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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.1097 | BALTIMORE CLIPPER 40 | 37ft GRP with stringers BALTIMORE CLIPPER Spec 794 16/03/72 Moulding Spec, 802 11/05/73 Spec 807 07/01/74 | D1962a | ||
| 0340.1204 | Barge Commercial | 68ft 100 ton Steel Dumb Sullage Barge Specs 611 & 612 03/10/62 for D E Scarr Ltd | D1559 | 1962 | |
| 0340.1666 | BEAGLE | Beagle | Research Vessel BEAGLE 2 sheets pl 28 Sail Plan and GA. P on tp Provisional drawings. 30/04/60 | D1364 | 1960 |
| 0340.0664 | BEELEIGH Class | 20ft 3 ton Estuary Cruiser BEELEIGH Class Spec 277 Carvel on bent frames. Spec 397 Clinker on bent frames for B W Davies. | D0789 | ||
| 0340.1405 | Bilge Keel Sloop | 25ft Sloop Twin Bilge Keel. Friendship Sloop based on Halcyon Clipper 27 | D1957a | ||
| 0340.1256 | BONITO | 35ft BONITO Hull Completion Spec 728 16/12/66 for D T Beer (SILWEN 309394) Seamaster, Stebbings & R J Prior 1967 | D1605a | ||
| 0340.1630 | BONITO Sp Sail Plan | 35ft BONITO Aux GRP Sloop for Beer. Sail plan.& mast support Sheets split PL28 & Rack | D1811a | 1966 | |
| 0340.1398 | BONITO Aux Sloop GRP | 35ft GRP updated BONITO Aux Sloop | D1885 | ||
| 0340.1074 | BONITO Class GRP TOKU | Toku | 35ft 10 1/2 ton GRP BONITO Fast Cruiser AB’s first GRP Class . Spec 413 26/10.59 for Stebbings Ltd. Spec 529 10 1/2 ton GRP Sloop. Full set held TOKU built Stebbings 1962/02 was one of the first built Lloyds 100A1 | D1207a | 1959 |
| 0340.1363 | BONITO GRP | Gunfleet | 35ft BONITO for L.Dyball built as GUNFLEET by Stebbings 1963 LYR 63 | D1546a | 1963 |
| 0340.1362 | BONITO MK II | 35ft GRP BONITO Mk ll 3 drawings related to Mk II changes Cat 6 sheets | D1540b | 1963 | |
| 0340.1262 | BONITO Sp | Whisky Glass | 36ft Cruiser Spec 734 07/04/67 for R Barrington Brock built as WHISKY GLASS 334661 Seamaster & Sutton full set 6 sheets Cat | D1813a | |
| 0340.1535 | BONITO Sp | 35ft Bonito for Dyball tbc see D 1546 | D1598b | ||
| 0340.1186 | BONITO Special | South’ard | 35ft 10 1/2 ton GRP BONITO Special Spec 574 18/10/61 for De Forest W Trimingham See also D1207 Spec 580 21/11/61 for De Forest Trimingham (SOUTH’ARD 302955) Seamaster & Stebbings Sheet 18A pl28 to be added to roll GH | D1496a | |
| 0340.1369 | BONITO Special GRP | Special GRP BONITO Spec 619 for Rodney Hill May not have been built see Sweet Reason by French Bros 1964 not to AB Design | D1566a | ||
| 0340.0878 | BRABANT Class | Mako of Burnham Gay Lucille, Gitana of La Guiara, Seaswell, Fleur des Lies, Marcasite, Mako of Burnham, Blue Tango, Jonelle, Keren, Leto, Niandra, Tegerin, Maid of Alderney | 9 ton Steel Fast Cruiser 30ft BRABANT Shallow Draft Steel Yacht. Transom stern cruising sloop wooden decks and cabin top masthead sloop rig. (20 Sheets) Spec 310 part 2 work to be completed by Stebbings on hull from Tak Brothers of Holland Spec 288 for Stebbings, Spec 284 Stebbings Spec 340 for construction of steel hull for Stebbings, Spec 437 for steel hulls to be built by J J Beijnes Holland.Spec 451 for Hull from Tak for Stebbings. Spec 462 2 batches of 6 hulls for Stebbings. | D1004a | 1959 |
| 0340.1225 | BRABANT II Special Shallow draft fast cruiser | 32ft 8in ft BRABANT Mk II 10M Steel Shallow Draft Fast Cruiser Spec 670 20/04/64 for Prof Van Berkel set of 5 sheets modified from basic BRABANT | D1646a | ||
| 0340.0891 | Broads Cruiser | 32ft Broads cruiser Spec 301 for J & T Maxwell Ltd 5 sheets | D1017a | ||
| 0340.0815 | Broads Cruiser | 30ft Broads Cruiser | D0941 | ||
| 0340.0817 | Broads Cruiser | 28ft Broads Cruiser | D0943 | ||
| 0340.0814 | Broads Cruiser | 40ft Broads cruiser | D0940 | ||
