Showing posts with label canal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canal. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 April 2017
A canal river or inshore waters long range power cruising boat kit
This was done purely as a concept design and a few years back, the idea is still there it just needs someone who wants such a boat to allow the design to be completed?
Two possible layouts are shown, the final layout would be to the owners requirements.
I would expect this design to be in a plywood/epoxy build with a GRP sheathing over it to add strength for contact with lock gates and walls?
I had anticipated about 40 Hp - 50 Hp for this design.
Consumption around 2 l/h, at cruising speed of say 5-6 kts, would
give a daily range of 120 nm, using 48 l fuel (approx). If you carried 480
l, that would give you 10 days cruising, with a theoretical max range of
1200 nm in flat waters. Call it 1000 nm.
This design was intended as a versatile passagemaker - for med type
conditions, rather than canals. It would be ok on European rivers and
waterways, and the Med sea for example. Subject to beam restrictions, not
sure about the UK.
My thanks to JP for supplying the concept drawings which are copyright to himself.
Note, they must not be used for contruction in any form.
The final design and building details will be drawn up by a well known boat designer.
Comments invited!
Roy
Two possible layouts are shown, the final layout would be to the owners requirements.
I would expect this design to be in a plywood/epoxy build with a GRP sheathing over it to add strength for contact with lock gates and walls?
Click on the images to view in a larger size.
The designer to this stage comments below.
Consumption around 2 l/h, at cruising speed of say 5-6 kts, would
give a daily range of 120 nm, using 48 l fuel (approx). If you carried 480
l, that would give you 10 days cruising, with a theoretical max range of
1200 nm in flat waters. Call it 1000 nm.
This design was intended as a versatile passagemaker - for med type
conditions, rather than canals. It would be ok on European rivers and
waterways, and the Med sea for example. Subject to beam restrictions, not
sure about the UK.
My thanks to JP for supplying the concept drawings which are copyright to himself.
Note, they must not be used for contruction in any form.
The final design and building details will be drawn up by a well known boat designer.
Comments invited!
Roy
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
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Sunday, 5 March 2017
Design 2336 48 Canal Boat
Here is a preliminary design for a canal cruiser with 48'-3" length overall for Irving Johnson, drawn in 1978. Remember, Irving Johnson owned Yankee (design #1278), and is very well documented as having cruised the canals of Europe extensively aboard her. See my posting of August 27, 2010 regarding Yankee by clicking here.
He probably got tired of stepping and unstepping the masts and you obviously can't sail the boat in the canals, so got the motorboat bug. Nothing became of this design beyond what you see here. You can find the principal dimensions on the right side of the plan (double click on the plan itself for zoom). Not a bad looking boat. Overall height as shown on the plan was limited by bridge clearance.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
A wood epoxy canal boat kit
This has been discussed for some time but we have never progressed past the talking stage.
An enquiry of sorts came in from England today, my reply is below.
Such a craft will also suit slow moving rivers and lakes?
An enquiry of sorts came in from England today, my reply is below.
Such a craft will also suit slow moving rivers and lakes?
This idea remains but as we never recieved an order, it went no place fast.
The concept is easy, the internals, things like the cupboards and so on become the frames which hold the shape and keep it together.
We would offer it as an entire shell with the interior all CNC cut, a doddle to assemble really, very much simpler than a yacht for sure.
With no enquiries and no design existing, means it will not happen, as to date I have used other designers, then sell the kits based on their work.
A well known yacht designer in the USA showed some interest but I then have to pay him for the design work.
A kit to a 27ft boat would be about R80,000?
Not sure really but thats a good guess?
Roy
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