My Cat Design..

Now You Did It!

You got me realllly excited!

Why must it be Port/Stern symmetrical? NowI am changing everything above the water line. I am continuing the outside port hull lines up and over the deck, reinforcement and aesthetics. This opens the deck to have glazing on three sides thus allowing for better view from the cockpit and a much more pleasant bridge deck. Image, a couch that stretches inside and out yet closes like a bottle. Aesthetics are now being INJECTED into the design. To close the bridge deck, I am pulling the inside stern hull lines up.

You really have to see the sketch in front of me, the drawings need way more work than I have the sober ability for right now (buzzing with excitement, but drawings are attached nonetheless).

It could like a floating oasis, open and "loungy." I will install vertical 4" blinds (silicone solar panels of course) to keep it cool and productive. I am relying heavily on those aluminum supports now that the deck has gotten asymmetrical. The new design does allow for some heavier framing, maybe get some hardwood upin there? I am concerned about dissimilar materials with the hull being cedar, ply, and glass.. aluminum.. any ideas?

I am going to model this in Rhino/MAYA/CAD this afternoon, maybe even render it nicely.. maybe a movie, too.. I absolutely love the conversations..

FYI: I am using autocad 2008, tracing over images I borrow* online and image from my own fleet.

 

Libraries, Barnes and Nobles, even my schools libraries.. there's not a lot of info on cats out there..

 

If one's time is worth anything, designing your own boat is a lot more expensive than buying plans. I believe it took me approximately 4 times as long to design and build Slider than it would have taken me to build a similar boat from plans.

Ray

http://slidercat.com

 

God - thats awfull! Try doing some side views to see how that is going to look- its horrible!

Take a hint and get some decent design from a professional

 

Sorry to be a bit direct but that "thing" looks like a hare-brain pomo joke house.

And in a storm you ship water into that assymetrical cockpit and have 1.5-2t of water ballast on the wrong side of the boat. Brilliant.
Go sailing!
Absorb some more knowledge.
There are reasons that even "cutting edge" designs stick to some basic principles....