| 0340.0816 | Broads Cruiser | 28ft Broads Cruiser | D0942 | ||
| 0340.0843 | Broads Cruiser | 28ft Broads Hire Cruiser Spec 276 Hard chine Vee bottom 1958 | D0969 | ||
| 0340.0512 | Buchanan 29 | 29ft fast cruiser | D0633 | ||
| 0340.0638 | BURNHAM ON CROUCH O/D Class | 21ft Beam 6ft 7in Draft 3ft 6in Open day sailer, fixed keel Burnham on Crouch OD – 4 sheets Spec 275 Round bilge clinker on bent frames. | D0763 | ||
| 0340.0460 | Burnham Sloop | D0581 | |||
| 0340.0959 | C B Ketch | 20ft 6in C/B Ketch alterations from standard as in D0515. | D1086 | ||
| 0340.1557 | C LIPPER Cruising Ketch | 48ft 14.6M Clipper Cruising Ketch for Silentcraft Valencia | D2142 | ||
| 0340.1075 | C/B Fin Sloop | 22ft C/B / Fin Sloop Spec 415 27/10 59 for J W Gill | D1280 | 1959 | |
| 0340.0530 | C/B Sloop | 20ft Aux C/B Sloop tbc | D0655 | ||
| 0340.0467 | c/b Sloop | 4 ton CB Sloop tbc | D0588 | ||
| 0340.1288 | C/B Yawl Racing Cruiser Alloy or Steel | 38ft 6in Aluminium alloy Centreboard yawl Racing Cruiser Spec 769 No date for F A A Daamen, Spec 772 14/04/69 for a steel hulled craft for FAA Damen, | D1878 | ||
| 0340.0993 | Cabin Cruiser | 20ft Cabin Cruiser | D1121 | ||
| 0340.1609 | Canal Cruiser | 25ft Canal Cruiser Lines and Offsets | D1287a | 1959 | |
| 0340.0841 | Canal Cruiser | 28ft Canal Cruiser | D0967 | ||
| 0340.0932 | Canal Cruiser | 24ft Canal Cruiser Spec 326 1958 4 sheets cat for racking | D1059 | ||
| 0340.1146 | Cargo Launch Commercial | 40ft wooden General Purpose Cargo Launch Spec 487 29/06/60 for J M Wheeler. | D1379 | ||
| 0340.0657 | Cartop dinghy | 11ft x 4ft 9in 11ft Cartop Sailing Dinghy, chine plywood Vee bottom – | D0782 | ||
| 0340.1449 | Catamaran Comercial | 68ft Steel Passenger Catamaran to DTI Class VI. Outline Spec 838 No date | D2232 | ||
| 0340.1228 | Catarmaran | 77ft Catarmaran Spec 675 12/05/64 for P Hall Prout designed and Built | D1627 | 1964 | |
| 0340.1065 | Centreboard Sloop | 11M 11 1/2 ton Steel Centreboard Sloop Spec 402 woodwork & steelwork 05/09/59 for S Schuil Several similar craft were built See D 1108,1502,1509,1519 & 1473 | D1204a | 1959 | |
| 0340.1753 | Channel Islands 22 Special | 22ft Channel Islands – Sketchesfor Lifting Gear & shaft line for Mermaid 140 for JR Pearce p on tp nov 1983. Nb. Drawings with this design number bundled together with design 1992 | D2243 | ||
| 0340.1742 | Channel Islands 22 Special | 22ft GRP C I for Silva Yates 3 sheets. GA of types 1-6 using standard GRP hull No 1992. Nb. Drawings with this design number bundled together with design 1992. | D2003 | ||
| 0340.1754 | Channel Islands 22 Special | 22ft Channel Islands – Sketches and Schemes for later versions. Nb. Drawings with this design number bundled together with design 1992. | D2250 | ||
| 0340.1741 | Channel Islands 22 Special | 22ft GRP CI FV on basic hull 1 sheet. Nb. Drawings with this design number bundled together with design 1992. | D2002 | ||
| 0340.1752 | Channel ISlands 22 Special | 22ft Channel Islands Harbour Launch & FV versions Also Sketch of 24ft Pasenger Launch p on tp 14/97?. Nb. Drawings with this design number bundled together with design 1992 | D2157 | ||
| 0340.1751 | Channel Islands 22 Special | 22ft Channel Islands Special. Nb. Drawings with this design number bundled together with design 1992 | D2109 | ||
| 0340.1629 | CHANNEL ISLANDS 30 | Proposed C I 32 Mk II 1987 | D2281 | 1987 | |
| 0340.1412 | CHANNEL ISLANDS 32 GRP | 31 ft Channel Islands 32 Type II 1986 | D2185 | ||
| 0340.1452 | Channel Islands 32 Special | 32ft Harbour Masters Launch / Pilot boat for St Helena built by Silver Yates Plastics Jersey CI 32 Special | D2285 |