Why So Hard ?

[44'cruisingcat]

Unless you're going to build really, REALLY BIG, steel probably isn't the best choice of material for a cat.

Best to use cored glass or aluminium. Suitable cores would be plywood, cedar, kiri, foam or balsa.

IMO it's worth paying for plans from a recognised designer, (at least) you'll be investing too much money and work to risk a design that might not work.

[freelife]

Cheers for all the positive feedback,have found lots of options in my search. Forgive me for not explaining what I was after in the first place.Just for the record I am leaning toward building a cat for various reasons, still exploring design and material options. once I am happy with my research I will decide on my site then it comes down to riding out the rest of winter[ for obvious reasons]. Then purchase material to keep me going for a couple of months and so on and so on.Thankfully I have two keen sons,and a few thousand hours later will have a nice boat. Once again thanks for all feedback and I will keep posting where we are at. CHEERS from THE FREELIFE FAMILY.

[freelife]

Cheers buddy I hear you and have not stopped researching for days now.Just posted a thread with a short outline on what we are doing. still looking at designs.Speak to you soon.

[freelife]

Would like to thank all for the time that info has saved me.Now I just need to figure out my way around this site. I am posting threads but not sure if they are going where I intended.So patience please. FREELIFE FAMILY

[hpeer]

Originally Posted by Stillraining

Where's Brent Swain when you need him.

Exactly.

Try PM'ing Brent Swain and bringing him into the conversation.