Paul Gartside's Design No. 130

[Stephen Hutchins]

Love this boat. Has anybody thought of building one yet?

[Venchka]

Have you compared it to #107, "SKYLARK" which has been built?

OOPS! Sorry, very different boats.

http://www.gartsideboats.com/pgimages/skypmt.JPG

[ 05-22-2003, 02:06 PM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Stephen Hutchins]

Venchka
No, I haven't compared it to Skylark which is also another design of Paul's that I like. #130 is even more appealing to me though. It strikes me as an excellent canidate for a racing class. Simple rig, straitforward building, and exciting performance. Somebody should make this design a kit. (With Paul's blessing of course)

[Venchka]

You did say Design #130, right?

Traditional clinker construction, riveted planks, steamed ribs. Very similar to Skylark, almost a foot less beam to make rowing easier. Nice boat. Simple and kit form, I doubt it. You must be thinking of another design.

[Stephen Hutchins]

Actually, that's the correct design. The rig is simple and, the construction simplistic. (meaning no motors, batteries ,no deckbeams, no carlins no coamings, no fillets, no fiberglass and epoxy sheathing etc. etc. There is no reason a design like this can't be made into a kit. A real classy kit would have full size computer lofting on mylar and a stack of real wood and fasteners. An intermediate level kit could consist of pre cut plywood parts. Obviously, this would not be a kit for beginers. I just think there are enough people out there that are ready for a kit like this.