Atkin & co boat plans, boat designs, boat building, william atkin, john atkin, billy atkin, small boats, good boats. The atkins, father william, and son, john designed hundreds of boats, large and small, but unfortunately many of their plans were lost in an unexpected new england hurricane in 1938. william began designing boats around 1906 and john joined him after ww ii.. Please do not stray from the plans and modify your atkin boat. if you cannot resist the urge to second guess john or william atkin you do so at your own risk; the resulting boat will no longer be an atkin design and atkin & co. will take no responsibility for its performance!.
*atkin design includes atkin designed boats when the specific atkin is unknown to the compiler, as well as those attributed to "atkin design" in the books. most of the atkin designs can be purchased from the atkin family.. William atkin started designing boats not long after the start of the 20th century, and his son continued until nearly the end. john’s (the son) wife still sells the plans. plans are very inexpensive. there are designs for sail, tug boats, runabouts, classic craft, houseboats, shanty boats, you name it.. Please do not stray from the plans and modify your atkin boat. if you cannot resist the urge to second guess john or william atkin you do so at your own risk; the resulting boat will no longer be an atkin design and atkin & co. will take no responsibility for its performance!.
