Jericho bay skiff

I've been looking at the plans for the Jericho Lobster bay skiff
and saw a video by Shearline boatworks which made me love the boat even more.

I'm interested in buying the kit but my dad is having negative thought because
of the strip planking.

I came to him with the solution of planking vertically but I feel the soft chine will
cause a problem.

With this I ask..
Will the soft chine really cause problems ?
If it does, can I make it into a hard chine which will make the boat a semi-V ?
Will the hard chine have any negative effects on handling, stability etc ?

 

Where are you intending to take it ? Realistically, its offshore capability is minimal. I would not put to sea in it. Something like this I would be far more confident in:

 

http://boatcraft.com.au/Shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=69

 

Thanks.
My intention is to use it as a test boat for our smaller outboard engines.
We will just test in inland waters but I know that when fishermen see the boat,
they will also ask me to build the boat for them and the waters that they fish in
even though it's near land can be very rough for the boat they usually fish in.
We are talking here about waves 3 to 5 feet high and sailing type hulls of
15 to 17 feet.

The boat just seems to me like a seaworthy boat based on the fact that it looks
like a Novi skiff hull.


btw, Is there a name for boats like that Bliss Craft ?

 

They were probably called "dories" by the people who used them, which would have been back in the 1950's-60s. I think there may have been a smaller version called a "Beachie", but they were all superceded by an aluminium boat, that was lighter and easier to surf launch and retrieve, and in on water performance was at least as good, exceptional for a little 14 footer on the open sea, a bit like this one, but always tiller steered:

 

Thanks alot.

 

As mentioned, the Jericho Lobster bay skiff isn't especially "seaworthy". It's a typical sea skiff and essentially a flat bottom boat with rounded bilge turn and topsides. They pound in a chop, are easily over powered and can become unstable at high speed.

It's a fine boat if the power is kept fairly low and she's used in protected and semi protected waters. It would prove a keen test bed for small outboards, but she doesn't have any of the typical attributes we desire in "seaworthy" power craft.

I'm not terribly familiar with the Bliss-craft Oceaneer MK II, but she appears to have many of the qualities desirable in steep chop, though she'll also need more HP to get similar performance compared to a sea skiff like hull.

What size outboards will you be testing?

 

We will be testing Evinrude outboards from 3.5 to 30 hp.
I am saying till 30 because the weight is the same as the 25.

 

How do you test the motors if the shaft lengths are different ?

 

Most of our clients use a longshaft outboard.
If one uses a short shaft, we will be able to test that on a rubber dinghie that
we are going to restore.