Marine Designs
We have boat plans (both yacht designs, catamaran designs and power designs) for all sizes. From the 12ft Mushulu Dinghy stitch & glue yacht tender to the Oceansky 57 catamaran. We design timber boats, plywood boats, strip plank boats, fibreglass composite boats, steel and aluminum boats to very modern styling for both monohull designs or multihull designs, powerboat or sailboat and in round bilge, multi-chine or radius chine hull forms.
Mark Bowdidge, from Queensland, Australia certainly boosted the panel's adrenalin with this elegant and beautifully presented catamaran,
the only multihull to make the Top Ten.
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Its mission, Bowdidge states, is to combine the comfort and safety of a cruising yacht with the potential to take line honors in major races.
"I find this design the most exciting of the group," wrote Bruce King. "It exudes speed and efficiency. The smaller visual mass of the central pod compared to the more usual massive cabin structure of mainstream cruising catamarans is a real aesthetic plus."
Johnstone ( Island Packet yachts), too, was enthusiastic, writing "If I were going long-distance cruising on a catamaran, the Oceansky is as good as any I have seen afloat."
There's no question the boat would be fast, but that speed comes with the cost of the high-tech construction materials and methods needed to achieve the target weight and with a significant sacrifice in cruising amenities.
"Its compact central area clearly anticipates the safety concerns of traveling at high speed in large seas," Johnstone commented.
Overall, the judges view considered that this boat would be exciting to race and cruise, in the hands of the right crew.
2007 CRUISING WORLD MAGAZINE DESIGN COMPETITION:
RESULTS OVERVIEW;
JUDGES COMMENTS
Length 57' / 17.47m
Beam 34' 5" /10.49m
Disp/Length ratio 51
Sail Area 1505ft^2/ 140m^2