M.B. Marsh Design offers a steadily growing range of plans for small watercraft. Our services include custom design, refit planning, condition surveys, failure analysis, systems integration and more.
Our designs hit what we think is an ideal balance between performance, capabilities, cost and ease of construction. Most of them are suitable for amateur or advanced amateur construction. These are boats that you can build in your garage, needing only patience, common tools, basic carpentry and fibreglass skills, and a willingness to learn. The resulting vessels are stylish, capable boats that will serve you well for many years.
From The Drawing Board
New designs from our drawing board, and assorted thoughts on boat design in general.
If a boat is a magic carpet for dreams, then a trailer is a magic carpet for a boat.
An important decision in any powerboat project is the choice of exactly what powertrain to use. Our Starwind 860 is now almost at the point where that decision must be locked in.Pages
In The Shop
Dispatches from the shop: Progress reports on our boat building projects, plus some useful information for those of you who are building, restoring or repairing your own boats.
When your plywood sheets aren't long enough, they must be joined end-to-end.
At what point does a boatbuilding project cease to be a pile of lumber, and become a boat-in-progress?
Have you ever wondered if you might be a boatbuilder? Well, if this photo gets you excited, then the answer is yes, you are.
Progress on the Starwind 860 prototype continues. It does seem, however, that I've fallen behind in posting updates about the boat.
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