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Greg/Chris,
The design is an atkin 34' double ender disp. 21000lbs.It was designed as a gaff ketch but I'll be rigging mine as a pole masted gaff cutter circa 700sqft. working sail.This gives me a main of about 340sqft which I should manage without too much bother alone if the need arises.An aluminium gaff is a possibility I m also contemplating.The stations on the lines plan are 29' apart which is just about right for my truss frames.I know that several of atkins "eric" 32'1" 19500lbs have been successfully built in ferro retaining their designed ballast disp ratio.For ballast I plan on using lead ingots sealed in epoxy and cast in the keel after launch.(a 33' colin archer launched with a 5/8" ferro hull in england several years ago couldn't fit enough ballast below her floors to bring her down to her marks.It is possible to build a ferro hull too lightly).Pozzolan sounds like good tack.I'll be using 5 pro plasterers to finish, 5 semi skilled ahead of them applying muck and 4 skilled labourers mixing with one supervisor.10 serfs will do the hauling of buckets and I'll be floating around the edges having a nervous breakdown.Only the hull will be ferro.The rest will be built as a traditional yacht would be(I'm a carpenter).The building frame will be erected alongside my cottage and covered with poly on hull completion to provide shelter while fitting out.And Matt I share your faith in the strenght of well built ferro.You lads are the first people I've "spoken" to who have built ferro boats.It's nice to hear something positive about my choice of hull material and to finally speak to people with practical experience of it.
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