That what I'm designing. 5 knot cruising and 6.5 knot max speed seem good to me. Why? And if it's true at anchor why not also during sailing?
Good comments, thank. About this, I have not much play with solar panels weight, but I have a lot of play with batteries weight. I can move those...
I've also think that a sailing cat without his mast and sail is also consequential on the boat. Rough weight change based on 955 lbs per inch. I...
Thanks fallguy. Based on some measures, my cat have immersion rating of 955 lbs / inch. It's not a huge challenge to know how deep it will sink...
Thanks for your input. So, I don't see that like an important downside. Actually, I'm trying to find important downside for this Cat with narrow...
I'm trying to wrap my head around why a larger hull should be better that similar displacement hull who is less wide. As explained, my cat have...
Nice Nice! You can calculate it with the volume of water the hulls will displace for every inch drop in the water. That way, if you have 3-4...
Here is the complete design who seem good to me. Not much interesting place on starboard to put the fridge with sink and cooktop, so I simply plan...
We put it into the water in few months, so then that will give us best idea of weight capacity. About center of gravity, I have 1200 lbs battery...
Right, everything in the hulls. Here a rough view of single beds, doubles beds and 2 symmetrical heads. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So I continue to think about that and design something rough. I first thought about putting the sink under the rear starboard window, but quickly...
Hi Our plan to build a 45' solar Cat is still on the good way and I start this specific thread to talk about galley design/living space/cockpit...
I have a 200A TIG AC/DC and laser cut and bending will be done in a large shop (800 workers) I work with since many years.
I plan to build it from 11 or 10 Ga 5052-H32 alu (0.090'' or 0.100'' thick) in order to shave a bit of weight compare to 0.125''. Actually,...
I think I found a nice design. So the D shape give me more space inside and easier access to weld, but the long thin inside walls stress me a bit...
Ok. It simply like in picture below. One big advantage is the access to the weld inside (blue arrow). Way easier to weld. Also wider inside space...
Then I have hard time to understand why GODu design with 24° and consider this as an advantage. They also have an important reverse chine. Below...
Oh! Good advices. I had to search for 2-3 words I don't understand and that lead me to more questions about my design. I would like to see this...
Wow, nice! A thing a really like on those two boat is the seat surface who is entirely flat :) It look like the shape of the hull is responsible...
Cool! Lot of good info here. I take notes. I would like to have a look at few nicely design dinghy in order to be inspire and take the best...
