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

Buchanan plans search

ID Name Vessel Description Design Design Year
0340.0326 Modifications to Tringa Tringa Tringa Built Seacraft 1951 not AB design D0448
0340.1599 Motor Yacht Warana 46ft Ketch rigged WARANA Sail plan believed to be WARANA ON 305916 TSMY built by Stebbings 3/64 Owner A E Sorrell Large roll held NYC D1857b
0340.1590 Motor Boat 45ft Motor Boat for Tremoliers 1/12/70 1 sheet D1953 1970
0340.0581 Motor Cruiser 26ft Motor Cruiser D0706
0340.0710 Motor Cruiser Motor Cruiser Mr Mossler D0836
0340.1453 Motor Cruiser Motor Cruiser GRP For Silva Yates D2294
0340.1454 Motor Cruiser 105 ft TS Motor Cruiser G A for J C Roll p on tp 18/8/65 D1716
0340.0994 Motor Cruiser 20ft Inboard /outboard motor cruiser for Clapton & Sons Barton on Humber. D1122a
0340.0855 Motor Cruiser Motor Cruiser for W J Taylor G A Accommodation D0981
0340.1134 Motor cruiser 30ft Single Screw Motor Cruiser Spec 465 05/04/60 for Kelpie Boat Services See also D1352 D1340a
0340.1135 Motor Cruiser 30ft Single Screw Motor Cruiser Spec 08/04/60 for Kelpie Boat Services See also D1340 D1352
0340.1508 Motor Cruiser 27ft Motor Cruiser for Pegg Marine D1361a
0340.0560 Motor Cruiser 30ft Motor Cruiser D0685
0340.1506 Motor Cruiser 26ft Motor Cruiser 1972 D2021
0340.1473 Motor Ketch 86ft Motor Sailer for R W Calnan possibly built as ALGAIOLA II 317774 See D1767 D1764
0340.0873 Motor Launch WMYC Launch West Mersey Yacht Club D0999
0340.0900 Motor Launch 38ft Motor Launch Spec 295 Moody’s D1026
0340.0425 Motor Launch 11ft. 6in. Beam 4ft. Clinker motor launch – 2 sheets D0546
0340.0864 Motor launch 3 sheets Cat rkd 20ft x 7ft 1in.. Yacht Club Motor Launch, powered by 8 1/2 h.p. air cooled Lister Engine for West Mersey Yacht Club – 3 sheets Spec 280 refers to Dwg 987? Spec 446 for Royal Burnam Y C D0990
0340.1739 Motor race boat 34ft Motor race boat Cateraman hull design for E G Greenall D2207b 1983
0340.1646 Motor Sailer 35ft Motor Sailer. D1881
0340.0837 Motor Sailer 43 ft steel motor sailer Van Erk Spec 273 D0963
0340.1649 Motor Sailer 22 Ton Steel Motor Sailer for H W Byfield Check Curtis and Pape for this name D1433a 1961
0340.0986 Motor Sailer 35ft Motor Sailer D1113
0340.1442 Motor sailer 40ft Motor Sailer D2326
0340.1304 Motor Sailer 40ft wooden Motor Sailer Spec 796 10/10/72 for A H & P M Buchanan (Alan’s own.) D2033
0340.1280 Motor sailer 36ft wooden Motor sailer Spec 756 14/10/68 in French.. For Marine Craft Ltd Jersey D1871a 1972
0340.1277 Motor sailer 27ft Motor Sailer based on French FV type hull .Spec 753 01/10/68 for Marine Craft Ltd Spec 766 06/11/68 for Marine Craft Ltd Jersey D1869a
0340.0897 Motor Sailer 36ft Motor Sailer D1023
0340.1257 Motor sailer 70 ton Motor Sailer Outline Spec 729 23/01/67 for P Doriaan D1810
0340.0722 Motor Sailer 48 ft Motor Sailer possibly OCTAVIA built by Blanks 1954 D0848
0340.1433 Motor Sailer 36ft G.R.P. Production Motor Sailer D2197
0340.0910 Motor Sailer 35ft Motor Sailer D1037 **
0340.1465 Motor Sailer 15M ketch Motor Sailer for Noordenbos D1704
0340.1474 Motor sailer 50ft Motor Sailer for T Munchen Germany D1765
0340.1202 Motor sailer 38ft 6in Motor Sailer Spec 607 10/09/62 for P B Johnston & D Faulkner – Tasmania D1552a 1962
0340.1169 Motor Sailer Radetta 53ft wooden Motor Sailer Spec 533 19/01/61 for E H Niblett British Ferrograph Recorder Co Built as RADETTA 181253 (100A1) by Weatherhead & Blackie 7/62 . D1430a
0340.1196 Motor sailer 52ft 6in wooden Motor Sailer Spec 590 30/01/62 for Chesney & Partners D1524
0340.1570 Motor sailer GRP 27ft GRP Motor sailer 20/10/77 D2158
0340.1559 Motor Sailer GRP 29ft GRP Motor sailer for Master Marine Mallorca 18/8/78 D2178 1978
0340.1558 Motor sailer GRP 28ft Grp motor sailer 20/7/71 D2151b
0340.1647 Motor sailer GRP 24ft 6in GRP Motor Sailer 21/2/69 Provisional Drawing only D1888 1969
0340.1569 Motor sailer GRP 41ft GRP proposed Motor Sailer for Johnson & Jago and J W Shuttleworth 22/8/78 D2154
0340.1551 Motor Sailer Ketch 40ft Ketch rigged Motor Sailer Oct 1972 2 sheets proposal no name D2032 1972D
0340.1549 Motor sailer Ketch 44ft 6in ketch rigged motor sailer proposal 18/4/70 D1921
0340.1255 Motor Sailer Ketch 25 ton Ketch Motor Sailer Spec 03/11/66 for Mr & Mrs Hawkins 3 sheets Considered to be proposals See D1774 also proposals D1772
0340.1643 Motor Yacht 52ft Motor Yacht Sheet II p on tp 8/4/73 Provisional Drawing only D2062
0340.1206 Motor yacht Warana 23 TM Motor Yacht WARANA ON D1396 305916 Built by Stebbings 3/64 for Kirby Laing (from printed reprint list) Specs 621 & 623 See YW 1964/06 pp 273 D1565a 1962
0340.1302 Motor Yacht 58ft wooden Motor Yacht Spec 793 03/03/72 for J L Tremolieres D1979a 1972
0340.1655 Motor Yacht 44ft Motor Yacht G A 30/5/70 D1943 1970

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