HullShape 1407

New deck&cabin is much smoother and about where I want it regarding shape, hull blending and surface generation type, it is as fair as you could get it in nurbs. Next step is to get working on the hull flair towards the tunnel and shaping the cabin towards the tunnel, hatches etc etc. There will be some styling elements added later on, bow shape as well. And look at ALL that deck space !!! Cats are great !

HullShape 0907

This hull looks a bit better, longer waterline, same displacement with lower draft actually, thanks to the blunt "V" bilge. At 10deg heel the WP looks pretty nice, almost symmetrical. I'm currently struggling with the cabin/deck styling, want it done in a particular way, this is just a rough modelling, will be refined later on.

HullChanges 1

Modified rocker curvature for more waterline, more displacement fore and aft while less draft, tiny adjustments though. The curvature graph of the new rocker is far nicer than the old one, much smoother with less control points of course. The rocker mod came together with a new hull section profile, a blunt V shape, but again smoother and much fair. Learned that it is best to have the transoms wet and powered rig than having reserve buoyancy aft, thus supposed dry transom without drag. More hull evolution to come probably. While foam is still out of the question because of price, I'm considering stressed plywood vs strip plank or partial strip plank with ply. New hull will have smoother and better defined curvature, probably easier to control for stressed ply.

Plywood/Foam

Plywood styling vs foam. Plywood will probably be cheaper and faster, looks butt ugly...but hey - you won't notice that when you're anchored in a very nice lagoon, roasting in the hot sun on the trampoline...
At the moment my guess is that I will be able to build this out of ply and partially strip planked.

PreliminaryStyling

Just to have an ideea on the looks. The hulls will be slightly flaired towards to tunnel, but not too much, just enough to provide a bit more interior space. Hulls will thus be asymetrical.

HullProfile

Rocker curve doesn't look very nice further aft, too tight curvature ?

VolumeDistribution