Small power catamaran

[kengrome]

There are alot of desigs out there that will effectively slice throught the water and use very few HP.

This is great news Aksan! Please post your links to the sellers of plans for all these boats. Then bsmit24 can select his favorite one to build -- since he wants to build his own boat rather than buy a 'plastic fantastic' from someone else.

But the key point in Design is, that is light years away from actual fishermans visuals. I mean that want the efficiency in numbersn but they want it to look cool. You also have to fin means of building this thing so that is simple to fabricate. If you can design something that is COOOOL to look at , plus it is efficient, then you have a CHANCE in the US boat market.

Now you've lost me. Where did bsmit24 say anything about wanting a design that looks 'cool' ... or simple to fabricate ... or for the US boat market??? Unless I'm mistaken he said he wants to build one small power catamaran for himself so he can cruise and fish it it, and therefore he is looking for plans. He also said his main objective is to get a smooth ride with little power, and he prefers a relatively small boat but something that would take rough water.

However ...

I don't think bsmit24 cares that much for fuel efficiency because a 40 HP engine pushing a planing hull is not what I might call 'fuel efficient' by any stretch of the imagination. In fact it will likely consume 5-10 times as much fuel as the little inboard engine in my design. Nevertheless he already has the engine and apparently wants to use it rather than buy another one -- and in this case I think it is fair to say that his primary goal is to find a boat to go along with his engine.

[northerncat]

[quote=kengrome;168742] Please post your links to the sellers of plans for all these boats. Then bsmit24 can select his favorite one to build -- since he wants to build his own boat rather than buy a 'plastic fantastic' from someone else.

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i to heard the bloke saying that he was looking for plans to build not for someone trying to market their boats, as an aside the skiffs from constellation yachts look good but they need slightly higher sides
sean

[mundifisher]

Does anyone know what sort of speed you could get out of a hobie 16 without a rig and a 10hp outboard and two people on board?

[marshmat]

Put an outboard on a Hobie and it will likely get similar speed to what it achieves under sail in a moderate breeze, no faster. A Hobie Cat cannot plane by any stretch of the imagination. This mod would kind of defeat the purpose of the design, though.... although I don't doubt that it is possible.