We are happy to announce that Tony O’Connor Boats is the new Goat Island Skiff kit supplier for Australia – he has also built some Goats to deliver to clients.
https://www.oconnorwoodenboats.com/goat-island-skiff
Goat Island Skiff boat plan General information here
Detailed cutting in Goat Island Skiff Kits
These kits use the beautiful custom panel joining method developed by my USA kit supplier Clint Chase. These are the best GIS kits in the world.
Gosh it has been a steep learning curve. Have been back and forth with the cutting people to get things to work correctly. Computer cutters (the machines) are really dumb. But the engineering guys who run them have been extremely helpful and patient.
The boat assembles quickly because the number of pieces of ply are minimal.
A 1/4 scale version of the Goat.
These are all the main bits for the hull.
It is a great reminder of what a simple boat the GIS is. That is the LOT.
On the full size version there are more detailed bits … like all the little gussets that hold the sub seat structure together will be precut too .. limber holes too.
Making GIS hull assembly with Tabs go very quickly
The New Australian Kit Supplier for GIS – Perth
https://www.oconnorwoodenboats.com/goat-island-skiff
More information about the Goat Island Skiff and the Boat Plan is here
