Nemo is my personal runabout / camp cruiser. She is the result of blind chance, opportunism and intuition rather than engineering and design. Nemo started life as the Hexcel Ultimate 30 professional racing skiff designed by Ian Murray of Australian 18 fame and built in carbon/nomex by McConaghy in Sydney Australia. After the boat sat…
A concept design for a larger version of Shearwater, the idea was to create a comfortable, fuel efficient cruiser for a couple, and retain the simplicity, maneuverability and open arrangement that an outboard engine allows. A small diesel stern-drive was also evaluated. Particulars Overall Length (Hull) 9.76 m Waterline Length 9.28 m Beam Over All…
25-Foot High Efficiency Cruiser Shearwater is a high-efficiency light weight cabin cruiser. The design started out as a concept for a commuter that Paul drew up for a potential Seattle area client, and which incorporated some elements learned from experience with Nemo. I modified the commuter concept for family camp cruising by raising the foredeck,…
The PT (Port Townsend) Skiff is a 5.6m [18’-6”] fuel-efficient utility/camping boat we designed for Russell Brown. The design features a 20hp outboard, 140 liter water ballast tank, fine sections forward and a center console. Top speed is 23 knots with just the driver, and 17 knots with four people aboard. The ride is dry…
This is a light-weight 26 foot plywood commuter cat for a client in the San Juan Islands who wanted to build his own boat. Lightship weight is about 750 kg, power is twin 40 HP outboards, making cruise easily at 20 knots and topping out at close to 30. The structure is CNC-cut four, six…
A concept for a retiring sailor who wanted a very fuel-efficient power boat and felt no need to travel faster than he did when sailing. At a hull speed of 10 knots, this round-bilged, narrow hull would be very efficient and sea-kindly, needing only a 53 hp (40 kW) diesel to keep it burbling along.…
This power boat is a development of the 25 footer for a client that wanted a very simple, efficient boat for visiting his property in the San Juan Islands from Seattle. Construction is cold-molded hull with composite deck, house and internal structure. Power is an aluminum-block Volvo D3 with inboard-outboard drive. Particulars Overall Length (Hull)…
This is a plywood power cat for a client in Florida who wanted to build his own boat. He was keen to take advantage of Bieker Boats’ foil design experience to get better fuel economy and performance, and also wanted a boat that was distinctively styled. We started with our little commuter cat hulls as a…
Joint Press Release “A Washington State team working to accelerate ferry technology through a joint innovation project approach has been selected for funding that was announced this week by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration. Kitsap Transit received word that they are one of 25 transits authorities nationwide that will receive a share…
This boat was a project that Paul took on as a small, efficient easy to store and easy to transport day boat/camp cruiser. It is modeled after a boat designed five or six years ago by Russell Brown This boat travels at around 16 knots using less than 1.5 gallons per hour of fuel. Particulars…
