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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.1415 | Cruising Ketch Colin Archer type | 45ft Steel Norwegian type Deep Water Cruising Gaff Ketch. Spec 834 C1976 | D2116b | 1975 | |
| 0340.1080 | Cruising Sloop | 30ft 9 ton wooden Cruising Sloop Spec 452 16/02/60 for G Sandys | D1321 | 1960 | |
| 0340.1432 | Cruising Sloop | 42ft 6in Cruising Sloop | D2381 | ||
| 0340.1637 | Cruising Yacht | 20M Cruising Yacht p on tp 20/10/68. Provisional Drawing only | D1876 | ||
| 0340.1098 | Cruising Yacht | 35ft wooden Cruising Yacht Spec 792 24/02/72 for G T Mackintosh | D2001 | 1972 | |
| 0340.1390 | Cruising yacht | 6m hard chine Yawl Cruising Yacht for Staheli Yachtnwerft Switzerland Check Yachtsport list | D1715 | ||
| 0340.1177 | Cruising Yawl | Speedwell of Cremyll | 49 ft wooden Cruising Yawl Prelim Spec 552 08/05/61 for P D Tuckett built as SPEEDWELL OF CREMYLL ON 302290 By Mashfords 10/62 | D1469a | |
| 0340.1205 | Cruising Yawl | Nanise | 41ft Cruising Yacht Spec 618 23/10/63 for Lt Col Odling Smee built as NANISE 306402 Sail No 641 by Mashfords 3 /64 Teak planking Spec 842 new interior joinery for PETRUSHKA owner Surg Cdr Maxwell Browne LYR 1970) | D1562a | 1963 |
| 0340.1499 | Cruising Yawl | Vongole | 6 M waterline Hard Chine Cruising yawl believed to be VONGOLE for Staheli built in 1970 | D1623a | 1963 |
| 0340.1460 | Day Boat | 18 ft Day Boat For P Tyson | D1728a | ||
| 0340.0884 | Day boat O/D | 23ft OD for Royal Colombo Y C Spec 303 | D1010a | 1958 | |
| 0340.1379 | DE RUYTER | Rownelese | 36ft DE RUYTER II for N T W Duxberry 1 roll ROWNELESE 305853 Steel Ketch finished by Priors 1964 | D1608a | |
| 0340.1120 | DE RUYTER | Rebel Maid | 36ft Steel Motor Sailer Spec 658 26/09/63 for S W Frost, Spec 660 completion. Built as REBEL MAID 306765 hull Dekker finished Prior 1964 | D1609a | |
| 0340.0708 | De Ruyter | 31ft 7 1/2 ton Motor Sailer Spec 354 D0 834 & 1132 for A W Rawlings, Built in East Africa 1959 Wooden De Ruyter | D0834 | 1959 | |
| 0340.0898 | DE RUYTER Class | 36ft Steel Motor Sailer DE RUYTER Class Spec 309 parts 1 & 2 Spec 292 issue B See also D1709 | D1024a | ||
| 0340.1259 | DE RUYTER II | 37ft 6in Steel Motor Sailer Ketch DE RUYTER Class Type II Spec 731 tbc 07/02/67 for A C Aukes | D1816a | ||
| 0340.0968 | DE RUYTER Mk 2 | 36ft Steel Motor Sailer Bishop & Barnaby Spec 396 completion of hull as delivered from Holland for Anglo Dutch Yachts Ltd. | D1095 | ||
| 0340.1004 | De Ruyter Special | 30 ft Motor Sailer Acc and Construction 2 sheets | D1132a | ||
| 0340.1613 | DE RUYTER Special | Sea Star | 36ft DE RUYTER Built for Brigadier J W Norman as SEA STAR ON 302147 By Van Waverham and Dixon Kerly of Maldon 1960 LYR 63 | D1272b | 1959 |
| 0340.1063 | DE RUYTER Type 1 | 36ft Steel Motor Sailer De Ruyter Type 1 Spec 389 13/07/59 Anglo Dutch Steel work Spec 398 25/08/59 Completion. Spec 389 steel hull construction for Anglo Dutch Yachts. Spec 560 for W D Barber built as MEMSTAR 302751 by Beijnes & Dixon Maldon 61 | D1209 | 1959 | |
| 0340.1018 | DE RUYTER Type II | 36ft Steel Motor Sailer De Ruyter Mk I1 Spec 558 23/06/61 for Anglo Dutch A Tagg. See also D0858 Spec 366 Bishop Barnaby Type for Anglo Dutch Yachts Ltd Spec 390 to cover hull construction for Beijnes, Spec 495 completion of hull for East Coast Yacht Agency Ltd. Spec 558 for A C Tagg, Spec 651 for N S W Duxbury as ROWNELESE 305835 | D1146a | 1959 | |
| 0340.0641 | deck plan special? | Thetis | THETIS G A deck plan On AB cupboard list | D0766 | |
| 0340.1547 | Deep water cruising yacht | 58ft Deep water cruising yacht for Schothorst 1962 tbc | D1521 | ||
| 0340.0905 | Deep Water Fishing Cruiser | 40ft Deep water Fishing Cruiser Spec 294 Mrs K M Organ | D1032 | ||
| 0340.1548 | Deep Water motor yacht | 38ft Deep water Motor yacht 2/11/69 | D1907 | 1969 | |
| 0340.1231 | Deepwater fishing yacht | 38ft Steel Deepwater Fishing Yacht Spec 680 06/06/64 for N Nairn | D1659a | ||
| 0340.1223 | DIAMOND MK II | 27ft 5 ton GRP DIAMOND Mk II Spec 547 for Stebbings, Spec 665 04/02/64 for Stebbings Std design. This set of plans also includes at least two for the Halcyon Mk 1, the direct successor to the Diamond II | D1324a | 1960 | |
| 0340.0567 | Dinghy | Dinghy Noel Jordan | D0692 | ||
| 0340.1035 | Dinghy GRP | 8ft GRP dinghy | D1163 | ||
| 0340.1011 | Dinghy GRP | GRP dinghy | D1139 | ||
| 0340.0263 | Dinghy JIMMY | Jimmy | D0385 | ||
