John Storrow

Ive decided to design the cabin and hull to be built all in one piece on the strong-back.  This is sort-of a new Idea I haven't tried. I think It will simplify construction somewhat, plus allow me to get the vertical cabin sides I want. Perhaps there will be a cabin floor, at bottom level of cabin sides a bit under the deck, extending aft in one piece to the aft end of the cockpit, level with waterline. This will also be a good place to install winch and rudder servos.

here's some renders of the catboat I'm fooling around with.. Definitely going to be a worthwhile challenge here's the drawing it came from the part where the deck meets the side of the cabin is keeping me up at night, in a good way. I would like the sides of the cabin to be plum vertical despite how much bend there is in the plan view. Either make a jig of some sort, and hot bend some thin stuff around the jig, then fit to the deck, or use vertical "staves" like the real catboat. Hmmm..

I am going to try to give a blow-by-blow of the construction of my next project, a Fenwick Williams catboat. I will be working from plans which I began to adapt from a Lines drawing in “The catboat book” a few years ago. I love catboats, not just for their Unique sculptural qualities, but also I grew up sailing in one with my Dad. I look forward to figuring out how to build the curved cabin sides, as well as frames and planking. I haven’t done a planked model since the “Mellonseed Skiff” a few years ago. Another Interesting decision is how much to reduce the sail plan proportionally. For a 32 inch catboat model, a full sized sail (proportionally speaking) works out to something like 800 square inches. Here is a pic of the other Catboat that I made