The BM 16m2 is an open sailboat designed by Hendrik Bulthuis (Holland) in 1931. It is a modified version of the original BM 12m2 he designed in 1928. The hull is built on frames which become permanent part of the structure. The hull is built up with 20mm x 15mm slats allowing for the shaping of the hull into reasonably complex round forms. The boat featured here is (probably) the only one (being) built and in existence in Australia.
As a boy a owned a 1:10 model of the yacht. I built another model in 2009/2010 upon which I decided to build the fullsized version of the boat. Length: 6m Beam: 1.85m
This will be the end result (confidence is essential doing a project like this! 😉
Andre VanderHeyden
lives in Perth, Western Australia. He is married to Rosie and has two children Simon and Megan (MJ)
- AV
March 8, 2011
andrevanderheyden
thebmproject 
3 responses to “Getting Started”
Pieter Vermeer
January 27th, 2012 at 02:11
Hey Andre
great to see your work on the BM. I was brought up sailing BM’s and I have tried importing (have lived in Melbourne for many years now), but the quarantine stuff really scared me off. I am also planning to build one at some stage, time permitting. Love your work!
andrevanderheyden
February 13th, 2015 at 07:59
Thank you!
Jack H Smit
November 1st, 2016 at 07:53
WOW – A “B-Emmer in Western Australia! I used to own one in Holland before I migrated in 1981, and I sailed dozens and dozens of other ones, as a captain in sailing camps in Friesland in my younger days!