Preliminary design is pretty much complete except the location/type of the boards. A rough weight estimation of the platform is around 900kg, with spars but no rigging.
Tiny mods to cockpit well, galley layout, lenghened prod and added another forestay. Current rig can take up to 100sqm of SA for light winds, quite substantial for a low aspect rig. The galley can sit 3 crew max for a quick meal.
Minimum cooking gear. Obviously the real utilities will allow tilting. Since most of the platform and interior is layed out the next step is to take care of the rig and the following modifications the rig will impose on the design, also harbour propulsion is an issue that needs to be sorted.
This blog will follow the design and build process of a 10.4 metre sailing catamaran. I am not an experienced sailor or designer so this could end up in a total disaster, so if you are curious how this will turn out stay tuned.
The boat will be an open deck lightweight catamaran built on a small budget, big enough for relatively safe offshore crusing but small enough in order to be affordable, minimum accomodations and hopefully very simple layout for easy singlehanded sailing. Any help and tips are apreciated, the whole process will probably take from 3-5 years, hopefully no more, I intend to start the build next spring, wish me luck.