A new design for a small boat that can be trailer good for the weekend camping

[Sylvain Savoie]

Looking for a traileble sailboat good for a weekend or even a week pushing it that would accommodate a15 to 40 hp outboard. A little like a MacGregor but more for sailing Looking for a plan.

 

[Will Gilmore]

Other than a MacGregor, I haven't heard of a trailersailer designed to mount an outboard that large. Maybe a Hake Seaward 32.

-Will

 

[gonzo]

What is the reason for such a large outboard; do you need high speeds?

 

[Milehog]

Do you understand how displacement hulls work?

 

[gonzo]

Who are you asking?

 

[Milehog]

Sorry, the OP.

 

[rwatson]

Looking for a traileble sailboat good for a weekend or even a week pushing it that would accommodate a15 to 40 hp outboard. A little like a MacGregor but more for sailing Looking for a plan.

Been looking for years. MacGregor is the only one that can handle that big an outboard, while still sailing.
Started getting one designed a long time ago, but it never got completed into a commercial package.
Even finding a Naval Architect to take it on is hard, as the market for a self build is very limited.

I added an extra 2 feet, and an interior Nav station for bad weather, in my version.

 

[gonzo]

That rounded foredeck will make it difficult and dangerous to drop an anchor or for docking. Also, how do you get forward?

 

[rwatson]

That rounded foredeck will make it difficult and dangerous to drop an anchor or for docking. Also, how do you get forward?

Haha. Optical illusion, like an Escher Drawing. There is no Foredeck in this image, like there is no cabin top..
Schematics can be confusing.

The latest design under development.

 

[Will Gilmore]

That is actually quite a good looking boat.

-Will

 

[rwatson]

That is actually quite a good looking boat.

-Will

It started out more boxy shaped, like a Bolger design, but I thought it could be more appealing.

I'm also trying to make it easy to build as well. This is the plywood sheet layout for the hull.

 

[gonzo]

I like it. I've had flush deck sailboats and it ends up being easier to jump up on the cabin top to go forward.

 

[rwatson]

I like it. I've had flush deck sailboats and it ends up being easier to jump up on the cabin top to go forward.

Too true. That's a hangover from its Macgregor origins. Tightroping around the cabin sides is hard. Of course, a decent forward hatch is needed, not shown here.