Hi all,

The great discussions on this board and the Eazydraw example from J. Taylor
motivated
me to try my hand at a concept liveaboard. I know that Rob is working on the 60'
charter
model, but I really, really like my visibility from the helm, so I am worried
about having the
cabins and heads all at deck level. I did, however, really like the concept of
keeping it
simple by leaving as much up there as possible.

I tried putting this layout onto the Visionarry hulls, but I expect that they
would not carry
the payload, but I am trying to keep this as small (read affordable) as
possible, so I just
went halfway between the 50' and 60' ideas mentioned in the group. To keep the
hull
shapes simple (cheaper), I just needed a 5' width in the ww hull for queen bunks
(I want
real, standard size) and 4' in the lw hull for a twin.

I am nowhere near as skilled as J. Taylor with Eazydraw and don't know where he
got his
symbols, so the heads are just marked as ovals (2 ww, 1 lw).

Anyway, to be brief (if I am not too late), the idea of this design is to split
the ww hull into
2 queen cabins. That way you can step down to get standing headroom for dressing
and
still have sitting headroom in the bunk, while keeping the top of the hull low
enough to be
flush with the countertops in the galley up.

There is an enclosed saloon with lots of windows (excuse the ovals, I didn't
know how to
draw proper portlights), just big enough for the things I don't want to get wet,
like the
galley, nav station and a table that collapses to a 3rd queen size bunk. The
helm is
outside, covered with a hardtop, that we can drop plastics from to snap onto the
benches
(I forgot the right word) to enclose that when the weather is foul.

I took the dinghy ramp idea from Rare Bird and included it here also. There is a
small
walkway from the main deck out to the ww hull, that I would put lifelines on.

I would love to get feedback on this. I am particularly interested if I can get
away with a
single mast (height off the water must be < 65 feet) and if the boom will hit
the hardtop.
Also, are the hulls the right size (approx).

Thanks and hope to hear from you all.

- Gardner