Hi,
So which harry are you going with?
This boat started out as a copy of sidecar, adjusted a displacement to
handle a fat guy. I figured I could build that. It kinda grew as it
turned out bigger and heavier than I expected, up to the point where
it is again in the "Contrarry" class of boat.
I wanted it to remain trailerable, but I am going to have to start
specifically looking at what that is costing me, because price is
probably the primary motivator (well, that and ease of construction).
I currently have these complications because of my trailerability
requirement:
1) beam limited to 16' (maybe ok)
2) telescoping beams, which means I have a total of 6 beam sections
3) mast height limitations, since I need to be able to unstep it by
hand (by myself) and fit in on the trailer
4) boom length limitations, due to reasons 1 & 3, as I posted in the
first message of the thread
I really need a way of seeing what this trailerability is costing me.
I will very rarely trailer it. Collapsing it to fit into a slip would
be nice, but would still require the complex beams. If I could figure
out how to calculate the beam and rig costs, for trailerable and not,
I could make a rational decision. It would be nice to at least be able
to replace the beams later if I decide to do it. Start with fixed
beams, with the option to convert later if I really need it.
With the materials for the hulls only costing $10K, I don't want to
spend another $10K (or more) on teh beams and rig.
I have been thinking about rocker, and will have to ask Rob when he
gets back. The way I am planning on building, I only have the U shaped
hull for the middle 50% of the boat. The fore and aft 25%, I was just
planning on using solid polystyrene foam for the keel section (about
6-8"), which would be hand shaped, so it would be easy to make that
with some rocker.
Hopefully I can get enough sorted out to start building this summer.
- Gardner