Jimbo,

There are Tornado plans at thebeachcats.com site. The text there claims that they are the Houlton building plans, but a few days ago I showed them to a guy that I work with that worked in Houlton's shop in the late 70's-early 80's timeframe and his recollection was that the plans shown were for an older Tornado design that Houlton worked from. Apparently he (Houlton) engineered a trusswork internal structure that was remarkably strong and lightweight to replace the more conventional ply bulkhead/stringer framework. My co-worker remembered lots and lots and lots of little gussets.

I'd love to see those plans. Although, considering the itch I have to build a boat, maybe it's better that I don't.