Temptress is a modern wooden boat designed for cold moulded construction. Delivering the first in a new line of boats designed by Michel Berryer and kitted by Dan Lee. Our new boat building plans deliver the most developed plan sets available to the general public for home building. Design and kitting of this boat has been done to a level often not seen even in professional or production boat yards making your job as the builder infinitely more obtainable.
This boat would be equally suited for build by a professional boatyard. Temptress is a modern wooden boat, set up accordingly and balanced for her specified power. The boat is kitted to be built utilising state of the art CNC technology for creating her framework yet finished to a standard that can only be achieved by hand crafting. Modern, stable and low maintenance epoxy wood construction is used throughout.
She is a 24ft inboard runabout, designed to comfortably carry up to 6 in a large, open cockpit. Primarily set up to run around Ilmor’s 5.3L GDI Engine, this versatile design can be altered to accommodate a number of customisable options; power can be Petrol, Diesel or Electric. Her new hull incorporates chine flats, convex bottom sections and a deadrise of approximately 12°. This combination makes the boat a good candidate for any of the grand lakes. She is also large enough, with sufficient freeboard to be comfortable and feel safe at sea or in rougher weather.
Temptress is set up with easily accessible lifting points, making her the ideal candidate for hauling up on to the foredeck or tender garage of a large yacht. She can be quickly launched and used to run errands ashore from larger vessels. The option of electric power could also be utilised with a charging facility provided by her mothership. She is small and light enough to be trailered and launched by a large 4×4 or SUV making her suitable for an everyday launch. The hardware pack shown has been designed to complement the boats lines and present classic styling. Hardware is available to purchase through Dan Lee Boatbuilding.
Temptress can also be commissioned for build at Dan Lee Boatbuilding, please contact me for all enquiries.
Full Size Boat Building Plan Set
Plans include – The boat building plan set is for a cold moulded version of Temptress. It contains illustrated documents showing assembly of the parts and detailed instructions for the entire build process. DXF files for all components are pre-nested into sized bounding boxes ready for importing to CAD software for CNC cutting, re nesting will likely be required to suit your solid wood stock.
File access – Access to all building files is granted through The Dry Dock, the new online resource centre for our boat building plans. Upon purchasing the plans, files and all resources for the build can be accessed through this online portal. Up to date 3D models for construction and hardware arrangement can be assessed and measured through the online CAD viewer. Licenses for personal build can be obtained, builds can be registered to receive a recognised hull number and resources for support throughout the build can also be found.
Pre bevelling components – you may have seen the pre bevelling process that I am undertaking within my current Temptress build. Please note that due to the complexity of this machining operation we are not issuing files for this process with the standard plans. The basic plan set delivers frames sized to the largest size of each bevel and bevels will need to be manually cut upon construction of the boat.
As this is a specialist machining operation, this can only be carried out by Dan Lee Boatbuilding in the UK or by any of our Production Partners worldwide. If you wish to adopt the pre bevelling process within your build then please get in touch to discuss this service.
Scale Model Boat Building Plan Set
The 1/4 scale model plan set offers a simplified version of the boats construction that is suited to building the boat as a functioning RC model boat or just a static model. All components are set up to be CNC or Laser cut from 6mm plywood and slot together using half housing joints, making assembly quick and easy with positive alignment of all parts. There is no need for a strongback assembly as notched stringers and keel components locate everything. This plan set produces a sizeable model at 6′ long! The plans can also be scaled by 50% and cut from 3mm plywood to produce a 1/8 scale model at 3′ long as a smaller alternative. Please note this is NOT the set of plans I work from in the 1/4 scale build video series. In that series I am working from the full size boat plans.
License
This plan set is licensed for single build, personal use only. Not for resale or commercial production, please contact me if you would like more information regarding commercial licensing.
