Wittholz Departure

Would anybody have the lines or offsets or a CAD model of a Charles Wittholz 'Departure' hull and keel that they could email to me?

It's for a keel alteration (I'm changing it to a deeper fin keel for the client) and initially I need just need enough to define an accurate outer surface, so that I can model the stability and tie it to an inclining test prior to re-ballasting.

This one has a full keel and draws around 5 feet.

Cheers

 

I will check my books, will get back.
Daniel

 

The Departure 35 is in "Fifty Wooden Boats: A Catalog of Building Plans, Volume 1" by Wooden Boat with the plans still available from them.

http://www.woodenboat.com/wbstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_67&products_id=198

 

This may be useful.....I'll try emailing a larger version as well

 

I have always liked that boat . I wonder if it be worth it to build one today?
Seams like the perfect all around boat .

Frank

 

Charlie produced several developments of the Departure 35 in sizes from 27 to 35 feet.
I believe they were all built in steel/aluminium.
He owned one himself called Good Omen.

 

There are plans for wood and scantings for plywood . I believe that they were produced in wood by a yard in Maryland .

 

Certainly for the Departure 35, but I don't think plans were done for the other sizes in anything other than metal. In later life, Charlie had a very bad experience with a LPG fire on a boat and become a staunch advocate of metal hulls (and LNG for cooking), and his plans reflected this.

 

Thanks for your responses.
The owner is quite experienced, he likes his boat but he would like better maneuverability and a less leeway to windward. Apparently there are plans for 4 and 5 foot draft versions.

I was told the wooden lines varied a little to the steel. So I'm not sure how useful the wooden version lines are.

Crag
Interesting history, where did Charles start his career, it was under another well known designer was it Alden?

cheers

 

If I remember right, he worked for Phil Rhodes (drew the lines for the Dyer Dhow there), but not sure about Alden.

But before that he was time served at a larger shipyard.

 

The steel version is about 7" wider to compensate for the greater weight of the steel.
10'5" verse 11'0" .

 

Thanks Tad, I emailed you.

cheers

 

Thanks Frank

And probably 5 feet of draft in the steel version rather than 4'3" But the lines will be close. It's quite a common design but the plans for steel seem to have faded away. Only the timber plans appear to be available.

Do you have any other data ?

 

Yes, it was Rhodes I was thinking of not Alden.

 

From the book... Fifty Wooden Boats... page 100 - 101:
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LOA: 35'
LWL: 27' 10"
Beam: 10' '5"
Draft: 4' 3" to 5'
Displ. 15,300 lbs
Sail area:
- Sloop: 580 sq ft
- Cutter: 658 sq ft
- Ketch: 705 sq ft
Headroom / cabin (between beams) : About 6' 4"
Speed (knots) : 3 - 7

Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames
Alternative construction: Plywood (plans included)

Suitable for: Open ocean.

... designed to be built in large numbers as a stock boat ... ... The Dickerson yard near Cambridge, Maryland, turned out a lot of these boats in the late 1950s and early '60s, and many sets of plans have been sold ... ... V-bottomed chine boat ... ... somewhat boxy look ... ... [+ many good things mentioned] ... ... outside ballasted keel ... ... lead or iron ... ... there are plans for an aft cabin and inboard rudder ...
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No speak of steel or aluminium there (wooden boat book )

Good Luck!
Angel