Ron, this link should fill in the blanks.
https://bartenderboats.com/product/22-timbercoast/
The aluminum version Timber Coast is a one off constructed for a client who admired the design, but wanted an aluminum hull. I believe there are a few plywood Timber Coasts on the water, all homebuilt, varying power plants.
Bartender Boats is in its third owner, the first indeed being George Calkins, who passed away in 2008, leaving behind plans for three different length Bartenders, the vessel type you know, with a fourth variant at 20.5 feet, a modernized and slightly larger hull drawn from the 19 ft hull by the second owner, Bill Childs. All are plywood-based planing hull designs focusing on superior rough water handling, having two pointy ends. Some are outboards set in a well, others run inboard engines. The name came from their use on Oregon coastal bays and rivers, running over bars to fish for salmon. A few 22s saw limited USCG service as patrol boats. All this is delineated on the web site above, if you go to the root and explore.
I built a "stretched" 19 cuddy cabin cruiser, which came in at 20' 4", powered by a 2.2 L Westerbeke gasoline inboard, which Becky and I ran in the San Juans, the Gulf Islands, and on the Columbia for three seasons before selling it to a Portland couple. That hull is the nominal forerunner for the 20.5 ft hull, much improved. These are fun boats to run, but are best suited for day use or by cruising folks adapted to backpacker style cabin living. They are at their best when built light, for optimal planing performance.
The Timber Coast was a response to the impending rise in fuel costs, circa 2008, and an attempt to enter the small cruiser market for homebuilders looking for an efficient, displacement hull. It is a scant market, but Tad Roberts did a bangup job on it. It has many interesting features, and a lot of utility in a small package. No, they are not cheap, either in plywood or in aluminum.
