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
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| ID | Name | Vessel | Description | Design | Design Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.0033 | 25ft TM Aux Cruiser | 25 ft 4 1/2 ton TM Aux Cruiser Spec 9 14/12/49 for Dr C Turner Pitts | D0149 | 1949 | |
| 0340.0086 | 25ft WIND ELF | 25ft WIND ELF Class data sheet. | D0206a | ||
| 0340.0148 | 25ft WIND ELF Special | 25ft WIND ELF Special tbc | D0271a | ||
| 0340.0055 | 25ft WIND ELF Special | Elfeen | 25ft WIND ELF 4 ton Special ELFEEN 22/08/50 Spec 23/10 50 ELFEEN for Col G F Bunbury, Spec 42 04/07/52 for Fraser Bryant contains Design 186 Published Print of Lines and GA held to cover for missing original drawings GH 30/11/2019 | D0172a | |
| 0340.0104 | 25ft WIND ELF Special | 25ft WIND ELF 4 1/2 ton CB 1997/02 pp38 Damaged sheet. | D0224 | ||
| 0340.0223 | 25ft WIND ELF Special | 25ft WIND ELF accommodation for D P Grant damaged | D0345a | ||
| 0340.0280 | 25ft WIND ELF Special | 25ft WIND ELF 4 1/2 ton Aux Cruiser sail plan | D0402a | 1954 | |
| 0340.0193 | 26ft 1in SEA SPRAY Special | 26ft 1in SEA SPRAY Special Spec 87 for Dr A J R Hudson Hull based on D0205 | D0315a | ||
| 0340.0085 | 26ft 6in Racing Cruiser SEA SPRAY | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY 5 ton 20ft WL Racing Cruiser Provisional & Final Specs 38 08/05/52 for Competition entry Spec 89 09/09/54 for Dr L C Lum ( May not have been built for him cf MERLOO 32x 24 built King for him in 1958 | D0205a | ||
| 0340.0334 | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY | Toki | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY built as TOKI ON 185934 by Priors 7/1953 Lloyds 100A1 Plans NYF | D0456 | |
| 0340.0324 | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY Building dwg | D0446 | ||
| 0340.0304 | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY | 26ft 6in Revised SEA SPRAY Spec 89 Dr L C Lum | D0426a | ||
| 0340.0252 | 26ft 6in SEASPRAY Special | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY detail of Main boom fittings for Dr Hudson | D0374 | ||
| 0340.0173 | 26ft 6in Special Seaspray | 26ft 6in SEA SPRAY special | D0296a | 1953 | |
| 0340.0446 | 26ft Forward Motor Cruiser | Spec 127 no date | D0567 | ||
| 0340.0568 | 26ft Fwd Cockpit Motor Boat | TBC | D0693 | ||
| 0340.0245 | 26ft General service Launch | 26 ft General Service Launch | D0367 | ||
| 0340.0955 | 26ft Motor Cruiser | D1082 | |||
| 0340.0224 | 27ft 4in Motor Cruiser PORPOISE | Porpoise | 27ft 4in Hard Chine Motor Cruiser PORPOISE Spec 86 | D0346a | |
| 0340.1389 | 27ft 5in Fast Motor Yacht for Pochin’s of Manchester | D1711a | |||
| 0340.0190 | 27ft 6in MFV tbc | 27ft 6in Forward Cabin & wheelhouse M F V Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0312 | ||
| 0340.0004 | 27ft Aux Cruiser | 27ft LWL 10ton Aux Cruiser 10 tons TM Dwg Date 10/01/47 (first in book) | D0110 | 1947 | |
| 0340.0002 | 27ft CLYDE CRUISING CLUB Special | Chieftain of Wight | 27ft Clyde Cruising Club 6 1/2 ton yacht Special sail & spar plan held (Built to lines plan D1029) Spec 513 for Capt P C P Johnson. Built as CHIEFTAIN OF WIGHT 303348 by The Conyer Boat Co in 1961 | D1419b | |
| 0340.0001 | 27ft CLYDE CRUISING CLUB | D1029a | |||
