The floor timber shown sits on top of the keelson is screwed and glued to the frame ends and keelson to hold things together.
did you watch the video? 23 seconds in it shows butted frames the dashed lines in your drawing is the top of the frames looks like the notches...
Mass is not always a bad thing, depending on the purpose of the boat. I have a feeling an ultralight tug boat ten times lighter might be useless.
there is a youtube video of pictures of a build you will see the staved bottom used to fit the bow section shown in it. As it is a plywood hull I...
This image is about the most elegant corrugated iron canoe I have seen....
The OP's SOR was not to have a carvel planked boat in the great lakes. It would be a waste of either of those boats for sale to skin them with a...
I remember John Letcher saying how he designed a sailboat hull using parabolic curves for the waterlines, the curves were calculated with a hand...
John Atkins designed a planing sail boat Flying Saucer. Atkin & Co. - Flying Saucer https://atkin.mysticseaport.org/Sail/FlyingSaucer.html
I am trying to resolve the forces, in the case of a loose footed main sail; with out a boom it is back to the sheet pulling the boat forwards?
Hope this reply is not too late and offers some insight. Seems tapping with a mallet is used to set the lashings. I think coconut fiber is their...
A couple of gaff rigged race boats that would look right with tan bark sails and bronze hardware are the sandbaggers and the Sonder class sailboats.
Have you looked at skiffs? https://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00geMisOtKHUuE/14FT-All-Welded-Aluminum-Skiff-Boat.jpg
Seems like the lifting keel version of the Beneatteau 29 is already trailerable. Not sure how much gain in petformance you expect to gain with...
You might do a search for vee bottom plywood skiff plans of the length you want and see what results you get. Something with a lower bow: Solo...
The prop does not form a seal. Inside the boat should be a stuffing box that forms the shaft seal, with a packing nut that can be adjusted to...
Over 30 years ago I watched Platt Montford, the designer of aerolite boats capsize his sailing skiff sailing on a breezy day. They are very...
Eye splices are used.
Here is a video from Florida. [MEDIA]
It was from the Atkins plan Flying Saucer, his version of a keel boat along those lines. The Huntington Yacht Club still exists, you can contact...
A simple web search yielded the following from an Atkins boat plan. During the late twenties the Huntington Yacht Club sponsored the Development...
