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 |
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0340.1526 | Fast cruiser Viking Sp | Deck plan 9 ton fast Cruiser 06/03/61 on D0809 Dwg List not found at Audit | D1394 | ||
0340.1191 | Fast Cruising Ketch | Avrion | 57ft 6in wooden Fast Cruising Ketch Spec 582 20/12/61 AVRION Built by Wm King 1963 Lloyds 100A1 for M Morphy Spec 591 05/02/62 for D W Morphy See Ymn 1964/08 pp 26 .Plan runs to 86 sheets | D1520a | 1963 |
0340.1188 | Fast Cruising Ketch | 50ft wooden Fast Cruising Ketch Spec 578 15/11/61 for Jose Jover built as COCOLISO Spain 1963 | D1449a | 1961 | |
0340.1270 | Fast cruising sloop GRP | 27ft GRP Fast Cruising Sloop Spec 745 No date for E Nicolotti see also D1883 | D1842a | 1967 | |
0340.1466 | Fast cruising yacht | 65 ft Fast Cruising Yacht | D1722 | ||
0340.1100 | Fast Cruising Yacht | 39ft wooden Fast Cruising Yacht Spec 804 03/08/73 for F E Russenger | D2066 | ||
0340.1234 | Fast cruising yacht | Erpel III | 11M fast Cruising Yacht ERPEL III Spec 688 15/09/64 for Russegger See also D2014 Cradle for 11M | D1679a | |
0340.1247 | Fast Cruising yacht | Balalaika | 37ft 3in Fast Cruising Yacht to SCA Rule Spec 710 26/10/65 for R W Warren Spec 848 15/03/89 BALALAIKA ON 327726 Built by Prior for R W Warren of Toronto Canada, ON 327726 (LYR 70) | D1719a | 1966 |
0340.1324 | Fast cruising Yawl | 38ft wooden double skin planking, Fast Cruising Yawl Spec 843 21/08/85 for Prof N H Macmillan. 2 sheets Proposal dwgs by AB 1985 | D2259b | 1985 | |
0340.1220 | Fast cruising yawl | Chouette of Burnham | 49ft Fast Cruising Yawl Spec 662 04/12/63 for the Earl St Germans Spec 666 48ft for Earl St Germans Built by King 1965 as CHOUETTE ON 307907. YM reprintSail Plan and GA held for ref .Originals not yet found GH 30/11/2019 | D1624a | 1964 |
0340.0835 | Fast Cruising Yawl | 42ft 16 ton Steel fast cruising yawl Spec 272 dwg 961 dated 15.1.58 See YM 1960/09 pp149 Built in Holland for Dutch owners | D0961 | ||
0340.1263 | Fast cruising Yawl | 48ft Steel Fast Cruising Yawl Spec735 & 736 26/05/67 for M Himmelheber Part Cat Lines separate | D1826a | 1967 | |
0340.1469 | Fast Cruising Yawl | 40ft Fast Cruising Yawl for E L Hennessy | D1729 | ||
0340.0455 | Fast Day Cruiser | 18ft 7in 3 ton Fast Day Cruiser Spec 130 No date Redmore Spec 251 for Dr L C R Wand Clinker 1 sheet G A Construction see also D1875 | D0576b | ||
0340.1581 | Fast day sailer | G A fast day sailer | D2188 | ||
0340.1720 | Fast Launch | 32ft Fast Launch for Messrs Pochins 1965 | D1695a | 1965 | |
0340.1585 | Fast Motor Boat | 24ft 6in Z Drive Fast Motor Boat proposal for West Solent Yacht Agencies 15/7/73 | D2070 | ||
0340.1339 | Fast motor cruiser | Fast GRP Motor Cruiser for Gordon Payne Ltd | D1485a | ||
0340.1502 | Fast motor cruiser | 36ft Fast Motor Cruiser for Gordon Payne Ltd | D1549b | ||
