tread lightly sailboat

Tread Lightly is a 13-foot (4 m) plywood sailboat with sitting headroom and adequate light for reading. It has a powerful hull, a small sail area and a built-in electric trolling motor for coastal cruising and rowing.

Bill shares his thoughts on Tread Lightly, a 13' 4" by 5' 5" cat yawl for one person cruising sheltered waters. He compares it with Paradox, another design by John Welsford, and provides links to plans, videos, and build photos.

Building Tread Lightly with a modified and shortened cabin for day sailing. This design is the forerunner to Scamp which is slightly shorter and with a singl...

DescriptionThe inside of my John Westford TREAD LIGHTLY model, sailboat GRACE - lengthened 20% from original plans.

Sailing GRACE (a Welsford TREAD LIGHTLY design) on Lake Tarawera NEW ZEALAND December 2017

The Tread Lightly was designed with overnight cruising in mind and so it has a cabin with sitting headroom and room for a solo sailor to sleep with legs stretched out under a bench in the cockpit. Steve planned to use his boat primarily for daysailing and found his inspiration for a number of modifications to that end in Bob Trygg's Tread ...

For Full Tread Lightly Plans Digital Download, click HERE. Gavin Atkin moved house. The length of his new garage would enable him to build boats up to about 13 ft long; he is famous for one sheet (2440 x 1220 mm plywood) boats. Don Elliott sang the praises of an 8ft cruiser with fully closed in but awfully claustrophobic cabin, Stuart of ...

Building Welsford's Tread Lightly in Kansas. by Daryl Heinlein - Goddard, Kansas - USA. This all started because of the three year drought that began in the summer of 2011. I was forced to pull my Seaward 24 out of its slip at Lake Cheney, Wichita's 9,000 acre main water supply, on October 1st. The lake level had fallen 5 feet and I had to ...

Building Tread Lightly a design by John Welsford. Building Tread Lightly with a modified and shortened cabin for day sailing. The boat is built with a built in electric trolling motor and oar ports to accommodate rowing the boat easily. Boat details: Tread Lightly.

I have read lots of threads recently about water makers, big solar installations and hi tech comm's and it got me thinking. Way back when I first got involved in cruising a typical boat was about 28ft.

Gizmo. By Bob Trygg - Duluth, Minnesota - USA. "Tread Lightly as an ultimate Daysailer". One man's approach to getting the boat he wants. After selling the last boat I built during the fall of 2005 I began looking at plans for another project. I had discovered "Duckworks" about that time and was interested in some of the designs of ...

Tread Lightly. Recent mention of Tread Lightly has prompted me to post some photos of my TL project, still in its early stages. I'm still really making up the component parts but hope to make progress with assembly early next year. ... Model Sailboats. Foster Cartoons. d ...

He reports that the Welsford-designed boat—beyond being easily trailered, launched, and sailed singlehanded—is a magnet for compliments. ... John Welsford's Scamp has created quite a following and his Tread Lightly is often overlooked. It's 13" longer and has a mizzen and a cabin with enough room to sit and sleep comfortably. Reader ...

Before and after a trip, wash your gear, watercraft and support vehicle to reduce the spread of invasive species. Remove all plant material from watercraft, motor, trailer and other gear and dispose on dry land in a garbage container. Drain livewells, bilge water and transom wells at the boat launch prior to leaving.

Tread Lightly quantity. Add to cart. LOA 4.0M 13FT BEAM 1.5M 5 FT WEIGHT 300 KG 661 LBS INC C/BOARD ... Length, a 15ft (4.5 m) long building space could accommodate a boat about 13 and a little bit feet (4 m) long and still allow the builder to get around the ends with the doors shut.

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2023 Tread lightly Wood Dad's handmade wooden sailboat . Rigging still to do. Comes with motor and trailer. ... 2023 Tread lightly Wood Dad's handmade wooden sailboat . Rigging still to do. Comes with motor and trailer. Trailer is titled. 13.5 feet, 3 masts Marketplace. Browse all. Your account. Create new listing. Filters. Dearing, Kansas ...

Nige's 2nd trip to Lake Tarawera - overnite with a video tour of the cabin of GRACE - my Welsford design TREAD LIGHTLY. Quite comfy even in winter with outsi...

Tread Lightly. This product is no longer available. Product Description. The littlest practical cabin cruising yacht - a design from start to finish. ... A securely watertight cabin and enclosed buoyancy chambers in the ends of the boat will do most of what we need with the buoyancy, at the helm the sailor needs only about 750mm in a fore and ...

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Beneteau First 24 SE sailboat (2021) - Excellent and immaculate condition. Lightly used about 55 times - only in freshwater lakes. The sailboat, located in northern Idaho, USA, was custom ordered by...

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