David,

I will check out the items you mention and see what the problem is.

Primrose anticipated your wish and designed a 30 footer, I think, called "Bare Bones". Made from sheet ply.

My first encounter with the NA-29 design was in a feature SAIL MAGAZINE article in 1971. I recall reading that some people had approached Blondie with the wish to see a scaled-up Jester, large enough for two people. And this was the result.

The Blondie's Last Boat theory came from someone who wrote to me about his NA-29 which he built of fiberglass. Sorry, I don't have a name. It was his theory that it may have been designed for Blondie as his "last boat". He figured it would have taken 400 hours to draw up those plans and doubted that they would sell enough plans to make up the cost.

I am pleased to report that my digitized plans have been uploaded to our JRA site.

They can be found under "Junk Rig Information"

Webmaster JRA wrote:But given that he died 16 years after the plans were drawn up, and that he bought and rigged Pilmer, his Kingfisher 20+ some years later, he must have changed his mind.

One good reason for not building the NA-29 would be cost. If he chose the cold moulded version, it would have been very labour intensive. When you see the plans, you will see what I mean.

I did not keep track of the hours. Too demoralizing. One professional boat-builder estimated 6000 hours.

I recall corresponding with someone, a few years ago, who had built or commissioned to build, a fibreglass version of the NA-29. He figured the plans took about 400 hours to complete. He speculated that they would not sell enough sets to pay the cost of design. He speculated that the NA-29 may have been designed for Blondie Hasler himself, as his "last boat". Unfortunately, he died before that could have been realized.

BTW, the plans should arrive on the 14th, not the 24th.