GV15
The Garvey 15 an E-boat.net design
was started with an old plan for plywood on frame. Somebody asked us
if we could redesign it change the sheer line and modify the layout in the
style of the old Boston Whaler™. At almost the same time, we had two requests
for a boat in the style of the Bass Tracker™. Each of these boats had a garvey
hull. Demands for Carolina Skiff™ and Boston Whaler™ type boats appear regularly
in our email and we sketched several versions of Whaler type boats including a
small Hickman's sled. This time, we decided to finish it.
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A new hull was drafted based on the bass boat and the old plywood design with completely
new lines for easy bending of plywood and 100% developability. The structural design is
also 100% different: a true composite monocoque hull.
The new boat is 200 lbs lighter but stronger than an equivalent plywood boat.
She is also much easier to build. The Boston Whaler™ and the plywood boat
to which we compare our design are, for the same length, 500 to 550 lbs!
The cockpit is self bailing: even with a heavy load, the sole stays well above
the waterline, an unusual feature in a boat of this size.
* Pictures courtesy of bateau.com
This boat has a cleaner and more efficient hull shape than the Boston Whaler™:
a true vee hull with chines almost straight in plan view and a wide deck.
It shows a good combination of stability with a roomy deck on a vee hull
that will run much smoother than a Carolina Skiff™.
The idea for this boat is clear: a comfortable, roomy and stable platform
for family outings or fishing in protected waters. While the vee hull
can take a nasty chop at high speed, she does not have enough freeboard
for offshore use.
Thanks to her reduced weight, she will plane at the same speed than, for
example, a Boston Whaler™ but with much less HP and will use less fuel.
She is made 100% unsinkable with the addition of buoyancy foam.
The
construction is epoxy-fiberglass-plywood composite, a second-generation
stitch and glue system designed for efficient and fast building.
This building method combines the ease of stitch and glue (plywood-epoxy)
with the strength, lightweight, longevity and low maintenance of a high
tech composite hull.
The hull material is a fiberglass sandwich with a plywood core. The hull is assembled as a plywood
boat first, then the outside and inside fiberglass skins to produce a strong composite hull
without all the time consuming woodwork associated with plywood on frame.
We specify high performance directional glass and epoxy. While that type
of fiberglass cost a little bit more, we save on resin and weight. All planking
panels have been precisely calculated in the plywood on frame method.
The
internal framing is characteristic of a fiberglass or composite boat:
a monocoque structure made of interlocking bulkheads and stringers, tabbed
to the hull and fiberglass chines and keel.
The images show several layouts:
the simple two benches across with casting deck forward,
a three benches version for tiller steering.
We show simple options like the side grab rails,
small bow pulpit etc.
This boat is very easy to customize: on the flat floor, almost any layout can be used.
