Separate entrances with a central head, in 40', would be a serious challenge unless you go with a very minimal Wharram-style hatch that opens up onto a "flexi space" bunk.  Other than that, it seems like you're pretty close to being feasible.

  Maybe you can only fit ten clowns into that Volkswagon.

  How about an 8'-6" beam?  You could gain that extra foot if you turn the ww hull on its side and slide it into a standard hi-cube container (interior height 8'-10 1/4") on some rollers.

  That gives you a 5' wide queen bunk, along with a 5' long cockpit seat above, with 3'-6" left over for the hull.

  Isn't 42" pretty close the the interior hull width on your old Mainecat?  Was that galley big enough?

  I mention that boat not only because you're more familiar with it than I am, but also because it's pretty close to my ideal.  I just want a much longer lw hull, unstayed mast in the lw hull, and the ability the collapse the boat on the water in order to fit on a trailer.

        - Mike

Gardner Pomper gardner@networknow.org [harryproa] wrote on 6/3/2015 8:49 AM:

 

I agree with all that (pros and cons).

 

Rob, do you think it might be possible to have a 40' version with 2 doubles and a central head? I have not been able to draw it up myself yet, but something along the lines of our previous discussions, with a 7'6" wide ww hull, containing the berths, head and galley, and a detachable cockpit (to enable containerization)?

 

Making the ww hull wide enough for a central head, with entrances from each stateroom seems to be the biggest problem. Is this reasonable, or am I just trying to fit a dozen clowns in a volkswagen?

 

- Gardner

 

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 8:34 AM, robriley@rocketmail.com [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:

 

What I really like about Cruiser 60
* the comfort and liveability of the volume
* the potential as a liveaboard
* the capacity to cruise anywhere I would want to go safely
* shallow draft
* aspects of construction that permanently keep costs down
* the schooner rig is very appealing
* the build method seems quicker and simpler than any other proposal I can think of

What I do not like
* the marina fees of a multihull that is 60ft, and it is ongoing
* the cost, cheap as it is, its a lot of dough and for me thats prohibitive
* if it was available a 'speed' kit would be even more prohibitive
* when a boat is big, all of the maintenance is going to be more costly
* the seemingly under-developed accommodation plan, though not hard to change