#425 & #540, 24' x 8' Blunt Bow

Main Views #425 (pdf)

Main Views #540 (pdf)

Study Dwgs (pdf)

Lineage:

The hulls pictured have been built by built by Viking Welding as fire/rescue boat and Reconcraft as a passenger boat, but variants of this design have been built by other builders- generally for utility work and oil boom deployment. The bow, chine and topsides are easily modified to a landing craft. Power has generally been single, transom mounted, 150 hp outboard though it can accommodate outboard brackets and a range of singles or twins.

Particulars:

Length (hull):

Beam (hull):

Wt. as rigged:

Wt. Bare Hull:

Deadrise Angles-

Transom:

Sta. 4:

Cutwater:

24' - 0"

8' - 0" (w/o rub rails)

4,060# (150hp outboard)

2,900#

50+

Scantlings:

Bottom:

Bot. Stringers:

Sides:

Side Stringers:

Chine Flats:

Decks:

Transverse Frames:

Transom:

Keelson:

.250"

.190" Girder & 3.5" x .250"

.190"

.190" shelf

.375"

.190"

.190" flanged

.250"

5" x .375"

Stock Weight (approx.)-

Blank Plate: 3,828#

Extrusion: 383#

NC Cut Parts List (pdf)

Stock List (pdf)