Shaun Van Poecke wrote:

Im hoping to build something around 8-10 feet and around 4-5 feet beam to
be sailed by only one
person (me) i'm 6'3 and 230. This will be a very cheap project for me, Im
hoping to use an unstayed mast and make sails myself from tyvek.

Perhaps it's too small, but you might want to look at the dinghy plans
I sell:
http://www.riparia.org/rachel.html