Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

l l
l l
\ /
\ ______________________ /

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length would be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!

wemfish says:

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars)

If you carry your boat upside-down, it has two advantages:

1. The sheerline (upper edges of hull) is necessarily at the same level each
side, reducing the need for a flat bottom.
2. The boat doesn't fill up with water/road crud while you drive. The
rainwater can be a major source of irritation when you try to unload, or
corner, or.....

Steve "there's a reason why most car=topped boats are upside-down..."

Summer Breeze at www.simplicityboats.com is 11.5 ft simply made out of two
sheets of 1/4" plywood and weighs about 100 lb. You'll need two adults to
lift if on an off the roof of a vehicle. The height of the transom was
limited by the amount of materials allowed in the design contest this boat
won. I'd make the transom lower as it rides too high out of the water,
shortens the waterline length, and reduces speed a bit, but that's not a
major failing.

"wemfish" (wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk) writes:
Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

l l
l l
\ /
\ ______________________ /

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length would be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!





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On Sun, 2 May 2004 16:08:14 +0100, "wemfish" wemfish AT
tiscali.co.uk wrote:

Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length would be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!

Good on you. Get over the "free plans" thing, though. Boat designers
need to eat, too.

Google on "dynamite payson" "glen-l" "wooden boat store" "jacques
mertens" or "phil bolger." The world is full of plans for boats in
that size range. Most of the good plans cost a few bucks, and worth
every penny.

- Rick "Not a professional boat designer" Tyler

--
"Ignorant voracity -- a wingless vulture -- can soar only into the
depths of ignominy." Patrick O'Brian

Another reason to mount the boat upside down is you can make it streamline
with your car. You could build a boat that matches your caravan's finish
and follows your roofline like a van conversion.

Use the van to shape the gunnels, either as a model to carve out foam
shapes, or as a plug to mold the gunnels directly in fiberglass.


"wemfish" wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other
family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

l l
l l
\ /
\ ______________________ /

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length would
be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!

And then put some real neat aluminum running boards all the way from the
front tires to the back and some white wall tires.. Buy some wraparound
sunglasses and drive reeeeal slow with the turn signal on (forever) and
you're THERE, dude! Haha! (No offense, anyone...)

--
http://www.advantagecomposites.com/tongass -- My 22' Tolman Skiff project
http://www.advantagecomposites.com/catalog -- Discounted System Three
Resins products


..
"Robert Haston" wrote in message
ink.net...
Another reason to mount the boat upside down is you can make it streamline
with your car. You could build a boat that matches your caravan's finish
and follows your roofline like a van conversion.

Use the van to shape the gunnels, either as a model to carve out foam
shapes, or as a plug to mold the gunnels directly in fiberglass.


"wemfish" wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other
family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

l l
l l
\ /
\ ______________________ /

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length
would
be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or
have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!

I seam to have one missing post (or more)? Can whoever posted after Rick
Taylor and before Robert Haston please repost.
Thank you.
Stuart.


"Robert Haston" wrote in message
ink.net...
Another reason to mount the boat upside down is you can make it streamline
with your car. You could build a boat that matches your caravan's finish
and follows your roofline like a van conversion.

Use the van to shape the gunnels, either as a model to carve out foam
shapes, or as a plug to mold the gunnels directly in fiberglass.


"wemfish" wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other
family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

l l
l l
\ /
\ ______________________ /

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length
would
be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or
have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!

"wemfish" wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk wrote in message ...
I seam to have one missing post (or more)? Can whoever posted after Rick
Taylor and before Robert Haston please repost.
Thank you.
Stuart.


"Robert Haston" wrote in message
ink.net...
Another reason to mount the boat upside down is you can make it streamline
with your car. You could build a boat that matches your caravan's finish
and follows your roofline like a van conversion.

Use the van to shape the gunnels, either as a model to carve out foam
shapes, or as a plug to mold the gunnels directly in fiberglass.


"wemfish" wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I am planning to build a small sail boat to take on holiday and other
family
trips when we also take our caravan so it has to be light enough to "car
top" a cross section as below..

l l
l l
\ /
\ ______________________ /

a flat bottom ( for the roof bars) and about 10' to 12' max length
would
be
perfect. Does anyone have a link to a free plan close to my needs or
have
one they can e-mail me so I can then adapt it to my needs.
watch out for the spam trap if e-mailing me direct!!






Some of the guys are having a good time with you. As a newbie you
probably are not aware of the kinds of issues you bring up when you
talk about free plans so I give you a pass. Find the Gardner books at
the local library and look up the Dual purpose skiff, 12 feet, nice
shear, would probably take a better size vehicle and maybe a rack
extention to rooftop it. Nice boat, flat bottom, Gunter rig sail for
easy storage, sweet "down east" lines especially the shear. When mine
is done it should weigh about 120 lbs as I am currently building a
light weight cartoppable version I have adapted from the origional
design which would be heavier. There is a place to start but don't ask
me for the rework I did as it is not on paper and probably won't be,
specially for free

Scotty from.......... ugh, still can't do it! Make the F***** rain
stop, please.

Thankyou to all those that have given me help either direct e-mail or
through this news group.
Sorry if the mention of free plans has offended (
I presumed as news groups are free, that we are all asking for and giving
free information, it would not be a problem?
I will probably end up using a CAD program from a binary NG (for free) and
use it to design my own boat. I was simply asking for a few lines as a
guide to start from. if my plan is then of use to anyone else I will pass it
to them for nothing. . .
Cheers,
Stuart.

wemfish says:

Sorry if the mention of free plans has offended (

Not so much offended, as the fact that you are the latest in a long line of
folks looking for free plans. An admirable search, to be sure, but some of us
make a living drawing said plans, and if we give them away, the kids whine with
hunger. ;-)

I presumed as news groups are free, that we are all asking for and giving
free information, it would not be a problem?

No more than walking into a pub (which is free) and expecting free whiskey for
the night. If you see what I mean.

I will probably end up using a CAD program from a binary NG (for free) and
use it to design my own boat.

If you have questions about design, please feel free (no pun intended) to post
them here. There are a number of qualified folks who are happy to help out.

I was simply asking for a few lines as a
guide to start from.

See the booklist in Scotty's post - it is a good one, and will definately get
you started in the right direction.

Steve
Stephen C. Baker - Yacht Designer
http://members.aol.com/SailDesign/pr...cbweb/home.htm