Looking for a Low-Cost Easy to build multihull sailing design

Hello everyone, as the title suggests im looking for a Low-Cost Easy to build multihull for me and my wife. We are not experienced in building boats. I think around 25 feet multihull will offer us a comfortable space. I'm looking forward to hearing your suggestions and ideas.

 

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Richard Woods Eagle 24 fits all your requirements.
Plenty of information and pics online. Check out the Woods Design website for details. I also recommend reading the articles on his site, there is a wealth of good information and advice there. Also a forum where Eagle builders connect and post pics.

A good boat from a good designer.

 

Kekdu. What are your skills, can you work with wood, plywood or are you skilled with fiberglass? Do you want to keep the boat on a mooring or trail it home? Do you want a full standing headroom cabin with a galley double berth and toilet? Is it for sailing in a bay or coastal cruising for a week. Do you want to sail fast or cruise along? The answers to these questions will guide people to a better answer for you. Hope this helps.

 

i have minimal experience with plywood and no expereince with fiberglass but the building will take place on a friends farm so we will have additional manpower and handy people who can join us and another friend who works on huge wind turbines which uses very similar material to modern yachts. I will keep on a mooring. Full standing is hard for me since im 1.94m. I want it for cruising so yes we need toilet/berth. THanks for the help.

 

Eagle 24 looks like a solid choice. Thanks.

 

Check catamarans by Bernd Kohler, very simple but clever designs.

 

Sango ( hard chined version) is a great choice I would chose over Eagle myself…Both by Richard Woods

 

Sango and Eagle are very different boats, despite being nearly the same length.

Sango (hard chine) uses 123 sheets of ply. Eagle uses 42 sheets.
Sango weighs 0.9 ton, displacement 1.4 ton. Eagle weighs 0.65 ton, displacement 1.25 ton, so 100kg more payload.
Sango would take considerably longer to build, due to the folding beams and cuddy cabin. On the plus side, comfortable enclosed deck cabin, and easy trailering. (Don't forget to budget for a large trailer and suitable towing vehicle.)

Eagle is simpler, cheaper, quicker to build. Sango would be more comfortable for a family. Performance/seakeeping would be about the same, excellent as Woods boats are.

 

Team Scarab multihulls http://www.teamscarab.com.au/index.html
Great little boats trimaran or Catamaran at very reasonable prices

 

Sango (hard chine) uses 123 sheets of ply. Eagle uses 42 sheets.

More galley dine etc than Eagle less hi in hull. 4'...

Great little boats trimaran or Catamaran at very reasonable

Double Shuffle 5.6 Good! Small.

Fish and chips good!

Siren 8.4: for the experienced builder

Sailing Catamarans - Gypsy - 8.5m Budget Offshore Cruiser with central cuddy http://sailingcatamarans.com/index.php/designs-2/3-25ft-to-30ft-catamarans-designs/176-gypsy

GYPSY 28: 6' ! Every thing... $ + hours !!! ....

Bild 2 hulls make the central cuddy later...year or 2 ?

2c...

 

If you are not experienced in building boats, it will take you several years to finish the project. Ask yourself if the main goal is to learn boatbuilding or go sailing. If going sailing is the goal, a used boat is cheaper and faster.

 

Eagle does look like a good choice ,if you look on the Woods builders forum,Peet extended his to 25.5’ approx.
…Peet has some good ideas and photos.
I have Eagle plans , Sango’s Cuddy appeals to me and as mentioned above you can add a Cuddy in a few years , if TR is Trinidad….
Eagle is a good choice ….
Sango hard chine matterial list below from Woods site , ply is about 21 sheets x 2 = 42 ? and lots of timber


Hull planking 12 sheets 6mm ply 3 sheets 9mm ply (replaces cedar, biaxial glass and some

Decking 6 sheets 6mm ply

Timber 2in x 1in 200m 1in x 1in 100m

NOTE: all plywood to be best quality gaboon (okume) marine grade

All timber to be best quality softwood eg Douglas fir, sitka spruce, yellow cedar or similar.

NOTE: Timber sizes are nominal. Planed all round (PAR)

Glass sheathing 300g glass cloth (hulls) 36q m 200g glass cloth (decks) 12sq m Epoxy 30k counter sunk stainless steel self tappers or gripfast/anchorfast barbed ring boat nails Approx
Eagle :from Woods site….
Basic Materials List

37 sheets 6mm plywood

5 sheets 9mm plywood

2in x 1in 200m

11/2in x 1in 120m

1in x 1in 50m

45kgs min epoxy

1 kg wood flour or similar filler

20kgs min 200g glass cloth (biaxial +/-45deg recommended for joints)

2000 stainless steel countersunk screws 3/4in x 6

filler/paint as required

All plywood to be best quality Marine grade Gaboon/okoume pl .

Sheet sizes are 8' x 4'.

, 2440x1220

All timber to be at least "Joinery Quality".

Unless noted otherwise all timber is softwood, eg Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, Yellow Cedar or similar.

A ll timber is "PAR", or "Planed all Round". Thus sizes given are nominal, ie 2" x 1" has a finished planed size of a 45mm x 20mm. (Note: It is usually cheaper t o buy wider planks, eg buy 2" x 1" and cut it in half to create 1" x 1")

Epoxy glue is recommended for all glue joints as it is gap filling and the strongest and most watertight glue

List excludes errors and waste

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Sorry Redreuben,
but (imho) I do not consider a Scarab to be an easy build. There are way too much planks to cut, fit, glue and sand fair to be simple and fast. For an unexperienced builder too much manhours to build and too much opportunities to make mistakes and up with an unfair boat.
Have Fun, Michel

 

That may be, but your not the OP, so…..
I’m just providing options, in my observations here builders like $150 plans V $1000 plans, it buys a lot of epoxy.
But that is not my call.