My new sailship

[Pepe]

Here is my newes boat.  Its Pdracer with cabin - ( uses Ozpdracer sails and foils )

[lewisboats]

Extremely way Cool! How long are the berths? How much nose room, toe room etc. Details, Details please. Permission to play with the cabin design and extend to 12 ft maybe...?

[Greg Luckett]

I find this design to be so weird that I immediately want to play with one...LOL.

Good work on building her.

If memory serves me, some of this design sailed the Texas 200 last year.

[Pepe]

Hi - thaks for comments. Jon  Kowitz: Pdracer : Ranger had similar idea - whitch I little played ahead.

The first photo.

Here some sketch if there some help to Lewisboat - feel free to play the design.

Perttu

[Greg Luckett]

When I was younger (and a lot skinnier), I would have loved having a boat like this. It looks like a fun design for some weekend sailing and camping. I hope to get to see one someday too.

Perttu, will you post some of the adventures you have with it, later on?

[Pepe]

Will you post some of the adventures you have with it, later on?

Sure! In middle of august I am planing to do couple nights sailing trip to Linnansaari national park ( http://www.retkikartta.fi/?lang=en&id=851 )

Perttu

[lewisboats]

Here's what I came up with after a couple of hours doodling last night. Runs about 12.5 ft/3.85 m LOA,  4.5 ft/1.4 m beam 27 in/.7 m high (I have a version that is 30" high which might be better). Length of cabin at shear level is 6 ft, and Cockpit is just under 5 ft long plus Daggerboard area. Daggerboard protrudes 3.125 ft for a total of 5.2 ft long with handle (whew!). Sail is Balanced Lug to 105 sf with 2 reefs. Mast is proportionally slightly aft of the position on the PDs. Displacement to the shown waterline is 750 lbs but the boat should come out around 180-200 or so. Thanks for letting me mess with it...I'm tempted to try a scale model for Gits and Shiggles.

30" version

[Pepe]

Looks actually quite cool. I like the looks of 30" version.

Do you use Delftship? I have tried it couple times but leave it with frustrated, becouse havent learned it.

Perttu

( I am in holiday now so maby not in computer for while )

[lewisboats]

Yep...Freeship and Delftship both. One has much the same as the other except for the heeled characteristics and a few other esoteric differences. Here is a multi-chined version with a Vee entry that I really like. The cabin roof has a bit of rake to it too...slightly less weight forward and a bit less windage.

[Pepe]

Last weekend sailing

Wind was quite qusty. Down wind course was fast

and route back to car we had the wind against us. We haw little too mutch sail,

but I was too lazy to reef it down, but it came quite nicely

[Andrew_Butchart]

Looks like you had a lot of fun.  I'm amazed you had 2 full sized guys in the cockpit of that tiny boat.