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Re: Review: Objectives for the Home Built Electric
By:Charlie
Date: 12/11/2007, 1:09 pm

If you look at anything offered by known boat designers they always include tidbits like length, width and weight.
Even if you designed a boat that could kiss the owner on both cheeks, if the hull design is wanting the boat is an also-ran.
Here's some of your competition. The guy that did this is a well known naval architect. His offereing is beautiful, functional and the plans are only $50.
http://www.bateau.com/proddetail.php?prod=HK15

: All boats I have owned, at some time in their operation, have been too big or
: too small, too fast or too slow, too heavy or too light and all were too
: expensive. So when it comes to fishing boats, there will always be a lot
: of compromising going on. When thinking about the boat that became the
: Kingfisher, I set out the following goals bearing in mind that this was to
: be a fresh water boat operated by a single fisherman on both lakes and
: rivers that are not exposed to high wind conditions (over 30 mph). They
: are roughly listed in the order of their importance.

: 1. Hands free operation-Any boat can be viewed as a hands free boat as long
: as it is tied to a fixed point, or at anchor. Under these circumstances
: the boat is not in operation, and it doesn’t offer the fisherman access to
: any part of the water he cannot cast to. Our view of hands free operation
: is that the boat must be operating under control of the fisherman without
: the use of his hands. He must be able to compensate for changing wind and
: current without picking up a paddle, or to hold the boat in any desirable
: part of a river and have both hands free to fish. He can move along a
: shore line and cast to structure most likely to hold fish. He can drift
: down a river maintaining his line of drift while having both hands free to
: fish. He must be able to fight and control a large fish without the need
: to paddle or anchor.

: 2. Dry boat, adequate storage. The boat must offer a dry environment as it
: will often be used in colder climates where ‘wet butt’ boating is not an
: option. It is essential to keep equipment and supplies in good condition,
: possibly without the use of dry bags. Access to tackle, bait and nets
: should be at hands reach and without having to untie the desired item.

: 3. Entry and exit of the boat while on the water- In many fishing
: environments the operator must enter/exit the boat in shallow water. For
: example when launching in lakes and streams without launch facilities.
: Here the boat is loaded while in the water and entry/exit is required.
: Another common event is when the boat is entering shallow water and it is
: necessary to walk the boat to deeper water. Finally, landing a large fish
: in a river often requires the fish to be worked to shallow water and then
: landed on the beach. The boat is anchored near the shore and the fisherman
: steps out to beach the tiring fish. The boat must be easy to anchor and
: secure, preferably with one hand and stable enough that getting in or out
: is not difficult.

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Re: Review: Objectives for the Home Built Electric
Charlie -- 12/11/2007, 1:09 pm
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Brad -- 12/11/2007, 9:01 pm