Catamaran Build Plans Recommendations?

[Narfi]

Originally Posted by AdventuringA

PLus the ability to modify is really what we are interested in as well!

Here is part of the email I received from Schionning,

Originally Posted by Schionning Email

Yes, customizations are possible and we advise resolving all these changes as far as possible before the build process commences. We discourage a builder from making any changes without our inputs as this can affect the integrity of the design in terms of strength etc. So, best get all of this out of the way as soon as possible. Most of our design interiors can be customized before it becomes a new design. Most owners customize their interiors so we are accustomed to this process. Your changes to the Solitaire interior sound achievable.

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Originally Posted by funjohnson

Oram will sell just the plans - he doesn't mark-up the kit price at all, so he doesn't care if you make your own panels.

How does one do more research on his plans? Is his website just temporarily down?

[Matt Johnson]

Originally Posted by Narfi

How does one do more research on his plans? Is his website just temporarily down?

I just sent you Bob Oram's email address in a PM. He was having site issues and talked recently about switching to a different host... maybe that's the issue currently.

Matt

[chrisr]

don't forget peter snell (designer of the Easy series)

there is also this website that summarises all the designs available, with lots of other info

https://www.puremajek.com/index.html

cheers,

[Matt Johnson]

A few other options not mentioned so far are:

Dudley Dix for plywood
Tim Mumby for aluminum.

[Dsanduril]

Originally Posted by scargo

A looping catamaran ? Patrick Lüscher
The web page is in french, but I am sure the Designer speaks english.


The other catamaran designer that comes to my mind is Erik Lerouge.


Good luck

Thanks for posting that, when I was posting my list I was wracking my brain and couldn't come up with the Looping/Luscher name. Got close (Looper/Louper), but no cigar. We've seen several "home-built" versions of his boats that were quite nice.

And second the Grainger recommendation, he slipped my mind and we've liked his boats as well.

[martinworswick]

Spirited 38

[Tupaia]

Originally Posted by Dsanduril

Schionning

Kurt Hughes

Richard Woods

Chris White

Wharram



There are a lot more choices out there, if you find some of these intriguing you might post back about which ones, then someone might post other similar designers.

All of the above plus

Catamarans - Kelsall Catamarans - Boat Designs
and

https://www.shuttleworthdesign.com/designs.html

[Knotical]

This is a nice video showing 3 of the catamarans mentioned here - Looping, Chris White, and Mumby.

https://youtu.be/2paM4zxnf_o

The Mumby owners have another video showing their boat in detail if you are interested.

[Cpt Mark]

I've sailed on 2 different Kurt Hughes designs and 3 different builds. 2 by the owners and one done professionally. They all sailed very well and the building was straight forward. All 3 have been in charter use since splashing. One of them for decades and they all still look good and perform good.

[Thumbs Up]

You are in Colorado? You would need a de-mountable design to transport it to the ocean. That should narrow down the choices.

[Paul Howard]

Berndt Kohler has some very interesting designs,though many are smaller than you state you are interested in.
They are easily built and light, plywood/epoxy, bluewater capable.

See his website: www.ikarus342000.com

[ocean.jedi]

Kelsall Catamarans

Franklin Road
RD 2, Waihi
NEW ZEALAND

Tel +64 7 863 3332

Catamarans - Kelsall Catamarans - Boat Designs


and Giorgio Ballotta


E-mail : gerencia@ballotta.com.pe

gerenciaballotta@gmail.com



Phone : (51)(1)553-5611
(51)(1)549-7527


Cell: (51)(1)998318176

https://www.cata-ballotta.com/

Peruvian Webpage: www.ballotta.com.pe

[ocean.jedi]

PS---KSS - 58 Ocean Jedi

Length Overall : 58' ft
Beam Overall : 29.3 ft
Draft : 4.6 ft
Displacement : 16.45 tons

Accomodation : 10 pax
Sail area : Main 1082 sqft

Genoa 643 sqft

Ocean Jedi was originally built in 2010by Cata Ballotta--still running strong. just crossed atlantic from aruba to portugal before Covid shut it down in Lagos, Portugal. I mostly upgraded in the cockpit for electronics. new flooring after 10 years (cosmetic reasons.)

[owly]

Originally Posted by Jimmathieson

Sailing Catamarans - Vardo 10.4m performance cruiser

34.3 ' but a fast build and roomy...

Vardo would also be high on MY list.... The payload is a huge factor. look at payload on various cats, and if you look honestly at what even the most conservative voyager carries, you will quickly realize that the payloads are marginal at best... EVERYTHING not in the plans is payload including you, and it adds up far more rapidly than you imagine. Vardo is also very builder friendly. You can download study plans on Richard Woods site free for this one.

[owly]

Bernd Kohler's Pelican is an excellent and very roomy design that is a pretty easy build. It's worth looking at. It's a fairly simple build compared to most. A very well laid out interior about 38' LOA and almost the same LWL, 22.5' beam, and about 4400 lbs payload, and a draft of only 2'. A nice large saloon, two generous aft double berths (where berths should be), and one forward berth. Galley down, but sufficient space that it could easily be up. One nice thing about Pelican is the cabin sole in the hulls being fairly high means only a couple of steps up into the saloon, unlike the Wharrams with their deep V hulls and a long climb up and down into and out of a deep narrow hull.