Re: Otter I and Otter II
--- "Chris Stewart" <stewtone@m...> wrote:
Boats_, and find that Otter II is
kind of like a shrunken Black Skimmer.
Seems like a useful camping / trailing
boat.
> Otter II is 19'6" x 5'10".Just looked Otter II up in _Different
Boats_, and find that Otter II is
kind of like a shrunken Black Skimmer.
Seems like a useful camping / trailing
boat.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart" <stewtone@m...> wrote:
So my guesses were not so far out. I still think 1500lbs too heavy,
500lbs rather light and that Peter VW's estimate of 700lbs is likely
to be close.
I should have a long talk with my friend, for I think that either of
the Otters would be good for the area where we live, where we have a
terrific big sheltered estuary with many mud banks etc, and where I
think a leeboard sharpie would have a lot to recommend it.
Gav
> Gav,You'll have to find a photocopier before then!
>
> Happen to have a library copy of Different Boats at hand
> (unfortunately, it has to go back Monday).
>
> Otter II is 19'6" x 5'10".
So my guesses were not so far out. I still think 1500lbs too heavy,
500lbs rather light and that Peter VW's estimate of 700lbs is likely
to be close.
I should have a long talk with my friend, for I think that either of
the Otters would be good for the area where we live, where we have a
terrific big sheltered estuary with many mud banks etc, and where I
think a leeboard sharpie would have a lot to recommend it.
Gav
Gav,
Happen to have a library copy of Different Boats at hand
(unfortunately, it has to go back Monday).
Otter II is 19'6" x 5'10".
Quoting from his text: "The cuddy is watertight; it can't be flooded
in any kind of sudden knockdown, and for ordinary coastwise sailing
suitable to her size, it makes her self-righting, without any ballast
apart from her bottom structure." (Bottom is two layers of 3/8 ply.)
"The stem and stern bays are free-flooding. They have holes in the
bottom to let the water out. The ends aren't properly part of the
hull at all; they are more in the nature of a bowsprit and motor
bracket, also serving as fairing to improve the flow of water around
what's really a square-ended punt 14 1/2 feet long, of which 6 1/2
feet is reliably decked and bulkheaded."
"Bulkheads...#4 and #8 are watertight up to vent and companionway
openings shown, to enclose dry cuddy on which the boat relies for
rserve stability and bouyancy in a knockdown or rainstorm;..." (The
vent appears to be about 2'2" up and the companionway opening appears
to be start about 2'4" up - virtually the same height as the sheer.)
Chris Stewart
in the whiteness of New York
Happen to have a library copy of Different Boats at hand
(unfortunately, it has to go back Monday).
Otter II is 19'6" x 5'10".
Quoting from his text: "The cuddy is watertight; it can't be flooded
in any kind of sudden knockdown, and for ordinary coastwise sailing
suitable to her size, it makes her self-righting, without any ballast
apart from her bottom structure." (Bottom is two layers of 3/8 ply.)
"The stem and stern bays are free-flooding. They have holes in the
bottom to let the water out. The ends aren't properly part of the
hull at all; they are more in the nature of a bowsprit and motor
bracket, also serving as fairing to improve the flow of water around
what's really a square-ended punt 14 1/2 feet long, of which 6 1/2
feet is reliably decked and bulkheaded."
"Bulkheads...#4 and #8 are watertight up to vent and companionway
openings shown, to enclose dry cuddy on which the boat relies for
rserve stability and bouyancy in a knockdown or rainstorm;..." (The
vent appears to be about 2'2" up and the companionway opening appears
to be start about 2'4" up - virtually the same height as the sheer.)
Chris Stewart
in the whiteness of New York
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Gavin Atkin" <gavinatkin@y...> wrote:
> Here's a bit more of what I laughingly call 'my thinking'.
>
> I don't remember the details, of the Otter II, but let's assume
that it really is a
> punt of 14ft in length and, say, 5ft in beam, and, say, 9in deep at
its design
> displacement. The displacement's going to be length times beam
times depth
> times the prismatic coefficient (I'll guess that bit) times the
weight of a cubic
> foot of water. So that's 14 by 5 by 0.75 by 0.6 by 65 - I don't
know where this is
> going yet as I calculate - which makes 2047.5lbs by my calculator.
