Bluff bow, long overhanding stern... Older FP article?

[RKoch]

On the topic of luggers... Deal lugger:

http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XM10119436/Deal-Lugger

Launched off the beach at Deal, Kent. Multi-purpose... used to ferry passengers aznd cargo to ships in The Downs, carry out spare anchors to ships dragging in storms, rescue and salvage of ships aground on Goodwin Sands, and of course smuggling. Herreschoff stated the Deal boats pioneered lightweight lapstrake construction and modern oarlocks, and the boatmen were the highest skilled sailors.

 

[moody frog]

We had the same semi-light double-lug rigs this side of the channel.

And: smuggling

Either side of the Channel, masts taken down into the boat, six oarsmen were reckoned to escape the revenue boats by rowing dead upwind.

 

[Tucky]

My memory (good luck there) says the original SA reference was the pink Wally Nano Daysailer



http://www.wally.com/nano/

 

[alteredst88]

My memory (good luck there) says the original SA reference was the pink Wally Nano Daysailer

WallyNano_small.jpg

http://www.wally.com/nano/

That was the one. Thanks Tucky!

G

 

[1sailor]

I dig the Nano, and all the newer style Hoek designed "pilot cutter" category on his website. If a guy wanted a 24' version (day sailor) to keep on a mooring in front of the house, how would ya go about that? Can someone CAD one up and a machine spits out the boards and you just do a DIY assembly ? Would be a fun project.

The nano and it's larger brethren (click on "pilot classics"):

http://www.hoekdesign.com

 

[RKoch]

I dig the Nano, and all the newer style Hoek designed "pilot cutter" category on his website. If a guy wanted a 24' version (day sailor) to keep on a mooring in front of the house, how would ya go about that? Can someone CAD one up and a machine spits out the boards and you just do a DIY assembly ? Would be a fun project.

The nano and it's larger brethren (click on "pilot classics"):

http://www.hoekdesign.com

I doubt a CAD system could draw out templates for individual planks to the necessary accuracy for tight seams. Definately could draw templates for building station molds. Besides plank on frame, such a design could also be built by strip-planking or cold-molding.

 

[fastyacht]

Of course you can "CAD it" and put it together. But you are missing the fact that CAD or no cad, building a boat is a lot of work. No problem with seams. CAD accuracy is higher than hand lofting which is an important reason there is no lofting any longer. Stuff can be cut to the line and put together instead of scribed.

If you want to build traditional carvel, CAD or not, the builder needs to have skill and the caulker is a really important guy. IF you don't set everything up accurately to the net parts, it won't fit. Note that plywood steel and aluminum boats are routinely build with parts cut net and assembled from "kits".

But if you built it yourself, why would you build it carvel? Low-skill builders can trade their low skill for the simpler strip planking approach which takes longer but doesn't take nearly as much skill.

 

[Presuming Ed]

You build your own boat if you want to build a boat, not because you want a boat. If you want a boat, buy one/ have one built.

 

[RKoch]

fastyacht, Im impressed with advances in CAD if possible to plot individual planks now. My only experience was building SR27 hull #1. CAD was used to plot full scale templates of building forms, which came out very fair without lofting. I strip-planked the hull, GH never even considered using CAD for that. Interior pieces were built from molds made of full scale templates, perfect fit. Deck plug was a combination of full scale CAD templates, and a couple SR Max cockpits cut apart and scabbed back together.

Overall, I was very impressed... this was very early 90s. Only a fraction of GH's estimate of fairing putty was used. FG mold was pulled from hull #1.

Presuming Ed - agreed.