketch for S C Hawkins | D1774 |