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.
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| ID | Name | Vessel | Description | Design | Design Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.1636 | Steel Cruising Ketch | 45ft Steel Cruising Ketch for W I Dickinson p on tp undated. Provisional Drawing only | D2262 | ||
| 0340.1622 | Steel Cruising ketch | D1744a | |||
| 0340.1303 | Steel Cruising Ketch | 65ft Steel Cruising ketch Spec 795 07/07/72 for Dr LK Lyle Moore | D2020b | 1972 | |
| 0340.1094 | Steel Cruising Yacht | 46ft Steel Masthead rig Cruising Yacht Spec 770 10/04/69 for W E Gutzmer | D1889b | 1969 | |
| 0340.1503 | Steel Dory | 17ft Steel power dory for J M Berooks ZAMBIA tbc | D2260 | ||
| 0340.1366 | Steel fast cruiser | 37ft Steel Masthead sloop fast cruising yacht. Conventional steel construction with wooden deck and deck structures. Steel Cruiser for W. Huisman believed to be La Luna | D1554b | ||
| 0340.1161 | Steel fast cruiser | 9 1/2 ton Steel fast cruiser Spec 511 04/1160 for E H Stolp Not Found | D1392 | ||
| 0340.1155 | Steel fast cruiser | Strella | 36ft 10 ton Steel Fast Cruiser Spec 504 05/10/60 for G R Watson Spec 535 01/02/61 for G H R Watson Believed built as STRELA ON 304330 by Verweij Zwartewaal in 1962 LYR 63 | D1400a | 1960 |
| 0340.1200 | Steel hard Chine Motor Sailer | 35ft 14 1/2 ton Steel Hard Chine Motor Sailer Spec 585 for F M Ramsay Spec 597 25/04/62 for F M Ramsey NZ | D1479a | ||
| 0340.1475 | Steel Ketch | 92ft 6in Steel Ketch proposal tbc | D1769 | ||
| 0340.1323 | Steel MFV | 36ft Steel Chine Multi purpose Fishing Vessel Spec 841 15/08/84, Spec 849 15/03/89 | D2234 | 1989 | |
| 0340.1566 | Steel MFV Commercial | 23ft Steel MFV for Fiji | D2216 | ||
| 0340.1230 | Steel Motor Sailer | Hayman Lady | 38ft Steel Motor Sailer Spec 679 26/05/64 for F W Hearn, Spec 719 17/02/66 for F W Hearn as HAYMAN LADY ON 335231 built Tak (hull) & Emsworth Ship Yard.fit out 1966 LYR 69 | D1632a | 1966 |
| 0340.1187 | Steel motor sailer | 38ft 6in Steel Motor Sailer Spec 576 08/11/61 for Lt Cdr S C Croucher | D1502 | ||
| 0340.1068 | Steel Motor sailer | Mijma | 45ft 22 ton Steel Motor Sailer Lines Offsets & Body plan used to build D1294 Spec 406 16/09/59 for J D Mackenzie , built as MIJMA ON 302843 By Vries Lentach 2/62. Lloyds 100A1 Spec 407 A Keith Spec 424 05/11/59 for Alan Keith, Spec 470 See YM 1960/09 pp151 May not have been built for A Keith tbc | D1253a | 1959 |
| 0340.1140 | Steel motor sailer | Yokotani | 38ft 6in Steel Motor Sailer Spec 478 23/05/60 for W K Laing Spec 463 30/03/60 for K Laing Spec 478 YOKOTANI built by W Huisman Holland in 1961 for W K Laing,ON 302763 Lloyds 100A1 from printed reprint list and (LYR 63) Spec 573 06/10/61 for A Keith See Ymn 1961/08 pp42 | D1342a | 1960 |
| 0340.1414 | Steel motor sailer | Mijma | 45ft Steel Motor Sailer Mast Head Sloop for McKenzie built on the Lines of D1253 as MIJMA see also From Printed Reprint List. | D1294a | 1960 |
| 0340.1027 | Steel motor sailer | 52ft Steel Motor Sailer Spec 379 27/05/59 A Keith Parts 1 and 2 | D1155 | ||
| 0340.0369 | Steel Motor Sailer | Steel Motor Sailer | D0361 | ||
| 0340.1127 | Steel Motor sailer | 37ft Steel Motor sailer Spec 447 30/01/60 for F W Jelpke | D1327 | 1960 | |
| 0340.1066 | Steel Ocean cruising cutter | Alando | 33 ft 11 ton Steel Ocean cruising cutter. Transom stern with raised topsides amidships Gaff rig Spec 402 05/09/59 for Sqd Ldr A Whitby believed to have been built by Whitby 65 as ALANDO later ORLANDO | D1297a | |
| 0340.1431 | Steel Ocean Cruising Motor Sailer | 46ft Steel Ocean Cruising Motor Sailer | D2380 | ||
| 0340.1249 | Steel Ocean Racer | Anaconda | 48ft Class 1 Steel Ocean Racer Spec 713 07/02/66 for J Grubic Believed to have built as ANACONDA in Australia. One of a series of Racing yachts designed for J Grubic | D1639b | |
