Re: Enclosed Cruiser Option - aka MICRO NAVIGATOR
Nels-
Glad you got the plans, sorry about the tariff........see what
happens when you follow the directions :)
Seriously was it a loony or toony in tax? If it was more let me know
and i can make up for it, my fault.
I agree i like it, my problem was i already had finished/decked the
bulkheads up front and built all the hatch comings, glassed the for'
well and build the front stowage bin framing.............to convert
at that point would have been brutal. If you want to build that
thing you need to start with that in mind.
I hate to admit this after swearing a 5 year morritorium on boat
building......i'm already thinking about the LM navigator stretched
a foot or two, raise the deck 6" enough so i can stand in the house,
dipping lug rig ala seabird 86. With all the new mods on that sheet
(sans the spiderweb of a rig).
I've come to terms with my inability to follow directions, the way i
look at it if it's not unsafe who cares.....i built it i can un
build it.......winters are long enough and cold enough here and the
xcountry ski season short enough to get lots of work done.
Jason
Glad you got the plans, sorry about the tariff........see what
happens when you follow the directions :)
Seriously was it a loony or toony in tax? If it was more let me know
and i can make up for it, my fault.
I agree i like it, my problem was i already had finished/decked the
bulkheads up front and built all the hatch comings, glassed the for'
well and build the front stowage bin framing.............to convert
at that point would have been brutal. If you want to build that
thing you need to start with that in mind.
I hate to admit this after swearing a 5 year morritorium on boat
building......i'm already thinking about the LM navigator stretched
a foot or two, raise the deck 6" enough so i can stand in the house,
dipping lug rig ala seabird 86. With all the new mods on that sheet
(sans the spiderweb of a rig).
I've come to terms with my inability to follow directions, the way i
look at it if it's not unsafe who cares.....i built it i can un
build it.......winters are long enough and cold enough here and the
xcountry ski season short enough to get lots of work done.
Jason
Hi Jason,
I received the recently upgraded modification to MICRO which now goes
by the above name: ENCLOSED MICRO CRUISER. I ended up having to pay
some taxes on the plans since you checked off documents and our
Customs people are on a work slowdown, so it is a wonder I got them
this soon!
After wiping off the paw prints and dried epoxy spatters, I am still
trying to figure out how that new tabernacle system is supposed to
all work out, but so far I really love the looks of it!
The boat will be a full 16 feet long with the tabernacle almost
identical to FIJI's like you say. The rounded bow looks great and the
fillets in the bottom section are much like BWll. What is really neat
is how it opens up the forward well once the mast is in the bow. And
then there is access to it thought the forward bulkhead cutaway,
complete with drop boards and a hatch. There is also an added partial
decking over the forward well so that the halyards and other lines
can be run along the rails. This creates an open self-draining well
forward that is 30 inches long and over two feet wide, without
counting the foam on each side. And you can step from it into the
cabin. There is room for a lounge chair now:-)
The other thing that is of huge signifigance is the rig. All 245
square feet of it - which is some 60% more than the standard MICRO.
The only downside is small but significant. The amount of work
required to convert a MICRO to these options is probably equal to
building a standard MICRO.
But there is no doubt that you will end up with one hell of little
ship if you have the patience and ability.
And a LONG MICRO with those mods would truly be a poor man's FIJI or
at least a single person liveaboard, with offshore capability.
I received the recently upgraded modification to MICRO which now goes
by the above name: ENCLOSED MICRO CRUISER. I ended up having to pay
some taxes on the plans since you checked off documents and our
Customs people are on a work slowdown, so it is a wonder I got them
this soon!
After wiping off the paw prints and dried epoxy spatters, I am still
trying to figure out how that new tabernacle system is supposed to
all work out, but so far I really love the looks of it!
The boat will be a full 16 feet long with the tabernacle almost
identical to FIJI's like you say. The rounded bow looks great and the
fillets in the bottom section are much like BWll. What is really neat
is how it opens up the forward well once the mast is in the bow. And
then there is access to it thought the forward bulkhead cutaway,
complete with drop boards and a hatch. There is also an added partial
decking over the forward well so that the halyards and other lines
can be run along the rails. This creates an open self-draining well
forward that is 30 inches long and over two feet wide, without
counting the foam on each side. And you can step from it into the
cabin. There is room for a lounge chair now:-)
The other thing that is of huge signifigance is the rig. All 245
square feet of it - which is some 60% more than the standard MICRO.
The only downside is small but significant. The amount of work
required to convert a MICRO to these options is probably equal to
building a standard MICRO.
But there is no doubt that you will end up with one hell of little
ship if you have the patience and ability.
And a LONG MICRO with those mods would truly be a poor man's FIJI or
at least a single person liveaboard, with offshore capability.