0340.1150 | Fast Police launch Commercial | 42ft wooden Fast Police Launch Spec 492 19/07/60 for Anderson Rigden & Perkins. | D1300 | ||
0340.1632 | Ferro Cement Ketch | 52ft Ferro Cement Ketch for A R Codrington 1971. | D1970a | 1971 | |
0340.1411 | Ferro Cement Ketch | 46ft Ferro Ketch – Waller (ex 1684) Clipper bow AB | D2064b | ||
0340.1198 | Ferry Commercial | 54ft Steel Passenger Ferry Spec 595 24/03/62 for Bermuda Board of Trade Spec 605 11/09/62 for BBofT | D1536 | ||
0340.1192 | Ferry Commercial | 54ft Steel Passenger Ferry Spec 583 29/12/61 for Bermuda Board of Trade | D1504 | ||
0340.0484 | Fishing Craft | 20ft Fishing Craft | D0605 | ||
0340.0483 | Fishing Craft | 20ft Fishing Craft | D0604 | ||
0340.0635 | Fishing Cruiser | 26ft Fishing Cruiser | D0760 | ||
0340.1583 | Fishing Dory | 20ft St Pierre Class G A Fishing Dory and Surf Boat 1980 | D2196 | ||
0340.0573 | Fishing Ketch | 60ft Fishing Ketch | D0698 | ||
0340.1183 | Fishing Launch | 31ft single screw fishing Launch Spec 567 28/07/61 for J S Hurst | D1484 | 1961 | |
0340.0335 | Folkboat special | FOLKBOAT Special tbc Widgeon tbc | D0451 | ||
0340.0937 | for Rangoon | 36ft Passenger Launch Spec 319 K Evans Rangoon | D1064 | ||
0340.0457 | Fortisain sail plan | Fortisain | D0578 | ||
0340.1521 | FRIGATE Motor yacht | 75 ft 100 ton Motor yacht FRIGATE Class | D1902 | ||
0340.1722 | FV Commercial | 73ft Deep Sea Trawler proposal for Australia | D2189 | ||
0340.0180 | FV Commercial | Fishing boat tbc | D0303 | ||
0340.0522 | FV Commercial | 36 ft Oyster Dredger | D0643 | ||
0340.0187 | FV Commercial | Fishing boat for Trinidad | D0310 | ||
0340.0723 | G A Special | Mr Tober GA | D0849 | ||
0340.1144 | Gaff Cutter | 5 ton Gaff Cutter Spec 484 16/06/60 for G Paddon | D1359a | 1960 | |
0340.1608 | GAYROCK Ex NORYEMA | Gayrock | GAYROCK Ex NORYEMA | D1615b | |
0340.1580 | General arrangement for a proposed fast day sailer for F Ibbotson | 14/3/79 | D2187 | ||
0340.0222 | GNOME accommodation | GNOME accommodation | D0344 | ||
0340.0616 | GRP Canoe | Prepressed GRP Canoe | D0741 | ||
0340.1512 | GRP Dinghy | 12ft fibreglass sailing dinghy for Stebbings of Burnham | D1282 | ||
0340.1334 | GRP Outboard Cruiser | 17ft GRP Outboard Cruiser for Graham Parish Ltd. (Fibreglass) complete set of 4 | D1403a | ||
0340.1043 | GRP Speedboat | 12ft GRP Speedboat Prucraft | D1171 | ||
0340.1236 | GRP VASHTI III /QUEEN | 37ft 3in VASHTI Mk III GRP Spec 693 26/10/64 for Tyler & Universal shipyards | D1686a | 1964 | |
0340.0233 | GWENNETH Sail Plan | GWENNETH Sail Plan | D0355 | ||
0340.1395 | HALCYON 27 | Includes tbc Kyon, Corycia, Dolphina, Eastwind ME, Elysion, Jalcyon, Ishikawa, Pican, Shashi, | HALCYON 27 27ft GRP Aux Sloop (New DIAMOND). Note that a couple of plans were recorded as Design no. 1324 and can be found with the rest of the D1324 plans. | D1843a |