This is of
> course the roughest of rough calculations, so maybe one should not
take too
> much notice of it, but I suppose it does make a hull weight of
1500lbs just
> about practical.
>
> Without ballast, though, it could be a brute to try to right after
a capsize.
>
> Gav, still musing in the greyness of London
Here's a bit more of what I laughingly call 'my thinking'.
I don't remember the details, of the Otter II, but let's assume that it really is a
punt of 14ft in length and, say, 5ft in beam, and, say, 9in deep at its design
displacement. The displacement's going to be length times beam times depth
times the prismatic coefficient (I'll guess that bit) times the weight of a cubic
foot of water. So that's 14 by 5 by 0.75 by 0.6 by 65 - I don't know where this is
going yet as I calculate - which makes 2047.5lbs by my calculator. This is of
course the roughest of rough calculations, so maybe one should not take too
much notice of it, but I suppose it does make a hull weight of 1500lbs just
about practical.
Without ballast, though, it could be a brute to try to right after a capsize.
Gav, still musing in the greyness of London
I don't remember the details, of the Otter II, but let's assume that it really is a
punt of 14ft in length and, say, 5ft in beam, and, say, 9in deep at its design
displacement. The displacement's going to be length times beam times depth
times the prismatic coefficient (I'll guess that bit) times the weight of a cubic
foot of water. So that's 14 by 5 by 0.75 by 0.6 by 65 - I don't know where this is
going yet as I calculate - which makes 2047.5lbs by my calculator. This is of
course the roughest of rough calculations, so maybe one should not take too
much notice of it, but I suppose it does make a hull weight of 1500lbs just
about practical.
Without ballast, though, it could be a brute to try to right after a capsize.
Gav, still musing in the greyness of London
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "pvanderwaart" <pvanderw@o...> wrote:
designs and the boat is meant to be unballasted. In practice, I suspect tha=
t the
boat would usually turn out a little heavier than the designer intended, gi=
ven
that most of us tend to overbuild at least a little.
Now, I'm racking my brains. I don't have his write up to hand, but I think =
I
remember that Bolger wrote that the Otter II was really a 14ft punt with a =
draining well aft for the outboard and a further draining well forward insi=
de a
cutwater? If that's so, 1500lbs in hull weight seems a lot of displacement =
for a
14ft boat, particularly when you have to add crew and gear. It also feels a=
little
too expensive to be a wise investment: what do boats cost to make now, is i=
t
around £1.50-3/lb painted?
Gav, musing in a grey marble office by the River Thames in the heart of
London, and watching yet another unrelieved grey east of England sky slithe=
r
by into the North Sea
> Five hundred lbs sounds pretty light to me.Quite so. My thinking was that Bolger doesn't generally over-engineer his
designs and the boat is meant to be unballasted. In practice, I suspect tha=
t the
boat would usually turn out a little heavier than the designer intended, gi=
ven
that most of us tend to overbuild at least a little.
Now, I'm racking my brains. I don't have his write up to hand, but I think =
I
remember that Bolger wrote that the Otter II was really a 14ft punt with a =
draining well aft for the outboard and a further draining well forward insi=
de a
cutwater? If that's so, 1500lbs in hull weight seems a lot of displacement =
for a
14ft boat, particularly when you have to add crew and gear. It also feels a=
little
too expensive to be a wise investment: what do boats cost to make now, is i=
t
around £1.50-3/lb painted?
Gav, musing in a grey marble office by the River Thames in the heart of
London, and watching yet another unrelieved grey east of England sky slithe=
r
by into the North Sea
> too heavy at 1500lbs toDid Dave say if any of that weight was ballast?
> trailer and day sail easily.
Five hundred lbs sounds pretty light to me. I would have guessed,
offhand and without any computation, 750-1000 lbs.
Peter
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, craig o'donnell <dadadata@f...> wrote:
boat but that he'd been disappointed to find that it was too heavy at 1500lbs to
trailer and day sail easily. I must say that I'm surprised at that figure, having
thought that 500lbs would be nearer the mark. That said it would still be rather
challenging to launch and retrieve singlehanded at that weight.
What hull weight would you guys expect?
