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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.1296 | Motor Yacht | 45ft wooden twin screw Motor Yacht Spec 784 16/02/71 for W I E Shaw | D1956 | ||
| 0340.0947 | Motor Yacht | 52ft 32 ton steel motor yacht Prov spec 328 C D Middleton | D1074 | ||
| 0340.0885 | Motor Yacht | 72ft 62 ton Twin screw diesel Yacht Spec 282 for Moody’s | D1011 | ||
| 0340.0839 | Motor Yacht | 61ft Twin Screw Diesel Yacht | D0965 | ||
| 0340.0886 | Motor Yacht | 164 ton Motor Yacht | D1012 | ||
| 0340.0747 | Motor yacht | 22 ton Motor Yacht | D0873 | ||
| 0340.1233 | Motor yacht | Kerrara | 42ft Motor Yacht Spec 686 31/08/64 for W Webster Built by J Powles Wroxham as KERRARA 307493 1965 Spec 708 20/10/65 for Stock duplicated | D1663a | 1964 |
| 0340.1248 | Motor yacht | 43ft Motor Yacht Spec 711 29/10/65 for J T Skinner | D1700a | ||
| 0340.0982 | Motor Yacht | 30ft Steel Motor Yacht proposal 1958 | D1109 | ||
| 0340.1631 | Motor Yacht | 46ft Steel TS Motor Yacht. Perez | D1935a | 1970 | |
| 0340.0924 | Motor Yacht | 50ft T S Steel Motor Yacht Provisional Sketch 1958 | D1051 | ||
| 0340.1208 | Motor Yacht Aluminum alloy . | Senaca | 45ft Aluminum Alloy Motor Yacht Spec 632 10/01/63 for Universal Shipyard (Solent) Built as SENACA ON 305706 1964 Large roll parts in poor condition not possible to save all CH | D1550a | 1963 |
| 0340.1238 | Motor Yacht Commercial | 40ft Motor Yacht Spec 695 04/11/64 for C B Fleet | D1689 | ||
| 0340.1645 | Motor Yacht Provisional Drawing only | 35 ft Motor Yacht G A 19/7/72 | D2024 | ||
| 0340.1064 | MUSSEL DREDGER | 40ft Wood Mussel Dredger Spec 395 07/08/59 Eastern Sea Fisheries Prov Spec 400 28/08/59 Spec 433 Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee. | D1213 | ||
| 0340.1445 | Mussel dredger Commercial | 37ft Steel Mussel Dredger Spec 430 for Jones Brothers. Only sheet 2 Offsets found | D1309 | 1959 | |
| 0340.1036 | MUSSEL DREDGER Commercial | 39ft Steel Mussel Dredger ESFJC Spec 381 01/06/59 Spec 381 | D1164 | ||
| 0340.1034 | MUSSEL DREDGER Commercial | 33ft Mussel Dredger Spec 386 30/06/59 Spec 386 35ft Steel Chine Mussel dredger Min of Agriculture &Fish | D1162 | ||
| 0340.1190 | MUSSEL DREDGER Commercial | 35ft Steel Chine Mussel dredger Spec 581 07/12/61 Van Smirren Ltd. | D1515 | ||
| 0340.1126 | Mussel Dredger Commercial | 41ft 2in Steel Mussel Dredger Spec 430 D1309 & Final Spec 443 06/01/60 for Jones Bros | D1312 | ||
| 0340.1738 | Mussel Skiff Commercial | 39ft Water Jet powered Mussel Skiff for St Malo | D2144 | ||
| 0340.1747 | N E Coast O/D Sail plan | D1555b | |||
| 0340.1399 | NANTUCKET CLIPPER GRP Cruiser | Pat’s Girl,Sha La La | Clipper GRP Cruiser Yacht marketed by Offshore Yachts . Featuring a flat bowsprit the yacht is finished to a high standard and is offered with a choice of two rigs and two layouts. Damaged roll | D1896b | 1969 |
| 0340.1577 | NANTUCKET Special | Special Nantucket for Broads 10/7/78 | D2174b | 1978 | |
| 0340.0730 | Neptune | NEPTUNE Accommodation | D0856 | ||
| 0340.1332 | NEPTUNE Mk II | 33ft (25ft WL) NEPTUNE Mk II GRP Motor Sailer | D1940a | ||
| 0340.1240 | NEPTUNE wood | 31ft Standard Buchanan Motor sailer (Wooden Neptune) Spec 698 15/01/65 for Melton Boatyard Spec 706 05/07/65 for Ruffell Smith | D1690a | 1965 | |
