Fisher 34 motorsailer

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Doing assorted 'dry run' assembling of cabin tops, masts and other parts. Quite time consuming but, necessary in order to get all the bits adjusted before painting and further assembly. Again, lack of experience reduces efficiency considerably. Masts have to unstepped each time as the yacht does not 'live' out in the hallway any more but in a store room where there is not sufficient height under the shelving to have the masts stepped! This will be remedied later on in the build when the rigging MUST be able to stay in place after the triatic back-stay is tensioned. New plan for the shelving is sent in to the Admiralty buildings dep't for approval.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Been painting a lot of white recenting and getting slightly 'snow-blind' so decided to have a go at the wheelhouse interior for a change of colour.

This is my first attempt at making 'dolls-house funiture' so some of the upholstry needs re-doing. The material is left-over microfibre curtaining… it's a bit thick at the corners where folded over -a bit like the builder actually.

I'll re-do it later if it's too obvious when the wheelhouse is complete. I will probably not be able to live with for long but want to play with the small details a bit first. There'll be a radar, VHF, GPS and more so that may distract the eye from the poor upholstry work.

George

Edited By gecon on 17/12/2020 07:46:28

[geconParticipant @gecon]

I've had plenty of time for building / assembling these last two days. New photos of wheelhouse detail progress. The chap at the helm is the watchman's son
ie wrong scale for the boat. He is standing on a 'footstool' (there's probably a nautical name for this but don't know it) so he can see over the bow. We actually had a footstool on the full size Fisher….so we could see over the bow!.

It'll soon be time to get back to the white paint and I won't send a photo of that until the parts are in situ'….promiss.

George

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi George.

That is a very well kitted out wheelhouse but as you had the real thing you know where everything goes

Keep up the good work.

Regards Ray

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Looking really good George. It's the details that really make the difference.

Chris

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

Hi,

Does anyone know where I could get the plans for this boat? I have looked everywhere and I cannot find it.

Thanks!

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hi Ray, Chris, …..details hmmm. Don¨t look too closely though. The boat's in Norway, the map shows the French coast and the cup holder looks like an outside loo for two good friends. The map will have to stay, but the cup holder will be re-scaled soon -although, I could say that it's for my two 8cm dia. Land Rover mugs or for two thermos flasks.

I'll leave well alone for a while and get on with white paint on the cabin tops.

George.

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

Posted by Samule kracj on 18/12/2020 22:07:49:

Hi,

Does anyone know where I could get the plans for this boat? I have looked everywhere and I cannot find it.

Thanks!

Thanks for the help :/

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Samule,

The opening post by George on this thread said she is a Fisher 46 based on Dave Metcalfe's drawings, which are available from SARIK plans services here in the UK & online

Ray

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Sarik don't appear to list them now.

Colin

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Colin,

Sorry, I should have checked well they used to be available

I wonder if Model Boat Plans published are still passed to SARIK as a matter of course ??

I should know this, as plans for my designs come up on ebay for sale

Regards Ray

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Feature plans plus the plans in the old Plans Service were passed to Sarik I believe but not all Free Plans. Then again many of the very old physical plans have deteriorated to the point that they cannot be copies whilst others have been discontinued because there is no demand.

Colin

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hi Samule,

I bought the original plans over 20 years ago. They were getting a bit tatty so last year I wanted to 'freshen them ut a bit' so I ordered a copy from a local copying service. They made a mistake and copied the plans in 75% scale. So I ended up with a Fisher plan that was 34" long instead of 46". I used to own a Fisher 34 so decided to use the new 75% plans to build a 1/12th scale Fisher 34 (34 feet is 34 inches at 1/12th scale).

I looked at the SARIK plan service on this site and found that if you write in their search column MM1359 the original plans for the Fisher 46 are there! £23 (+ postage I expect).