| 0340.1311 | 27ft Cold moulded Cruiser racer | 27ft Cold Moulded Cruiser Racer Spec 815 12/12/74 for R Huntingdon | D2160 | ||
| 0340.1105 | 27ft Gaff Cutter | 27ft wooden Gaff Cutter Spec 856 08/09/93 for Kent McAvoy USA | D2305b | ||
| 0340.0013 | 27ft Launch | 27ft Ferry, Tripping and Fishing Launch for R C Pullen | D0123 | ||
| 0340.0279 | 27ft Launch | 27ft Inspection Launch Spec 104 No date | D0401 | ||
| 0340.0289 | 27ft Motor Cruiser | 27ft Motor Cruiser | D0411 | ||
| 0340.0144 | 27ft Motor Cruiser | 27ft Motor Cruiser tbc | D0267 | ||
| 0340.0451 | 27ft Motor Cruiser | D0572 | |||
| 0340.0145 | 27ft Motor Cruiser | 27ft Motor Cruiser tbc | D0268 | ||
| 0340.0192 | 28ft 10in Fast Cruiser | Kudoso | 28ft 10in 5 1/2 ton Fast Cruiser Spec No 88 no date for G Armstrong | D0314 | |
| 0340.0350 | 28ft 4in Sloop | 28ft 4in 7 1/2 ton sloop Spec 116 15/03/55 Spec 274 8 1/2 chine for B M Platt 28/01/58 | D0472a | ||
| 0340.0261 | 28ft 6in Shallow Draft Fast Cruiser | Jano | 28ft 6in 6 1/2 ton Shallow draft Fast Cruiser Spec 112 No date for P H Pudney, Spec 120 No date for P H Pudney, built as JANO ON 187045 by H King 1956 Spec 139 for W Ruff, Spec 146 10/10/55 for W G Ruff Early “Shallow Draft” design | D0383a | 1955 |
| 0340.0768 | 28ft Broads Cruiser | 28ft Broads Cruiser Vee bottom hard chine Spec 252 for Pegg Marine | D0894 | ||
| 0340.0755 | 28ft Broads Cruiser | 28ft Broads Cruiser for Pegg | D0881 | ||
| 0340.0366 | 28ft MFV Commercial | 28ft Gill net FV Short Spec 118 | D0488 | ||
| 0340.0029 | 28ft Motor Cruiser | Glen Mist | 28ft Motor Cruiser for the Keelson Yard Herne Bay .Believed built as GLEN MIST 184337 1950 Ferry Launch Note the same Drawing Number D145 was used for the plans of the WILD DUCK designed by AB for YM see EOA pdfs. | D0145 | |
| 0340.0283 | 28ft One Design SEASPRAY | 28ft SEA SPRAY O/D | D0405 | ||
| 0340.0119 | 28ft Passenger Launch | 28ft Passenger launch 11/02/53 tbc | D0239 | ||
| 0340.0062 | 28ft TROJAN Mk I Cruiser | Trojan Maid, Rouge Gorge, | 28ft 5 1/2 ton TM Fast Cruiser TROJAN Class designed as a fast cruiser which could give a good account of herself in handicap racing all in 5 1/2 tons. Reversed sheer design discussed with Priors and appeared in Yachting World July 1951. Spec 28 09./51 Spec 52 No spec date 14/01 51 Built as ROUGE GORGE Priors 1952 Lloyds 100AI also HELENA OF TROY see D0618 for mods. Lloyds 100A1 plus TROJAN MAID built Weatherheads 1952/8 Lloyds 100A1 | D0180a | 1950 |
| 0340.0352 | 29ft 6in Ocean Cruiser YEOMAN Special | Jano | 29ft 6in 8 ton Ocean Cruiser Spec 111 (Brief) tbc Spec 138 for N Clarkson, Spec 131 YEOMAN tbc, Spec 147 24/10/55 for P H Pudney, built King as Jano ON 187045 1956 | D0474 | |
| 0340.0368 | 29ft 6in Ocean Racer | 29ft 6in Chine Ocean Racer | D0490 | ||
| 0340.0043 | 29ft Estuary Cruiser | 29ft Estuary Cruiser 24/03/50 tbc | D0160 | 1950 | |
| 0340.0975 | 29ft GRP Express Cruiser | D1102 | |||
| 0340.0130 | 29ft Sloop | 29ft Sloop tbc | D0250 | ||
| 0340.0114 | 29ft TROJAN | 29ft TROJAN Mk I 07/01/53 tbc | D0234b | ||
| 0340.0341 | 29ft TROJAN Special | 29ft TROJAN Special for G B C Potter 27 /10/54 | D0463 | ||
| 0340.1114 | 29ft Tug Commercial | 29ft Contractors Steel Chine Launch & Tug Spec 836 12/03/81 Stock Design 1 roll racked NYC | D2161 |