| 0340.1250 | NEPTUNE Class | 33ft GRP NEPTUNE Motor Sailer Spec 715 11/02/66 Spec 739 for Tyler Boat Co ( Mk I – 1970 ) large mixed roll of plans some duplicates GH Most started 1966 signed off 1967 Early examples POISEDON Tyler, Johnson & Jago 1967/6 Lloyds 100A1 & SALEN Tyler, Shuttlewood 1967/4 Lloyds 100A1 | D1717a | 1966 | |
| 0340.1480 | NEPTUNE Mk IV | 20/02/16 GH Sheet 1,2,3 only | D2162 | ||
| 0340.1099 | NEPTUNE MkIII | 33ft NEPTUNE Mk III Spec 797 10/10/72 for Johnson & Jago and Shuttlewoods Sheet 6( print ) to add to racked roll GH | D2027b | ||
| 0340.1095 | NEPTUNIAN | 33ft GRP NEPTUNE Mk II Centre Cockpit NEPTUNIAN Motor Sailer Spec 780 08/09/70 Very popular more than 100 sold world wide by 1980 Developed into the New Neptune 41 by Van de Stadt for Johnson & Shuttlewood in 1980 | D1924a | 1970 | |
| 0340.1400 | New engine | YEOMAN Class Mark ll New engine installation Albin AD 2 | D1929 | 1970 | |
| 0340.1408 | NEW SPINAWAY | New Spinaway | 25ft 4 ton Centreboard Sloop Spec 789 03/11/71 for W E Poole, New SPINAWAY for Mr. Poole | D1964a | 1971 |
| 0340.1149 | NORMAN Class | Thendara, Twayblade, Blometje, | 33ft 9 ton Fast Cruiser NORMAN Class Stock Plan Spec 491 18/07/60 for T Merton Jones built as Thendara . Spec 498 17/08/60 for Dr P Morck built as TWAYBLADE ON 301973 by King Spec 499 30/08/60 for K Duke built as BLOMETJE Brief Spec 530 03/01/61 Jones built as NORMAN Class | D1386a | |
| 0340.1176 | NORMAN Special | Maren | 33ft 9 ton NORMAN Spec 551 04/05/61 for G R K Richards built as MAREN ON 304054 By St Osyth 5/62 1 sheet Cat | D1468b | |
| 0340.1621 | NORMAN Special | 33 ft NORMAN New Sail plan for P Packer 1 sheet Cat pl28 02/12 | D1753b | ||
| 0340.1338 | NORMAN Special | Sea Saunterer | 33ft 9 ton wooden Norman Class Fast Cruiser Spec + D1386 553 for I J Faulker built as SEA SAUNTERER ON 301856 Lloyds 100A1 Enterprise Boat building 5/63 1 sheet Cat pl28 | D1472b | |
| 0340.1358 | NORMAN Special | Special ‘NORMAN’ for Jay Shaft | D1499b | ||
| 0340.1281 | North East Coast O/D | 18ft 8in North East Coast O.D. 2-berth cruising yacht with fixed keel. Bermudan rig 3 ton Fast Cruiser Spec 757 25/10/68 see also D1555 Redrawn from D0311 & D1855. | D1875a | ||
| 0340.1330 | Norwegian Type Special | 36ft Norwegian Type Steel Cruising Yacht Spec 851 25/11/91 for Dr R Davies | D2288b | ||
| 0340.1322 | Norwegian type steel Cruising Ketch | 42ft Norwegian Type Steel Cruising Ketch Spec 837 15/03/82 for C G Thomas Only 2 prints and 2 A4 drawings found to date rack to be checked | D2221b | 1982 | |
| 0340.1124 | Noryeama | Noryema II | 41ft wooden 15 ton Ocean Racer Spec 441 22/12/59 for R W Amey believed built as NORYEMA II ON 303610 (100A1) by W King 5/62 LYR 63 | D1250 | |
| 0340.1154 | NORYEMA II | Noryema II | 45ft Ocean Racer Cruiser Spec 500 16/09/60 for R W Amey , Spec 523 30/11/60 for R W Amey NORYEMA II 303610 Built King 5/62 Lloyds 100A1 2 rolls of plans cat | D1396a | 1961 |
| 0340.0775 | NYC rkd | 140 ton Motor Yacht | D0901 | ||
| 0340.0820 | O/D Sloop | 18ft 6in One Design Sloop | D0946 | ||
| 0340.1436 | Ocean Cruiser | 45ft Ocean Cruising Yacht | D2311 | ||
| 0340.1089 | Ocean Cruiser | 32ft Ocean Cruiser Spec 703 16/02/65 for Tom Follett | D1714 | 1965 | |
| 0340.1298 | Ocean Cruising Proa | 100ft Ocean Cruising Proa Spec 786 26/04/71 for I Major | D1958 | 1971 | |
| 0340.1638 | Ocean Cruising Yacht | 40ft Ocean Cruising yacht p on tp 3/4/73. Provisional Drawing only | D2061 | ||
| 0340.1568 | Ocean cruising yacht | 50ft Ocean Cruising Yacht in GRP proposal | D2093 |