The hull shape is almost the same for all versions of Fisher motorsailers. The wheelhouse and coachroof is NOT excactly the same for all Fishers. The Fisher 46 has an aft cabin, but the 34 has an aft cockpit. There are many videos on Youtube showing details of the Fishers so it is easy to get info on the layout and equipment.

Regards,

George

Edited By gecon on 23/12/2020 14:44:06

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

Thank you all so much!

I live in Canada so shipping these things from the UK does not seem like a very good idea. ( I tried it once it never came) Do you know if there is a PDF version or even just a picture of them? I don't even mind if they are taken with a phone. I'm becoming a bit desperate as this was supposed to be a project for a friend.

Yours looks great by the way!

Thank you

[geconParticipant @gecon]

You could ask SARIK if they can sell it to you in PDF form. I don't think they have original paper copies anyway, so they will have to print the plans from digital archives. Maybe they can send them in PDF instead of printing them, but of course you will have to pay for them first!

Otherwise you can ask them to fold the plans (3 large sheets) and send them in A4 or A3 size envelope/s. If you wait until after the Christmas rush the postal system should manage to deliver to you.

Send them an e-mail and ask.

George

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Samule

I have managed to track down the original article from the plan number. It was published in the March 1984 issue of Model Boats. I have that copy and have scanned in the article and sent it to the email adress you gave when you registered on this site. The article includes a reproduction of the rigging plan only.

As George suggests, it should be safe to order the full set of plans from Sarik but wait until after Christmas.

There is a review of the Fisher 34 with photos here:

https://www.classicboat.co.uk/articles/fisher-34-boat-test/

And lots of online photos from a Google search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=freeward+marine+fisher+34&client=firefox-b-d&sxsrf=ALeKk03bahT6YiRv_xHyy0RLu5YnRC3ekw:1608738505627&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=7n8b2PuRZgBpNM%252Ce2aSwGabVYDbvM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kS3aCZbI_1Xe6bOKSzKVqXxOh7OYQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj44af5ueTtAhWOQEEAHbhWA-gQ9QF6BAgWEAE#imgrc=7n8b2PuRZgBpNM

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop on 23/12/2020 15:51:19

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

Thanks for the email!

I sent an email to Sarik a few months back about getting this (https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/fisher-25/) In PDF format and they said that they cant sell PDF's because of copyright and that I would have to order them by mail. So I did and even after a few months I haven't gotten it.

Thank you all for the help,

Samule

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Well, did you not chase them up and tell them? Things do get lost in the post but they can be replaced.

Colin

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

They are aware and have shipped a new one but i'm still waiting on it. I have found some low res pictures of the Fisher 46 plans drawn by D.J Metcalf on google. I guess I will just try my best with those for now…

Samule

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hi Samule,

Just for info'….. I bought the Fisher 25 plan from Sarik last year -just to have a look at the plan and construction. This does not have a scale shape hull. It is drawn as a 'hard chine' hull and not 'round bilge'. It' s a nice little semi-scale model but only about 60 cm long.

I hope your Fisher plans get to you this time. Christmas is of course not the best time to order small things in the post

George

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Samule

So what you said about looking everywhere and not finding them wasn't true and then fellow members wasted their time in tracking them down to where you had already ordered them from!

Not impressed!

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

That's not true! Those are Fisher 25 plans and as the post above says the fisher 25 is very different from the fisher 34 of 46. I found fisher 25 plans I didn't find fisher 34 or 46 plans.

[Samule kracjParticipant @samulekracj54777]

Just because I ordered Fisher 25 plans doesn't mean that I can't ask for help finding the plans for the fisher 46. Don't believe me? go to SARIK yourself and search "fisher 46" you wont get anything.

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Looks like there has been a misunderstanding, especially as the Fisher 46 was originally the Freeward 46 and as said above and in my email to you, you can find the plans with Sarik here:

**LINK**

Colin

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Samule

Yes, a misunderstanding, please accept my apologies.

I'll stick to Faireys!

Chris

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