Back in the last century, Navel Architect Luther H. Tarbox was not happy with the roughwater performance of the typical outboard skiff. His answer to the pounding in a chop at speed is this design BABY BLUE an able outboard utility with a sharp, tall, narrow V-section forward and a slight warp to the bottom sections working aft. The construction method is longitudinal battens let into the frames and then planked. Plywood could be substituted with care and the outside covered with Dynel saturated with epoxy. The trick is to keep the boat light so a 15 to 20 hp. could move her along with speeds up to 35 mph. BABY BLUE has a fine shape and would be suitable for the likes of Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, the Chesapeake, the sounds of Carolina and Georgia and the Great Lakes.
BABY BLUE Particulars: LOA 15’ 3”, Length of Water Line 14’, Beam at Sheer 4’ 11 ¾ “, Draft to Bottom of Keel 8 ¼ “, Freeboard Bow 2’ 2 ¾ “, Least 16 3/8”, Stern 18 3/8”, Disp. To Designed Water Line 816.3 Lbs. Salt Water, 796 Lbs. Fresh Water, Outboard 15 to 20 hp. Dry Weight 200 lbs. or so.
A Plan Packet with building instruction may be obtained from D. N. Goodchild # 5505.Attachment: Baby Blue.gif (Downloaded 144 times) Last edited on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 04:46 pm by Thom V |
