Lipperty Lip An 11' 5/8" Class AU Racer By John Atkin
A Class AU Utility Racer
Those fellows who are fortunate enough to have time to spare these winter evenings and the necessary funds to build Lipperty Lip are, to my, way of thinking, going to have a whale of a lot of fun. This little boat was drawn in strict accordance with the rules governing the racing of stock utility outboards. After getting along with the design work I began to enter wholeheartedly into the spirit of the thing -- and that is why I feel the fellows who are fortunate enough to be able to build the "skimming dish" called a "utility" boat shown on these pages are going to have a lot of good fun.
The little racer is 11 feet 5/8 inch long over all and 8 feet 6 inches on her designed water line at rest. She has a breadth of 4 feet 4 inches and draws but 2 inches of water.
Mind you now, I am going on record as strongly advising against taking folks off fishing aboard Lipperty Lip. She will comply with the present rules in connection with "circling the course at a fair speed with the required number of people aboard." As a matter of fact for the purpose for which she was designed I feel she will be a particularly dry and able little boat. She has ample flare forward and will, I know, behave herself -- as a stock "utility racing boat of class AU specifications" but not as a utility boat to use for fishing, camping, and so on. I trust that is clear. So on with my story. The name, Shipmates (and that ought to ring a familiar bell in the minds of the old and regular readers of MoToR BoatinG and my father's articles) the name is borrowed from the activities of a well known creature of the Green Forest called Peter Rabbit by his creator Thornton W. Burgess. Mr. Burgess' Nature Stories are absorbed every night by me for the wonderful wisdom they contain. Peter Rabbit went "lipperty lip" down the well worn path of the old Briar Patch -- and you know how fast that is! So if our little outboard boat can manage to go Lipperty Lip around her racing course she may stand a good chance of winning the silver.
Plans for Lipperty Lip are $45 Study Plans are available for $15 (Refunded when full plans are purchased) Please Use Our PRINT-OUT ORDER FORM To Request Boat Plans
BACK TO PLAN LIST