Looking for existing design

[F.H.B.]

We also heard about another sharpie design being 48' long that had a 23' coach over the top and full living space under the coach, if you can believe it. Hearing that, the wife made the layout.

You just can't do this in a sharpie hull. This is likely the most sensitive hull form there is to excessively tall structures.

The above is from another thread that, thankfully, went off topic and steered to what we really need to do first which is find an existing plan if possible. The first quote is mine. The second is from Par.

Could a dory handle that sort of superstructure? She wants what seems to be about 75' of boat in less than 50' of length capable of sailing. We've seen boats like this before. I suppose I could steer her to catamarans, but she likes a mono hull...

Thanks also to all for the pointers to plans. Can anyone think of a design where the coach house is over full-height living space and it still sails?

[F.H.B.]

Let me also add that the sheer volume of the sharpie is what steered us this way but we are open to other plans as long as we can get the accomodation we desire and it will still get us places by sail even if not in a "performance" way.

[TeddyDiver]

Can you figure out where you might be sailing with it. Coastal, lakes, oceans? How many people aboard + day guests. Paying harbour fees?

[F.H.B.]

Few harbor fees. Starting out in Puget Sound for a few years with ventures up the passage then off to the islands, a circumnav, and a lot of island hopping.

[PAR]

The sharpie or dory hull form are not well suited to the current list of goals. Neither offer much internal volume and can be compromised, once initial stability attributes have been exceeded. Neither of these hull forms are well suited to tall deck structures as well. Sharpies and dories lack bilge space as do any vessel of this general configuration. This forces the soles to be higher in the boat and she's easily top heavy.

You're going to want a multi chine or round bilge design that gets you more hull volume down low, so you can keep the deck structures reasonable and improve stability. You can also consider multi hulls.

What is your budget? What is your time frame from conception to project completion?

Originally Posted by F.H.B.

Few harbor fees. Starting out in Puget Sound for a few years with ventures up the passage then off to the islands, a circumnav, and a lot of island hopping.

ahh ja, a circumnav and some islandhopping. Hmm.............

no comment.

[Easy Rider]

What Islands?

Easy Rider