[quote=coleinthetube]Linkous!
I am looking to use it for cargo. If I can custom build the frame that would hold it: I could make it do two key things:
1. Stiffen the boat up. The flex incurred by my weight is usually dealt with via that dolphin striker stiffening bar on these boats, but since I am doing the fab' work up there anyway, why not make it a structural credit instead of a debit, you know?
2. suspend the custom trap 6-8 inches higher than what the rest of the forum is assuming I would have. If I bury the leeward hull that deep, I'm going cartwheeling anyway, right?
Downsides I see ahead of time:
I'm adding weight, and forward weight at that. I plan to mostly sail this thing solo, so I am already saving ~120lbs minimum. Screw it!
I lose the option of installing a spinnaker, which would limit my sailing efficiency on a route where it really counts, like say, from Long Beach CA to Catalina Island.
I am making a custom alteration to a boat that, if it goes wrong, will be harder to sell for a healthy H18 or the like.
Any advice, even from trolls, will be appreciated.
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