Shorter version of the Jazz 30? 25 ft, perhaps?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:27 pm
I've fallen in love with the idea of having a fishing catamaran, and the Jazz 30 looks like a good platform for that.
As I live in western Norway where the weather usually is cold, wet and in a hurry, I need a pilot house. From the "Efficient cats" thread from years ago, it seemed that the consensus was that mostly any style pilot house could be built on the Jazz 30 within reason. I even made a sketch of the boat I want before I found that thread, and now it seems I can discard my sketches...
Anyway, a new problem arose. My current berth at the local dock is kind of limited on space width-wise. I'm not entirely sure how wide the berths are, but I'd guess they only allow for the max trailerable width legally, 2.62m (8ft 7in). Furthermore, the max length they allow is 8m (26ft) (though my brother had a 28ft daycruiser there without anyone making a fuss). In any case, I feel that a 30x10ft boat is bending the rules quite a bit, and even if I were to get an exception from the rules, I really don't think a 10ft wide boat will physically fit in the berth.
Would it be possible to shrink the design by 4.5 ft in length and 1ft 5in in beam (i.e. 15%) without requiring a redesign of the entire boat? That would solve both problems at once, trailering and docking.
(Alternatively, could the CT22 (though not a Woods design) be extended by 3 feet in length, keeping the original beam of 8'6"?)
Thanks.
(And if you want to see my sketch, I can probably find a way to digitize it. I'm old-skool and like pencils and paper )
As I live in western Norway where the weather usually is cold, wet and in a hurry, I need a pilot house. From the "Efficient cats" thread from years ago, it seemed that the consensus was that mostly any style pilot house could be built on the Jazz 30 within reason. I even made a sketch of the boat I want before I found that thread, and now it seems I can discard my sketches...
Anyway, a new problem arose. My current berth at the local dock is kind of limited on space width-wise. I'm not entirely sure how wide the berths are, but I'd guess they only allow for the max trailerable width legally, 2.62m (8ft 7in). Furthermore, the max length they allow is 8m (26ft) (though my brother had a 28ft daycruiser there without anyone making a fuss). In any case, I feel that a 30x10ft boat is bending the rules quite a bit, and even if I were to get an exception from the rules, I really don't think a 10ft wide boat will physically fit in the berth.
Would it be possible to shrink the design by 4.5 ft in length and 1ft 5in in beam (i.e. 15%) without requiring a redesign of the entire boat? That would solve both problems at once, trailering and docking.
(Alternatively, could the CT22 (though not a Woods design) be extended by 3 feet in length, keeping the original beam of 8'6"?)
Thanks.
(And if you want to see my sketch, I can probably find a way to digitize it. I'm old-skool and like pencils and paper )