Freighter-like design suitable for an amateur builder?

Thanks, Will, that’s very helpful, I ordered a used copy. Cheers, Matthew

 

a modest cruiser is typically going to be a displacement hull

I am not sure who designed Ox. It appeared first in the July, 1943 edition of Motorboats or Motorboating. I have to see if I have a copy. No references were made in the August or October issues which were part 2 and part 4 of the four month series.

 

Thanks, the magazine appears to be “Motor Boat and Power” in the photo you posted. I checked the 1943 issues of Motorboating but did not see it there.

 

I will check for it.

 

OK. How long did it take to build that boat?

 

I am 4th year into building the Skoota. Good chance for launch this summer. I work on it close to full time, but I had a hip replaced two years ago, so I am a little slower and lotsa days I work 6 physical hours and the rest sitting thinking about how to proceed and ordering parts, etc.

 

There are some jobs for which thinking is the largest amount of time. The first time I ever wrote a math parser, it took me three days of just staring at my screen, one day to write, (about five hours) and another three days debugging. Thinking is real work sometimes, and for me, it can be hard work.

Will (Dragonfly)

 

Two or three weeks of spare-time work for the rowboat including making simple oars, then I added the rudder and daggerboard and adapted a salvaged windsurfer rig for the sail later that summer.

 

The Hero sketch, a freighter profile. mmm?? This profile is designed for just that, being a freighter. As far as a liveaboard it has many deficiencies. The only view is from the wheel house and one would doubt that there will be comfortable sofas etc where a group of people can comfortably sit for hours on end, couch potatoes as it were, and enjoy the views out the windows. Scurry down to the lower cabins and if you want to enjoy the
ambience of a marina, or the water etc, you will have to stand at a porthole to see outside. Not a comfortable pass time.
We have owned ocean boats since the early 80s and all of them had large windows though some did not offer a view from the salon that when you were sitting, you could look out the windows. But the best boats were those that offered almost 360 degree views from the main living area and had lots of sitting spaces.
Being confined to the lower berths with portholes just does not meet your goals.
Would you consider living in a house that had awesome views, to have 12 inch portholes for windows. Not likely

The Czarinna and those similar were ok though I would consider that when you are sitting around in your kitchen/galley or living room/salon or the wheel house, that you are able to see pretty much the scenery that
living on the water provides.

As you were considering having the hull built and then finishing it, I would find some forums where people purchased older fibreglass fishboats that have seen their best mechanical days, gut it and build a large cabin with lots of windows that you can see out of. Much much cheaper than having someone build a hull to specs as the one that you have shown

 

I came across this Tad Roberts design that caught my eye and actually addresses some of the issues Barry raised. I have reached out to Roberts for more info.

Lambert 28, Sail Assisted Outboard Cruiser ~ Small Boat Designs by Tad Roberts http://www.tadroberts.ca/services/small-boats/sail/lambert28