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Hello, I am about to finish my Vagabond 20 and a friend of mine will start his 23 soon. We are wondering if we can add an extra chine at the middle of the chine panels, increasing the number of panels from 5 to 7 to mimic a round hull a little better and get additional width at the sides, possibly m...

I also like this idea. I have recently started building a vagabond20 and really enjoyed the work so far. I will probably build a second boat in a few years once I'm a little acquainted to weekends and holidays on board this boat. A larger/more comfortable boat that is possible to trail with a medium...

I started assembly of the hull. Lower and chine panels are glued with spliced joints and settled on the basket mold. I stitched the panels at some places dry to see how it shapes up around the bulkheads. There is a significant tension at the bow where I try to mate the panels at bulkhead 0. It seems...

What about I use a heightened hinged mast step, say 180mm instead of 30mm. All I need is 0.5m above boom for an exact 7% scale. I will get 0.1m from mast and 0.15 from this heightened hinged, step that covers half of it. Does 0.25m (10 inch) length has such an impact on boat handling that it would r...

I talked with a few mast suppliers, some do not have anything smaller than a mast for a 9m size boat. The ones that make suitable profiles only have 7.5 or 8m length in stock. One said they could supply a 8.5 but then it would not be anodized. So, either it will be a splice at bottom (near boom), sp...

I found another mast supplier and he suggested that the splice could be added as a taper piece at the top with 30-40cm overlap, adding 40cm to overall height(so one 7.5m piece + a 1.3m splice piece with 0.4m overlap). He also suggested that the splice could be done at the bottom as well close to boo...

This is very valuable input for me, thank you. I knew that scaling was not recommended since it would complicate calculations, but I had to either pick this boat and scale it or another 20 feet one with a slightly higher headroom. I liked this Vagabond 20's overall design and the construction method...

I tried to find comparable dimensions for the mast as stated in the plans (80x120mm), shall I aim to match weight instead (1.8kg/m)? In case I cannot add a reliable splice and the mast is at 8.0m, (1.4% increase in main height), shall I scale both the luff and foot by 1.4% or increasing luff by 1.4%...

I found a good deal on an 8.0m mast at 74x110mm profile, 2.14kg/m. Since my hull is scaled by 7%, I was thinking about scaling the jib (both height and length) and scaling the main's length by 7%, height by 1.4% (100mm, 7.9m vs 8.0m mast). Overall sail area will be scaled by a square of 5.5% with 21...

Dear Jacques, I plan to place 2 small water tanks (50L each, regulations mandate the use of a grey water tank) one between bulkhead B/C the other between C/D on mid/starboard position. Unfortunately the C/D tank is in the way of the vertical panel coming from the cabin bunkbed lower vertical faces. ...