Paine's design was earlier by a decade or two.
I think you are tying too hard with your hinged door on the ballast tank(s). A feed tube from a thru hull (with seacock) will do. You will also...
You can always try to find some free software: http://homepages.ipact.nl/~martijn/links.html
AFAIK, there is no reason that the a boat cannot be set up with a masthead rig with a small foretriangle, expecially for cruising. If the rig is...
Masthead rig: a) well suited to a non-tapered extrusion, b) well-suited to simple, stiff rigging, c) maximum size headsails. Fractional rig: a)...
Check out Colin Mudie's book Sailing Ships, and some of Chapelle's books, e.g. The Search for Speed Under Sail. Without doing any research, I'm...
Sure, there are a lot of trailer sailors but THE MAN SAID HE HAS A SEVEN FOOT BEAM RESTRICTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, so your advice is...
I think the comparision to a Sunfish is a little forced, but I admit a little bad faith in mentioning the Wabbit since it would be very hard to...
Wylie Wabbit!!! http://www.wyliewabbit.org/specs.htm Building Selway Fischer's Go Go Girl from scratch would be quicker and better than your...
I agree with all the foregoing, discouraging advice, but I think I see your problem: all the likely alternates have beam greater than your 7'...
Which features of the 12 1/2 are you trying to duplicate? These boats are very docile in strong wind and rough seas, at least as compared to most...
There one of these (or a near sister) for sale up the street. $250,000. Rawson 30? Sea Sprinte 30? Baba 30? Cape Dory? Great Dane? It's...
You might find Tom McNaughton's comments on his Penny design interesting: http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/disc5_toc.htm Among production and...
I suppose eveyone is biased by his local sailing conditions, but the concern about comfortable motion in such a small boat seems excessive to me....
My crew and I were looking at a Hunter 28.8 on the dock nearby. I commented that it was more of a big jib/small main boat than I liked. She...
