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I would love to have a copy, not that I intend on designing anything, just interesting. Wonder if there is a digital version somewhere?

Very nice, a “teardrop” style camper makes sense in so many ways! In Mississippi I have built several trailers, just go to DMV, tell them the s/n you assigned to it (we use C/J 1, 2 We are up to C/J 5) get your plate and you are done. You pay a small Road use tax but it is minimal.

Interested in your boomkin installation, I can see Southern Express getting one. I think you will get a better sheeting angle and outboard seems to have an affinity to the mizzen sheets!

We watched Alan demo the CS15 at the Messabout, we were super impressed! Really capable design and a cool boat!

Thanks, that is a beautiful boat! I will spend some time tonight looking! The Torqeedo idea started as a passing idea, but I have really bought into it! I am excited to see how it works day to day. On initial inspection it looks like a quality piece. I like the integrated concept they have, and bone easy to install, except for the retraction mechanisms! I opted for the feathering prop understanding it is required for regeneration, which is a part of my energy budget. Solar and Honda 2000 will complete the requirements.

Good video Alan, I have a GarmininReach system, are they approved for Watertribe events. (Not that I am a candidate).

We are building the boat to use offshore, when we use our diesel powered boat (with solar) we would go 8-10 days not starting the engine. The electric option is probably 300-350 lbs lighter, maybe more, and if in time we find we need mo juice, another battery would not be out of the question. We will still be way ahead on weight/space savings. This is my first experience with electric propulsion so, the idea of no vibration, noise, smell and minimal maintenance excites me. I spent more than a few hours head down, butt up maintaining Mr Yanmar. There is plenty of room on Mathew Flinders design for a diesel if that was the builder’s choice.

It does, I may put a doubler, but it is well protected (Aft of the stub keel) and not terribly heavy. It seems a lot of the newer European boats have adopted this pod system and I will R&D some of their installations. The hull is 18 mm thick where the pod mounts.

Torqeedo pod looks pretty hydrodynamic! Sleek! The interior is primed and ready for the final paint, all the trim pieces are completed and we’ll go mostly where the blue tape goes. My “supplier” of the planned on pecan trim became a “guest” of the state, I want to complete the boat before he “is available “. I have enough pecan to trip the bulkheads and drawer fronts. The larger pieces are cypress.

Been busy on Matthew, got the interior primed and the decks glassed from the aft end of the deckhouse to the pointy end. The Torqeedo pod, battery and all the charger stuff arrived.

I have some problems finding good wood in “da south “. I find if you buy 2X12 you can rip them into useable sizes. Keeping in my mind the 2X12 likely comes from larger trees and you can find some good stock either side of the center heart wood. Also small sawmills are a great resource for wood, I am willing to pay a premium, (still less expensive than big box stores) to chose the materials I need. I have a local saw mill that the owner has gotten interested in my current project and helps with choice wood, so some networking is a good thing.

Nice Don, I like the toggles you came up with. Fun messing with the Amsteel, I use it on several hammocks I have made or modified for motorcycle camping. Interested to see how it holds up.

Hi Don, did you see the requirements to now purchase the Garlock Ez In from Fisheries Supply? Note: Due to installation complexities EEZ-In II ladders can be sold only to OEMs and Authorized Installers So as builders can we be considered OEM in this instance?

Well, what is this quarantine you speak of.....I have been busy building Matthew Flinders and haven’t kept up with the news. Building a boat practically “garentees” your privacy! My help just returned from a mission trip in Saipan, she is in her own private quarantine......or is she avoiding sanding??!! Hope everyone stays safe in these rather trying times, I just lost a motorcycle friend to the virus.

Graham did a demonstration at the Messabout several years ago, I am actively looking for the notes I took. I used his technique on my CS20.3 and I like how it came out. Maybe Graham will join in.

I think I have found a novel way to self quarantine oneself.......mention to your friends that you are doing some sanding and getting ready to lay fiberglass. All the sidewalk engineers have disappeared?

How ‘bout a camping hammock tarp? Ridge line between the masts, and tie the edges to the gunwales.

Pete has designed the neatest boarding ladder on his CS20.3 Chessie. It is compact, doesn’t look like a jungle-gym and comparatively easy to build, most importantly easy to use. I R&Ded at the Messabout but with Mathew Flinders my CS20.3 is enjoying a vacation.

Hi Chick, if you had a simple loop over the main sheet that if pulled (falling overboard event) the mainsheet from the cleat, boat would roundup and wait for you. Something like that work? My lanyard setup I use not simply keeps you oriented to the center of the cockpit, can’t fall overboard from there but it does present some problems.

On our CS20.3 we have a mizzenmast tabernacle arrangement, we use 2 of the “loop” nuts, one for the mizzen mast pivot bolt and one to tighten the mizzenmast to the “holder up bolt”. At night or when we feel it is appropriate, a harness on the PFD with a lanyard to attached to the boat gives some security. Hard to imagine the frustration seeing the departing transom of your boat. A very tragic event. If the rotor wash caused capsize, could that be attributed to the sheets being cleated, and unattended.

Nice, did ya happen to weigh the boat when completed?

I am jealous.....I didn’t have an issue with security on a iPad. I did use the links at the bottom and they went though. But now it goes back the original page.

Nice job! Looks good!

Hi Mark, my CS20.3 has 2 gen 1 flexible solar panels and if memory serves they are 18 watts each, so on the deck with some shadows, I expect 20-24 watts total, so crew electrocution isn’t a problem. I have several led cabin lights, and a really cool NASA Supernova mast head light, also charge a small vhf handheld. I use a 24 series AGM battery and have never had any electric supply problems. As always, YMMV.

Well, I am sure it will gather some sargassum grass along the way, but there is a stub keel, and a electric motor pod ahead of the rudder which will help. We plan to use the boat in more open water and that should/maybe help. The actual foot plate doesn’t protrude ahead of the rudder leading edge, that will help too.