Sea Bird Yawl plans are available from WoodenBoat. The plans, redrawn in 1981 from the originals, show both the centerboard and full keel design. Irene Agnes is the full keel model, which we believe offers a wider range of cruising options in terms of both stability and space below deck. Note that WoodenBoat also sells plans for a plywood revision of the design by Charles MacGregor. Be sure to choose the Mower version for the original Sea Bird.
Padanaram Boatworks in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Dave Strecker and Keith Brown have been responsible for the restoration of Irene Agnes in 2023-2024. They are highly recommended and happy to build new Sea Birds.
Sea Bird stories from Wooden Boat magazine. Tom Day and his original Sea Bird have been featured several times in WoodenBoat magazine. This is an index of Sea Bird stories. Back issues of the magazine can be purchased through the Woodenboat.com website or downloaded as pdfs with a digital subscription.
The Rudder magazine stories. The adventures of the original Sea Bird as well as how to build one were featured in the pages of The Rudder magazine. We will be providing links to pdf downloads of these stories in the future.
Across the Atlantic in Sea Bird, by Thomas Fleming Day. A book about Sea Bird’s ocean voyage from Rhode Island to the Mediterranean in 1910. It is an expanded version of the articles produced about the voyage for The Rudder magazine and was last published by Fore ‘n Aft Co. in 1927
How to Build a Cruising Yawl. The Rudder published this book as an expanded guide to building the Sea Bird yawl. This pdf scan is the revised 1934 edition, which included changes in the construction details as well as alternate rig plans, and a chapter on building the Seagoer, an enlarged version of the Sea Bird. We will upload both a clearer version of this as well as a pdf of the book’s original earlier edition when either become available.
The Sea Bird Yawl 