BUTCH'S BOAT - Brickaran, Windsprint tri-hull
OK, OK... now some of you are beginning to get into MY psychosis! I've been looking at the bantam for awhile now along with other weird concepts like a kid in a candy store while doing some of my own mental gymnastics. You know this ain't a normal place! So, I'd like to through some concept questions/parameters out there to get your feedback. My guess is that many of you have probably "heard it all" anyway.
How about this?...
BUTCH'S BOAT (as in Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid. "You just keep on thinking Butch, that's what your good at.")
1) 16' - 18' Sailing canoe with yawl or ketch sail plan (using small or windsurfer/dynawings for lightness and simplicity) and outboard well pull up capable aft for tiny ob or electric trolling motor - Goals: simplicity, light weight, paddle/sail/motor options, foot access to obscure and/or cheap launching places (beaches, sides of rural bridges, farmers fields, etc.). Strong enough for the 2 and 3. Build on like Tinker Toys for whatever you might feel like doing.
2) Second identical canoe with lightweight but strong drop-on and pin 4'X8' platform + 3' over each canoe w/hinge (= 10'X8') to create small catamaran for day sailing, flat river rafting, or short term camp cruising for 1 or 2 perhaps with small tent (or small screen room and sleeping in cockpits). (Porta-john used below in one of the cockpits?)
3) Third canoe with identical platform and a third middle platform/cockpit cover to create a larger tri-hulled camp cruising set-up or pontoon party boat with options of folding chairs, screened gazebo or camping tent that could be set up on platforms (= 17'X8') Storage, porta-john, and/or sleeping in cockpits.
Here are just a few of the sites that have helped to fuel my psychosis:
http://www.treasurecoasthouseboatrentals.com
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~fsinc/yachts/smith/page1.htm
http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/beth.htm
http://www.dynawing.com/index.html
http://www.woodenboat.net.nz/Stories/gracefulconvfolder/graceful.html
http://www.selway-fisher.com/Sailcanoe.htm#ILI
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How about this?...
BUTCH'S BOAT (as in Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid. "You just keep on thinking Butch, that's what your good at.")
1) 16' - 18' Sailing canoe with yawl or ketch sail plan (using small or windsurfer/dynawings for lightness and simplicity) and outboard well pull up capable aft for tiny ob or electric trolling motor - Goals: simplicity, light weight, paddle/sail/motor options, foot access to obscure and/or cheap launching places (beaches, sides of rural bridges, farmers fields, etc.). Strong enough for the 2 and 3. Build on like Tinker Toys for whatever you might feel like doing.
2) Second identical canoe with lightweight but strong drop-on and pin 4'X8' platform + 3' over each canoe w/hinge (= 10'X8') to create small catamaran for day sailing, flat river rafting, or short term camp cruising for 1 or 2 perhaps with small tent (or small screen room and sleeping in cockpits). (Porta-john used below in one of the cockpits?)
3) Third canoe with identical platform and a third middle platform/cockpit cover to create a larger tri-hulled camp cruising set-up or pontoon party boat with options of folding chairs, screened gazebo or camping tent that could be set up on platforms (= 17'X8') Storage, porta-john, and/or sleeping in cockpits.
Here are just a few of the sites that have helped to fuel my psychosis:
http://www.treasurecoasthouseboatrentals.com
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~fsinc/yachts/smith/page1.htm
http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/beth.htm
http://www.dynawing.com/index.html
http://www.woodenboat.net.nz/Stories/gracefulconvfolder/graceful.html
http://www.selway-fisher.com/Sailcanoe.htm#ILI
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