by Bruce N. Crandall
LOA 21' 1", BEAM 7' 10 1/2', DRAFT 15 1/2", DISPLACEMENT 4560 LBS.
An all-purpose plywood cruiser, designed for easy trailering and for all kinds of waterways.
This cruiser is a convex-V bottom, developable-surface type of craft best suited for carrying heavy loads at planing or semiplaning speeds. It is designed for amateur construction with sheet plywood planking. The plans are arranged for the easiest construction by the amateur builder consistent with strength and light weight. This is about as large a boat as is usually considered practical for trailering on the highways and launching with an ordinary car. The beam is the maximum allowed on the highways in most areas and anything longer or inboard powered would be too heavy for easy launching and loading. An outboard cruiser of this type opens up unlimited cruising opportunities, for it can be trailered to different waterways each trip. The hull has been designed for use on large bodies of water, even the open ocean, and because outboard power is practical for shallow water, this boat can be used on rivers, bays and lakes of all sorts. The arrangement has been worked out to give maximum space and convenience while living aboard. As the Arrangement Plan shows, there is room for two bunks in the cabin, as well as galley and enclosed toilet. The headroom is about 5’ 1” in most of the cabin and 5’ 4” under the hatch, much more of course when the hatch is open. If the enclosed toilet arrangement is not used and the toilet is installed instead under a seat or short bunk, there will be much more usable room in the cabin. The bunks shown in the cabin are 6’ long measured fore and aft of the boat, but their longest dimension is over 6’ 4”. If longer bunks are needed some space will have to be taken away from the galley and toilet space. The aft seat in the cockpit is 5½’ wide and could serve as a bunk, or longitudinal bunks could be installed in the cockpit if desired. The type of bottom design selected for this hull is not new and has proved itself highly seaworthy in many similar types of boats. It was chosen largely because it makes a very efficient load carrier at the speeds at which a cruiser of this type is generally used.
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