Lost Alviso scull boat plans

[Troy Nicolls]

Not sure if this is the place, but I just felt inclined to post a copy of some very old scull boat plans I found years ago. Its for a south bay sneak boat, better known as an Alviso scull boat. I built a modified version years ago and use it to this day.
Enjoy
OK... I tried to attach HEIC photos but it says invalid file type. Any advise?
Troy

 

[Eric Patterson]

You can email me the HEIC files and I can convert them or you can do it yourself with Windows Paint. This place is fine, but I can post them to the Resources section which is where plans and such should go for long term storage and retrieval. Take a look at the Resources section and you will see what I mean. Did you take a picture of the plans with your phone? HEIC is a format only your phone understands. Best to stick with more universal formats like jpg and png. You can tell your iphone to use jpg by going to Settings -> Camera -Formats and checking Most Compatible. Of course that will only fix this issue for future pictures. Do you have the plans on paper? A digital scanner is usually better for the fine details unless you have a DLSR camera set up specifically for scanning pictures.

At any rate, YES, we want those plans! If you want to mail them to me to do the scanning I'm happy to and will return them to you ASAP.

 

[Troy Nicolls]

You can email me the HEIC files and I can convert them or you can do it yourself with Windows Paint. This place is fine, but I can post them to the Resources section which is where plans and such should go for long term storage and retrieval. Take a look at the Resources section and you will see what I mean. Did you take a picture of the plans with your phone? HEIC is a format only your phone understands. Best to stick with more universal formats like jpg and png. You can tell your iphone to use jpg by going to Settings -> Camera -Formats and checking Most Compatible. Of course that will only fix this issue for future pictures. Do you have the plans on paper? A digital scanner is usually better for the fine details unless you have a DLSR camera set up specifically for scanning pictures.

At any rate, YES, we want those plans! If you want to mail them to me to do the scanning I'm happy to and will return them to you ASAP.

Great! The only plans I have are printed jpg files off the net from 10 years or so ago. I'll try to change the file type and send them to you. I'd hate to see them lost for eternity. Apparently, the Alviso was a popular design in the SF bay years ago.

 

[Eric Patterson]

I'm unclear. You have digital plans, or you have paper plans printed from jpg files you no longer have?

 

[Troy Nicolls]

I'm unclear. You have digital plans, or you have paper plans printed from jpg files you no longer have?

The latter, so I just took new photos of the paper plans printed from past jpg files (does that make sense?) I do not have any original plans. I sent you the pictures of the plans directly so you can post them where needed. I'll also attach them here if that's ok?

 

[Eric Patterson]

Troy

I've seen those before. In fact I found them in the archived specs section and forgot they were there. I will add them to the Resources section in the plans area for scull boats. Thank you very much for bringing them to my attention.

 

[Troy Nicolls]

That's fantastic! You even have a narrative which is great. I built my boat using the plans but incorporated a bit of a vee in the bottom, used no frames and used stitch and glue construction. It's a fairly light and very solid boat I'm sure will last my lifetime. Thanks for saving this.
Troy

 

[Eric Patterson]

Thank you for approaching me about it. I hadn't run across those plans in who knows how long. They need to be in the Resources section where people can easily find them. I've got a bit of a backlog of updates to make and hopefully I'll be able to get to it soon and add them. I have added it to my duckboats "to-do" list and once something is on it's only a matter of time. By the way, I googled the designer, Bill Grunewald, and found some wonderful information and pictures of him and his boat shop. He is on several historical registers and has a large legacy. I'll put some of that info in the Resources section too. Great stuff.