Something I've been playing with (again!)

[lewisboats]

This is a cross between a Dovekie and a this and a that and another thing. I suppose I'll call it my own...so it is dubbed FuzzyLogic 1.0: The idea is to have a decent cabin space (the forward 11 ft of the boat in a raised sheer cabin) with enough headroom to sit upright (up to 5 ft) and plenty of beam (8 ft on a 20 ft hull) for room and stability, an easy to build chined hull and an easy to use Gaff rig with or without a mizzen (in a yawl config). The boat should have enough displacement (3000 lbs) for good cruising (combo of up to 1000 lbs water and lead ballast on bilge keels for level grounding) to make it to the Bahamas with minimal draft for exploring but decent stability via form and weight placement. The boat would be trailerable on a modified boat trailer. It has a Vee hull with 2 chines and a small keel/Skeg augmenting the bilge keels. With a rather easy motion it will sail best heeling somewhat with one of the keels well in the water. The drawing doesn't show the keels... because I haven't added them yet and the sail area and profile may change in the future.

Steve

[Jim Stumpf]

Hey Steve,

When do we start construction on the prototype. I like the look of the space age hull with the old trusty gaff. Has some of the lines of the NF 15 also.

Jim Stumpf

NF 15 "Primrose"

[lewisboats]

Well...lets see...I need to finish the 3 other boats that are in progress, do some repairs on another, find the time to do that working 2 jobs and...oh yeah...find a different place to build because it is hard to build a 20 ft boat in a 16 ft garage. Seriously...It would be years before I could attempt to do something this large. I did do a little more fiddling (I constantly tinker with my designs until I get the urge to do something different). I took the cabin side from the shear to the top and angled it inwards more. I think this would reduce the apparent windage because of the increased angle and better airflow. The width of the actual top was reduce to increase the angle but the height remains the same. I also think with the right paint color choices (emphasize the shearline, darker hull and lighter cabin color) the height of the cabin could be de-emphasized. Accomodations to 4 people for a few days (double V berth up forward and two quarter berths extending under the cockpit seats), a small galley on one side with a two seat eating area on the other. A table could be set up so you have a dining area aft of the Vee, sitting on the bunks. A table could also be set up in the cockpit for all four to dine at the same table under the stars or under an awning set up over the cockpit. I think a couple of people could be comfortable for two or three weeks provided land fall was made a couple of times during the stretch. I expect wheel steering could be set up like a Weekender, at the aft of the cockpit but I would not want an inboard rudder...prefering something off of the transom. This could be a candidate for partial to full Stitch and glue or tack and tape construction if desired.

Steve