I wanted to get some thoughts out there about a print I picked up of late on a 25 ft sailing scow. I hope to start the hull late summer/ early fall. Thanks for watching!
Look at building a birds mouth mast! Then sleeve it with a fiberglass sock wet out in epoxy! You won't be sorry. Light weight and super strong. 😊 keep it painted or varnished! UV damages the epoxy! On the west coast we call Shallow water cruising "gunk holing"😂 that's why I bought my Catalina 22 swing keel. Cool looking skow! But I dig the pilot house! We get colder, wetter weather up here I guess?
Cool boat! I've seen that double rotating centerboard design on a Grumman sailing canoe. 8750lbs on a 25' boat, woowee that's heavy! How much of that is ballast? I didn't see that on the print? Looking forward to seeing your build. When you say sitting headroom, how many inches you talking? Good luck with everything:)
I think the headroom scaled at about 4 ft 6 ". The ballast is 2500 lbs but I don't think I'll add that much to begin with. The boat is wide for the length at 11 ft. It will surprise me if the boat finishes out that heavy, the designer probably is airing on the side of caution. I've looked at other designs that wasn't that wide or heavy for the length. I had a 26 ft shoal keeled fiberglass boat that only weighs 6500 lbs. Those centerboards you mentioned are called leeboards. You have to raise one and drop the other when you tack. It's a very traditional way. Thanks for your interest! I'll post more videos as I get in the building project more. Right now I have more irons in the fire!
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Love that you like sailing and willing to make your vessel. Awesome dream.
Cool design for sure!
I think so too!
Look at building a birds mouth mast! Then sleeve it with a fiberglass sock wet out in epoxy! You won't be sorry. Light weight and super strong. 😊 keep it painted or varnished! UV damages the epoxy!
On the west coast we call Shallow water cruising "gunk holing"😂 that's why I bought my Catalina 22 swing keel.
Cool looking skow! But I dig the pilot house! We get colder, wetter weather up here I guess?
Cool boat! I've seen that double rotating centerboard design on a Grumman sailing canoe. 8750lbs on a 25' boat, woowee that's heavy! How much of that is ballast? I didn't see that on the print? Looking forward to seeing your build. When you say sitting headroom, how many inches you talking? Good luck with everything:)
I think the headroom scaled at about 4 ft 6 ".
The ballast is 2500 lbs but I don't think I'll add that much to begin with.
The boat is wide for the length at 11 ft. It will surprise me if the boat finishes out that heavy, the designer probably is airing on the side of caution. I've looked at other designs that wasn't that wide or heavy for the length. I had a 26 ft shoal keeled fiberglass boat that only weighs 6500 lbs.
Those centerboards you mentioned are called leeboards. You have to raise one and drop the other when you tack. It's a very traditional way.
Thanks for your interest! I'll post more videos as I get in the building project more. Right now I have more irons in the fire!