VT_Jeff wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:23 pm
How about building a SUP? Standable, self bailing.
It's funny but I just bought plans to the FS13. I may or may not build it, but there's SUP plywood plans that come in at 20kg or under. There is room to shave some weight off the FS13 if one eschews an outboard: Omit the 8kg (2 gallons) foam, use a lighter glass on the hull, omit doublers in the middle section (I have a 6mm sheet for the sole), put in a 4mm or 6mm transom instead of the 16mm indicated and cut the transom flush to the deck at the stern. I have some high density polyurethane block foam that would serve as under deck cleats and flotation in one. Some of these steps might seem extreme, but there are plywood SUP boards built much lighter. Typically a bit smaller in size than the FS13, which is the other thing I can do, scale it down a little.
Some of these may seem extreme, but for a paddle boat used occasionally recreationally the specs for the FS13 are well in excess of the typical plywood SUPs that I see.
I'll think about it while I finish the C17, and I might even put a build thread up.