I am, and always will be, a Puddle Duck Racer, both in my heart and in my attitudes. I just liked the idea of the Harley 8. Also, I am a boat builder - I gots ta build.

You can get plans for the Harley 8 off the Free Plans section of www.pdracer.com.

The sail was made from the Balanced Lug design on Craig O'Donnell's Cheap Pages.

The rigging design was lifted from Michael Storer's rigging for the Goat Island Skiff as seen on Michael Storer's Boat Designs

More tech specs later. Then you'll see all the ugly bits.