MiniCAT-5

[Manie B]

Hi guys

I have received some e-mails and PM's asking for plans.

Unfortunately i simply dont have the time - i am building this as a fun project and hope others will find inspiration from it. I am not selling plans and wont set up a website. I will however post my CAD drawings here soon - but take note they were drawn for my own usage and very basic. All postings on this little boat can only be found on boatdesign.net and this is the best place to ask questions and i will try to answer when i can.

thanks for the interest

[Manie B]

I had problems with my TurboCAD 15 but have reloaded V 14 deluxe. everything is working fine.

Here are my drawings / sketches / notes.

As i said before these drawings were for my own personal usage.

Enjoy - laugh - learn - whatever.

But do yourself a favour - get away from the frikken TV and go and build a boat - ANY BOAT - just do it

[Manie B]

My keels took time - however i am quite happy with them.

The second hull is now being put together and will come out of the jig this week - so that the bridge deck and cabin can start.

[Butch .H]

Bit narrow for a deck hey Manie

[Butch .H]

Ok enough crap you are doing well I'll have to pull my finger out

[Fanie]

Eh Manie, how can you glass in this heat ? You got a refrigerator unit in the garage or what.

[Fanie]

I like that flat bottom. With a bit of an outboard you may get it nicely on the plane.

What's the design draft you have there ?

[Manie B]

Hi Fanie

I designed a 300mm draft to give me an total displacement of 700 kg. This is a lot as the hulls are actually a lot lighter than expected, with them being 9mm sides and 12mm bottom. I wanted a "heavy" cruiser to be able to carry all my **** and the gaff rig. We are still going to do your 12v electronic wind vane steering - i need a helmsman that doesnt talk back

The second hull will come out of the jig this week as i spent this weekend filleting seams. Glassing in this heat is hectic - small batches and run yer frikken arse off

Butch i see that your pics are slowing down again - get craking bro - we need to show all these other MF's that we can actually WORK and get things done around here

[Butch .H]

Glassing in this heat is hectic
Butch i see that your pics are slowing down again

What heat what sun shine you moved to some other country?Average temp in PMB 14 C WITH NON STOP FING RAIN. Pics will be back up caus I am gong to bunk work the first sunny day we get

[Manie B]

Back at it with a vengance!

my bloomin work has seriously interfered with my boat building this last 3 weeks

however i have caught up and now back to me boats

just a couple of pics for fun

[Fanie]

Nice going Manie. Is it going to be an end-of-the-month floater ?

[Manie B]

Mariano please keep in mind that this is a very old thread and that i only built the two hulls. Here is the drawing in CAD = dxf
It is a bit of all sorts but hopefully you can make sense of it all
Cheers
Manie

[Manie B]

Mariano the DXF works on my side - into Turbo CAD V16 deluxe
I used frames 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 as the building stock