tiny cruising catamaran

i have looked at diffrent designs regarding small multihulls. But they just dont fit the picture.
does any one have ideas on a design for a small catamaran that would be big enough to have sleeping accomadation for 1 or 2 persons?
my general idea was like 2 sharpies coupled together making the hulls with a small sleeping compartment.
but how small could you go?
u have looked at the slidercat design, and thougt about about making changes to that design to fit my wishes.
just to clarify i have no experience designing boats, just sailing them.
bassicly what i am looking for is.
around 16ft
prefereably no wider than 255cm
and a sailing rig.
any ideas?

i hope that someone out there can help me find just the right design, or design just the right boat.

last but not least i excuse for my english, since this is only my second language.

 

shell boats
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...amaran+small&hl=en&sa=N&gbv=2&tbm=isch&itbs=1

there's a lot of great designers in here who could probably draw up something more exactly what you want.

 

its a very interesting design, but i was actualy thinking smaller yet.

i started looking on matt laydens micro cruisers, and ended up wanting to build a multihull in stead. just to give you an idea of the size i am thinking.

 

http://www.ikarus342000.com/ECOpage.htm
http://www.teamscarab.com.au/5.6cat/design.html
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/jg/hotchili/index.htm
http://jarcatmarine.com/
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/plansindex/multihullsail.htm
Google is your friend !
RR

 

I don't think you can go past the Jarcat.
16ft long with a double berth and two singles.
I had one and it was a very versatile small family boat , though no racer.
Even then I know one chap who fitted his with a prodder, hiking racks and an assymetric spinnaker---and it went like the clappers.
The biggest advantage of the Jarcat is that you can trail it without de-mounting or folding anything. It also has a big cockpit and motors very well with a small outboard.

 

try this
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04s/designs/murrayilses/zubian/index.cfm

 

pictures

 

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/designs/murrayilses/zubian/index.cfm

 

Miss Cindy

http://turtleislands.net/mc/default.html

 

I love this type of boat. Less time screwing around and more time sailing. That said, look at all of the designs, and pick the lightest one. I would also use as much beachcat hardware as possible.

 

That is an outstanding little power(sail?) cat! The unpainted wooden version is a knockout! Thanks for the image and links...

click on image:

 

I'd agree that Jarcats are good boats, though you don't want to push them in heavy weather.

Zubian is a nice looking 18 footer, but I wonder about the hull beam-- it's almost 3 feet at the waterline, which mean it's not quite 6 to 1. I really believe that cats should be 10 to 1 if they want to be fairly fast.

An 18 footer I like better is Weekender by Thomas Firth Jones.

 

I like Jones' designs too. And I agree with your comment on the L/B ratio of the hull. The skinnier the hull, the more easily it's driven. The G32 has an L/B of 22 to 1. The Gougeons had wave piercing bows on their boats decades before they made it into the America's cup, and they were designing long and slender hulls before Nigel Irens...

 

i absolutely love the miss cindy, but he hasnt made the drawing available for public.
my second choise looks to be the jarcat. it has the right size a good weight and a nice look how ever the zubian also looks interesting, it just needs to shrink a bit.

 

See the thread on Ears And Wedges Hull Assembly regarding (assuming) the build method of this craft. LINKEY