boat design

HI GUYS New to this site and would like to build a boat 10/12ft long a cross between a motor canoe and dinghy made of plywood which could be transported on roof rakes but don't seem to be able to find the design that's suitable. will be fitting a small outboard. I've been to most of the internet sites with no luck and hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction

 

A design that's suitable, will be determined by where you want to use it, how much you want to carry in it, in the way of people and payload, and what you intend to do in it, such as fish, etc. You will need to specify that kind of detail, to get a meaningful answer.

 

Welcome to the forum.

Look at the various sites that offer plans for this type of thing. Atkins, Bateau and CLC are the first logical places, but there are many others.

Some simple in my head stuff suggests a plain old flat bottom, square stern canoe, say 36" beam, with a 2' transom and 12' long will support about 400 pounds on a 4" LWL. This assumes (below with stations on 24" centers) no overhangs, common angle sides and a logical rocker for this size boat. Make the bottom from 3/8" (9 mm) and the sides from 1/4" (6 mm) plywood. Tape the seams and put in both an inwale and a rub rail, along the top of the side planks. Two or three thwarts will hold the boat apart, with a simple 1x3 (19x75 mm) stem piece to hold a bow eye. This is a pretty fat 12' canoe, but she'll hold a bunch of weight and a small outboard will push her more then fast enough. 2 HP will do, 5 HP will be way more then she needs, but it'll be fun. If you plan on using the outboard most of the time, consider removing most of the aft rocker in the bottom and a 5 HP outboard will make this puppy scoot to 10 - 12 MPH. With the rocker she has, you'll max out in the 8 MPH range.

 

http://www.selway-fisher.com/Mcanoe.htm

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H-A

 

Have a couple of coolies on hand to lift it onto the roof racks, and the options open up !

 

Thanks for the replies guys but I found a design by Devlin that he calls 5x10 [its made from one sheet of 5x10 ply hence the name] At aprox 3x1 meters its about half way between a canoe and a skiff can take a small outboard and weights in at 26kg which i can lift onto my roof rakes. This is what i've been looking for. Thanks again for your answers

 

Probably too late, I was out sailing on my own 2 sheet Duo dinghy and only just got home

http://sailingcatamarans.com/index....ats-and-dinghies-/420-duo-10ft-sailrow-dinghy

One thing about the 1 sheet dinghies is that they probably don't have any built in buoyancy (the Duo does). Not having buoyancy on a small boat is like not wearing seatbelts in a car or a helmet when motorbiking. A deathwish

Richard Woods of Woods Designs

www.sailingcatamarans.com