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Appreciate the response, may I ask why you are suggesting the steel hull, is it for the weight or the constructibility? unfortunately I am having to go the wood and glass construction..... May I assume that a non steel construction is going to sit high in the water giving me very little draft. I do ...

So now my thoughts are sort of drifting towards a pontoon set up but one that will give me more less "Air draft" if that is the correct term to use. I would like to keep the draft of the boat as shallow as possible as we live on a very protected tidal inland lagoon and the freeboard to a m...

Thanks Jaysen, I shall wait with baited breath.Jacques? Evan? can you shed some light on my predicament?

Hi Jaysen Many thanks for coming back to me .... apologies I should have been clearer yes it is a bridge in a tidal lagoon and at low tide I have about 2.5 metres from water to underside lowest part of the bridge. So concerned about clearance. I am looking for LOA about 12 to 13 metres by Beam of 3....

I recently bought the PC 20 plans but have had a change of heart. I am looking for plans to build a flat bottomed hull approximately 40 ft by 13 ft (13 meters x 4 meters) I have looked but probably not looking in the right place. Can anyone point me to these plans if they are available or of course ...

Many Many thanks. I do hope I didn't seem idiotic asking these questions but thanks so much for clearing this up, this is my first build and I have found this forum amazing and will be of great help as I progress I am sure.

Kind Regards

Dear Jacques

Have you had any luck with the dimensions I asked about for the Bow Mold 20'

Appreciate your efforts

Yes have tried that and it certainly works, but the variance in the position could be as much as 20mm .... only having one reference for the tangent intersection. I will obviously have to have a stab at it and guess, just worried when it comes to fitting the side panels they won't meet. Maybe I am t...

Good Morning Many thanks for clearing that up, maybe in future plans the duplication of the dimension should be omitted, it is confusing. You couldn't possibly shed some light on my first question regarding the positioning of the circle in the bow section could you. I am keen the get the jig togethe...

Hi There A further question if I may, making up the mold pieces in order to build the jig I noticed what I think is a missing dimension which would give me the correct angle for the inside panels. Once again Apologise in advance if it something obvious that I have missed but no matter how many times...