Gavin
> email Dave Carnell (not sure of the address, but I do believe it isI did, and Dave kindly wrote back. He said that the Otter II he had was a good
> mailto:davecarnell@a...) -- he built one of the Otters, not sure which,
> and was not completely satisfied. He'll be happy to go into details.
boat but that he'd been disappointed to find that it was too heavy at 1500lbs to
trailer and day sail easily. I must say that I'm surprised at that figure, having
thought that 500lbs would be nearer the mark. That said it would still be rather
challenging to launch and retrieve singlehanded at that weight.
What hull weight would you guys expect?
Gavin
> Which is the best, Otter I or Otter II - and why?I think the rig of Otter I is too complicated. PCB wrote in a note on
> If the AS19, Otter and Otter II are disasters, please
> let me know.
Small Boat Journal that Otter II was not completely satisfactory, and
required some ballast that he had hoped would be unnecessary. AS19 is
really a daysailer with a storage cuddy rather than a cabin boat.
PCB did a column in MAIB about the 20' Wish II design. The original 4-
sleeper version is agreed to be too ambitious but he developed a 2-
sleeper version. One or two have been built with some modifications.
I think it might be just as easy, or even easier, to build as Otter.
There is also the Long Micro to consider.
I also agree that Michalak has some good designs of the general Otter
type.
Peter
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Gavin Atkin" <gavinatkin@y...> wrote:
why?
In one way, I'd go for the Otter I: it's uncomplicated, unlikely to
capsize easily, and an under-rated Bolger boat. Not just underrated,
in fact, but seriously under-rated from what I know of its
performance. And then there's the Otter II, an attractive design that
some people say capsizes too easily and others might say was all
right. But if so, where are the boats?
Where indeed? If the AS19, Otter and Otter II are disasters, please
let me know.
> Folks...months since
>
> I've been through the archives, and it's been all of a couple of
> there was last any talk of the Otters I and II.Now, please let's argue. Which is the best, Otter I or Otter II - and
why?
In one way, I'd go for the Otter I: it's uncomplicated, unlikely to
capsize easily, and an under-rated Bolger boat. Not just underrated,
in fact, but seriously under-rated from what I know of its
performance. And then there's the Otter II, an attractive design that
some people say capsizes too easily and others might say was all
right. But if so, where are the boats?
Where indeed? If the AS19, Otter and Otter II are disasters, please
let me know.
>Folks...Gav,
>
>I've been through the archives, and it's been all of a couple of months since
>there was last any talk of the Otters I and II. I think this is a size
>range that
>interests people quite a lot, but it's striking that so few of either of
>these boats
>seem to have been built. I wonder why that should be? Is it that people prefer
>Jim Michalak's boats in the same size range?
>
>It happens that a pal of mine here in the UK has been expressing some
>interest in building an instant-style boat in Otters' size range, and I
>think either
>boat might well fit the bill.
>
>Is anything more known about them, other than the info I can see in the
>archives and the books please? I'd very much like to hear more about both
>boats.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gavin Atkin
email Dave Carnell (not sure of the address, but I do believe it is
mailto:davecarnell@...) -- he built one of the Otters, not sure which,
and was not completely satisfied. He'll be happy to go into details.
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Folks...
I've been through the archives, and it's been all of a couple of months since
there was last any talk of the Otters I and II. I think this is a size range that
interests people quite a lot, but it's striking that so few of either of these boats
seem to have been built. I wonder why that should be? Is it that people prefer
Jim Michalak's boats in the same size range?
It happens that a pal of mine here in the UK has been expressing some
interest in building an instant-style boat in Otters' size range, and I think either
boat might well fit the bill.
Is anything more known about them, other than the info I can see in the
archives and the books please? I'd very much like to hear more about both
boats.
Thanks,
Gavin Atkin
I've been through the archives, and it's been all of a couple of months since
there was last any talk of the Otters I and II. I think this is a size range that
interests people quite a lot, but it's striking that so few of either of these boats
seem to have been built. I wonder why that should be? Is it that people prefer
Jim Michalak's boats in the same size range?
It happens that a pal of mine here in the UK has been expressing some
interest in building an instant-style boat in Otters' size range, and I think either
boat might well fit the bill.
Is anything more known about them, other than the info I can see in the
archives and the books please? I'd very much like to hear more about both
boats.
Thanks,
Gavin Atkin