The begining...

The plans should arrive any day now. The garage is cleared and ready. Materials are at the yard-awaiting pick up and I am itching to get going.

Why the change of plans?

If you have seen our other blog “A Catamaran For Two” http://catamaran42.blogspot.com/ you know we are planning to build a mid sized catamaran for coastal and inland sailing. In the realization that a build of this size will no doubt take 2 years or more we have decided to build a smaller boat for much needed recreation during the interim. I wanted something that we (read I), could get on the water rather quickly at the nearby lake and occasionally take with us to visit the kids in Texas and Minnesota.

According to the designer the SB18 should be able to be completed in about 300-350 hours or in about 19 weeks of part time work getting us on the water in the fall for several weekends before the weather turns cold enough to run us back into the shop to dig in on the catamaran project.


Why the SB18?

Well, I’ve always admired the 650 Mini’s and the Open 30’, 40’s & 60’s but these boats are out of my league. This is the first sport boat type design that I felt would make a manageable build/sail possible.

It also uses some of the same building methods that we are accustomed to and will let use try some new materials such as honeycomb cores that we plan on using in the cat.