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sailing junk
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:50:29 -0800 (PST), Two meter troll
wrote: Ive got the wood milling for a sampan that i scaled up to thirty feet. going to build it as a study for a 50'X16' or so foot junk. traditional building methods and all that. but i need some info from cruisers about layout as i draft the plans. Ive spent most of my life on work boats and have no real clue as to what a comfortable house layout would be. yes i know there is a building group but most of the folks there are not cruising over long distances. so here is the list of stuff i am working on. Ive got a relatively large amount of space to play with, excluding a center hold of about 15 by 15. I figure a small forepeak trunk for visitors and a gen set. engine, batteries etc. under benches and behind ladders 1. food storage. 2.galley lay out. 3. salon layout. 4.head 5. state room lay out. what accommodation plans for which boats do you find easy to use, comfortable, logical and easy to maintain. You are using two terms that are totally different. Sampans and Junks are totally different.. Different hull form and different construction entirely. From your description I suspect that you are talking about a junk as a sampan is pretty much a flat bottomed rowing skiff. As a Junk has a nearly square hull cross section there is an amazing amount of room in them compared to a conventional western sail boat. They are also slower :-) The living space on a real junk is almost always in the stern, amidships is hold and forward is not much more then a cubby. A friend designed the interior of his boat using a sliding scale based on how much time he spent in a spot to calculate the size. He reckoned that he spent very little time in the Head so it was just big enough to back in and squat. He only slept in the sleeping compartment so it was only slightly larger then the bunk. His wife really liked to cook so there was a fairly large galley and finally they reckoned that they spent most of their time in the salon so it had the most room. I was aboard his boat any number of times and it did seem pretty spacious for a 38 ft. boat. Food storage. If you plan to live aboard you probably want a fridge. There are two basic systems Electric (12 VDC) driven and engine driven. You can have a eutectic system with either type of power but a conventional refrigerator will be electric. My air cooled condenser 12 VDC fridge draws about 5 amps when the compressor runs and it runs about half eh time - say 60 AH/day. More modern ones use appreciably less electricity. An engine driven one will require running the engine at least once a day and sometimes more often but if you are anchored out you will probably run your engine regularly to keep the batteries up anyway. Or have a bunch of solar panels. Out of curiosity, what are you doing with the cargo hold? Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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