Magpie 34 general arrangement plan
Designer
Professor Peter Numa Joubert
(1924 - 2015)
DateOctober 1975 - May 1976
Object numberANMS1546[012]
NamePlan
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 835 × 650 mm
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection Gift from Ms Camilla Van Megan
DescriptionCopy of general arrangement plan of Professor Joubert's Magpie 34 cruising yacht, drawn at a scale of 3/8" = I' - 0”. The plan shows an elevation sail plan, table with IOR measurements, sail specifications and plans of the interior sections and hull.HistoryThe plans for the Joubert designed Magpie 34 are for a cruising yacht. It was a fibreglass yacht with excellent sea going characteristics. A number were built and their owners enjoyed cruising in Australia and worldwide. One example, BERIMILLA, has sailed around Cape Horn and completed the North West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean across the top of Canada.
Professor Joubert was a highly respected engineer and lecturer and was a consultant for a number of private and government engineering projects. He had a sailing background and was a close friend of naval architect Alan Payne.
Professor Joubert's involvement in yacht design fulfilled a desire to be involved in this aspect of engineering without making it a full time occupation. He produced a small number of production designs that reflected his objectives of creating a strong, seaworthy yacht for racing and cruising. He also worked on the design of fast catamarans for racing and setting speed records, this is a specialised and niche area of yacht design, but an area where Australia has demonstrated extraordinary success in the past through other designers and builders who were contempories of Professor Joubert.
SignificanceThe plans of the Magpie 34 design by Professor Peter Jourbert, represent the design for a medium sized and very capable cruising and racing yacht built in fibreglass as a production yacht.