Posted by Dan on October 14, 2003 at 12:18:16:
In Reply to: Re: Stretched CABIN SKIFF? posted by fred on October 14, 2003 at 11:18:26:
Fred - I have. He did a really nice job. He also has stated that he wouldn't do it again.
I can see how the "transom got smaller" as he stretched it. If you look at a cabin/console skiff, the beam narrows slightly near the transom. If the lines were continued another foot or two, one would want those lines to continue resulting in a narrower transom.
There is also a commercial builder (www.liteboats.com) that appears to be building cabin skiffs that are 18' long. Although I live about 40 minutes from that company's location, I have not made an effort to visit them. It may be worth a trip.
This is the fun part of building boats. You can play "what if" with the designs and learn a great deal in the process. I would like to hear form Barry regarding any plans to design a larger cabin skiff.
Dan
: Dan - I recall Ray Macke, when he stretched his Cabin Skiff to 18 or 19, remarking that the "transom got smaller" or perhaps the stern end naturally had to shrink in width or height - to fit in along with rest of hull panels? At the time I didn't understand why the
: stern of hull would have gotten "narrower" when he stretched hull by 1 or 2 feet. Have you looked at his web site, from when he build Cabin Skiff? He did a nice job indeed. Fred
: : Simply enlarging the current plans introduces some complications. For example the bottom hull panels are designed to fit nicely on a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Increasing length is one thing. I am current building the console skiff w/bulwarks (same hull as cabin skiff) and adding a foot or two in length seems achievable. Others have done it. I think that increasing width by simply enlarging the current patterns would require the use of panels wider than 4'. How would one do that in a manner that looks good and allows the panel to bend at the same rate as a single thickness panel? It may be possible, but it seems very complicated to me.
: : I think that increasing the beam would require the designers to engineer a workable solution.
Dan