| 0340.1611 | Steel Ocean racer | 35ft Steel Ocean Racer for J F Steinmetz 1960 and Ripard Malta 1974 Sister ship to D1035 modified interior masthead rig (3 sheets) | D1322a | ||
| 0340.1562 | Steel offshore cruising yacht | 45ft waterline steel offshore cruising yacht for W H Nielsen | D2274b | ||
| 0340.1533 | Steel Workboat Commercial | 36ft steel multi purpose workboat for Strathard fish farm by Steelcraft C1986 see also 2269 | D2268 | 1986 | |
| 0340.1132 | Steel workboat Commercial | 22ft 6in round bilge steel Workboat Spec 461 29/03/60 for Cameroons Dev Co | D1348 | ||
| 0340.1377 | Steel yawl | Kerkyra | 43 ft 17 ton Steel Yawl for Joyce Bros. | D1589a | |
| 0340.0976 | SWAN class | Apple Pie | 26ft Motor Cruiser SWAN class Spec 339 Spec 356 for W J Parish. Believed to be APPLE PIE see D | D1103a | |
| 0340.0240 | Swordfish | Swordfish | D0362 | ||
| 0340.1062 | TAITSING | Taitsing, Sinbad of Abersoch | 37ft TAITSING ON 301972 built 4/61 by Priors. Lloyds 100A1 Spec 405 09/09/59 for Alan Buchanan Spec 415? 37/26 Fast Cruiser Spec 448 + D1333 for Clegg built as SINBAD OF ABERSOCH ON 301380 by Priors 6/61 From Printed Reprint list. See YW 1961/07 pp326 AB,s own boat. | D1260a | 1959 |
| 0340.0731 | Tiercel – new layout | Tiercel | D0857 | ||
| 0340.0908 | TOLEDO | Toledo | 35ft Steel Ocean Racer built 1958 TOLEDO 7/8 rig Steel hull conventionally framed Steel decks and cabin tops (15 sheets) Spec 373 for A D & W D Mclennan, Spec 416 for J P Steinmetz No 1051 building Vries | D1035a | 1958 |
| 0340.1136 | Touring Launch Commercial | 35ft Touring Launch Spec 467 11/04/60 for Inspector of Agriculture Nigeria (D Scarr Ltd) | D1355 | ||
| 0340.1642 | Trading Schooner Commercial | 78ft Trading Schooner for the Seychelles p on tp 17/6/61? | D1859 | ||
| 0340.1654 | TRAPPER OF ARDEN New Sail Plan | Not AB design | D2219 | ||
| 0340.1536 | TRIDENT Class | 17ft 9in . TRIDENT Burnham on Crouch OD proposals p on tp 1961/08 | D1490 | ||
| 0340.0497 | TROJAN mods | Helena of Troy | Mast step alterations for HELENA OF TROY built Priors 1952/9 ON 185236 Lloyds 100A1 | D0618 | |
| 0340.1479 | TROJAN II Special | Trojan Mk II for M M Caegweizeiro Const G A found separated | D1763b | ||
| 0340.1292 | TWIN VENTURE tbc | Twin Venture Spec 779 18/08/70 for J W Peat | D1931 | ||
| 0340.0461 | UHSC O/D | tbc | D0582 | ||
| 0340.1210 | VASHTI Class GRP | 37ft 6in 11 ton GRP Ocean Racer Vashti Class Spec 641 1o.1964 for Tyler &Universal Shipyard 01/05/63 for K Trent Also built in wood? | D1539 | ||
| 0340.1086 | VASHTI Mk II | Vendetta | 11 ton Ocean Racer 37ft 3in VASHTI Class Mk 2 Spec 634 01/02/63 for E W Sutton (missing?) VIKING Class Spec 563 r 30/06/61 for D Clarabut, listed as wooden Vashti built as VENDETTA 303076 for D S Clarabut by Sutton 1962 (LYR 1963) in Printed Reprint list | D1475 | |
| 0340.1617 | VASHTI Mk III GRP | Phyrne of Burnham | VASHTI Mk III for Peter Martin 24/5/66 Built as PHYRNE OF BURNHAM ON 309609 by Tyler GRP hull and Prior fitting out 1966 | D1768 | |
| 0340.1633 | VASHTI Special | Mary Poppins | 38ft VASHTI Special MARY POPPINS ON 309606 GRP Tyler & Sarisbury Green. | D1800a | |
| 0340.1000 | VASHTI Special | 37ft 3in VASHTI Accommodation Check acc details QUEEN Class tbc | D1128 | ||
| 0340.0965 | VASHTI Special | Jabula | 11 ton Ocean Racer VASHTI Special for Mr Boardman Built as JABULA by Sutton 1959/05 1 sheet Accommodation only Lloyds Survey 100A1 | D1092 | 1959 |
| 0340.1401 | VASHTI Special | ‘VASHTI’ for Mr. L. Goble | D1927 | ||
| 0340.1072 | VASHTI Special | Vae Victis | 37ft 11 ton Cruiser Racer (VASHTI) Spec 410 30/09/59 for K Trent Modified Spec 489 07/07/60 RAF Yacht Club built as VAE VICTIS 303426 (100A1) for K Trent by Sutton 4/1961 (LYR 1963) | D1244 | 1960 |
| 0340.0972 | Venus Sail plan | D1099 |