| 0340.1539 | DRAGONFLY | 18ft DRAGONFLY Small GRP Cruising Sloop Design AB Build Small Craft Blue Hulls Ltd Details Bristow’s 1968 | D1645 | ||
| 0340.1287 | DRAGONFLY | 18ft 4in 16ft 6in (WL) DRAGONFLY Class Single Chine Plywood 2-berth cruising Sloop, fin keel, twin bilge keel version available with 2ft draft . Spec 767 07/11/68 for Blue Hills Ltd | D1486a | ||
| 0340.1180 | E A Mk II Special | Pelorous Jack | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Mk II Special Spec 557 + D858 14/06/61 for W L le Blanc-Smith tbc See CB 2001/08 pp93 PELORUS JACK Built by King H Pin Mill 1962 LYR 1963 2 Sheets Cat PL28 Badly damaged but readable – Accommodation and Sail Plan. | D1478b | |
| 0340.0769 | E A Rest Special | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Restricted Class K Gowen. See CB 2001/08 pp93. No plans catalogued. | D0895 | ||
| 0340.0901 | E A Rest Special | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Restricted Class Special. See CB 2001/08 pp93. No plans catalogued. | D1027 | ** | |
| 0340.1182 | E A Rest Special | Tropacara | 27ft E A Restricted Class Spec 564 05/07/61 for R Caiels See CB 2001/08 pp93 built as TROPACARA ON 3O4740 by H King & Sons Pin Mill 1962 | D1481 | |
| 0340.1171 | E A Rest Special | Pia | 27ft E A Restricted Class Special Spec 542 21/03/61 for J R Inigo Jones See CB 2001/08 pp93 | D1454b | |
| 0340.0925 | E A Special mods | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Restricted Class profile construction Mod. See CB 2001/08 pp93 for NV Boal. See D1046 Image. 1 drawing – keel modifications. | D1052 | ||
| 0340.0732 | E A Special Mk II | Solena | 27ft SOLENA E A Class Special Spec 532 + D1492 for Mk II Built as SOLENA ON 303585 by H Feltham for B Blakely. 1962 See CB 2001/08 pp93 Drawing Schedule Hull lines to D0753, Deck structure, Acc and Sail plan to D0858 (Long Cabin Top) Sheets 2 & 5 found Cat pl28 02/12 GH | D0858 | |
| 0340.1626 | EA Special | E A Special Rig | D2224 | ||
| 0340.0628 | EAST ANGLIAN Basic Class | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Restricted Class 753 is BASIC CLASS plan Spec 323 Surg Capt H E B Curjel See CB 2001/08 pp93 Spec 307 N V Boal also covers D1046 Spec 332 in D1098 for R N Mackin.Spec 346 Hull design for K Whiteley. Spec 429 Dr R E Barrett, Spec 468 for S Platt.Spec 473 + D1357 for S Platt. Spec 507 +D1412 for P J Thompson. 14 drawings listed, 7 of which are missing. | D0753a | 1957 | |
| 0340.1216 | East Anglian Mk 1 & 2 | EAST ANGLIAN Mk 1 And Mk 2 Deck Layouts ink on tp dated 29.12.60 | D1431b | ||
| 0340.1137 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | Questing | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Special Spec 468 112/04/60 for S Platt (See also D753) & Spec 473 04/05/60 Sheet 1 Acc for S H Platt QUESTING 302686 Built by King W July 1961 LYR 1963 1 sheet GA Accomodation Cat pl28 01/12/2019 GH | D1357b | |
| 0340.0906 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | Corrola | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Restricted Class Special Accommodation D1033 Mr Relf See CB 2001/08 pp93 Spec 293 R Relf COROLLA 301713 Built by Barnes D 1959 for R D Relf LYR 1963 Note Lines, Hull and Sail plan to D0753 see Schedule of Drawings for R Relf 1 damaged Sheet Cat pl28 01/12/2019 GH. 1 drawing – modified GA Accommodation. | D1033 | |
| 0340.1537 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | EAST ANGLIAN special. No plans catalogued. | D1337 | ||
| 0340.1166 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | Edith Ann | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Restricted Class Spec 427 for C W Pile,. Spec 524 05/12/60 for W C Atkins believed built as EDITH ANN ON 303143 By H Feltham 62 See CB 2001/08 pp93. 5 drawings – GA Construction, GA Accommodation, Sail and Spa Plan, Mast Support, Schedule of Rigging. | D1292a | |
| 0340.0698 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | Pia | 27ft PIA E A Restricted Class Special accommodation Spec 534 19/01/61 for J R Inigo-Jones built as PIA by St Osyth Boatyard 1962 See also D 1454 See CB 2001/08 pp93 1 of 1 of 2 sheets found and Cat A2 | D0823a | 1961 |
| 0340.1383 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | 27ft Special East ANGLIAN for Mr. Hale 2 sheets Accommodation/Construction and Sail Plan for J Hales Cat & racked | D1644b | ||
| 0340.1168 | EAST ANGLIAN Special | Solena | 27ft EAST ANGLIAN Mk II Special Spec 532 10/01/61 for B Blakely built as SOLENA 303585 by Feltham 1962 See also D0858 See CB 2001/08 pp93. 1 drawing – GA Accommodation. | D1429 |