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Puck Cruise Plans

LOA:
18'/5.5 m
SKU:
BCA-PUCKCRUISE
Availability:
Your plans should arrive via email within 48 hours. The plans are in the form of a PDF file.
$299.00

Description

About the Puck Regatta and the Puck Cruise: The Puck Cruise version is a Micro class boat designed for cruising, more space for the cabin, the boat is wider at the waterline and it's a plywood construction (chine hull). It's a boat for small cruises with family or friends.

The racing Puck Regatta is a plywood Micro class boat designed for regattas, the hull is narrow and there is less space inside the cabin, which is required. This boat is similar to the Sam but it's a chine hull.

The SAM is not suitable as a cruise boat, even if a "Spartan" sports crew might use it occasionally also for this scope - as long as it is clear that its main purpose is that of a nautical camping boat, rather than a real cruiser. The PUCK 550 REGATA has been designed with the intention of creating a MICRO with a chine hull and therefore, realizable with the stitch and glue method in quite a short time, (obviously, we are always referring to months of work, not days or weeks) by boat builders who are not so skilled, which could be quite competitive and comparable with the best prototypes.

Obviously, a boat built professionally (with the best techniques) will have an extra margin but this should not impair a good crew from reaching a good position and competing with the very best. As for the chine, it is somewhat debated as to whether it constitutes a real handicap from the hydrodynamic point of view; however, the hull of the PUCK regatta type (which has three chines) is very similar to a round hull. The wetted surface is thus quite similar to that of a round hull. As for adaptability of the boat to cruising, the same considerations made for the SAM also apply. With regard to sail equipment for the three boats, we supply the specifications necessary to construct the mast in aluminium, but should one intend to compete in a regatta at top level, and prefer a carbon mast it is better to contact a specialist. We wish only to point out that, also in a world championship, many of the boats which compete for the title have aluminium masts and Dacron sails.

length OA 5.50m
deck beam 2.45m
displacement 550kg
draught 0.18/1.10m
sail area
main sail and jib 18.50 m2
spinnaker 18.50 m2

PLANS
19 sheets A3
Building
instructions
and material list

hull CHINE
sail plan MARCONI SLOOP
construction method STITCH AND GLUE

skills requested MEDIUM EXPERIENCE
 
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Additional Information

Measurement:
Metric
Designer Name:
Paolo Lodigiani
Sail area (Imperial / Metric):
199 sqf/18.5 m2
Rig Type:
Sloop
Ballast Type:
Fixed
Ballast Weight:
308 lb/140 kg
Keel Type:
Daggerboard
Rudder:
Kick-up
Length (range):
16' - 23'11" / 4.88m - 7.29m
LOA:
18'/5.5 m
Length at Waterline:
17'3"/5.25 m
Beam:
8'/2.45 m
Hull Weight:
Over 1000 lb / 453.59kg
Estimated Hull Weight:
1212 lb/550 kg
Draft:
36" / 91.44cm
Unloaded Draft:
8'-3.7'/0.18-1.10 m
Weight Capacity:
720 lb/330 kg
Primary Material:
Marine Plywood
Method of Construction:
Stitch and Glue
Hull:
Monohull
Hull Type:
Displacement
Hull Shape:
Flat bottom
Cabin:
Cabin
Power Source:
Wind
Motor:
Outboard
Horsepower Rating:
6 HP
Built-in Floatation:
Yes
Trailerable:
Yes
Cartop:
No
Unit of Measure:
Metric
Instruction Manual:
General Instructions and Sequence
Lofting Required:
No
Recommended Experience Level:
Intermediate
Designer's Thoughts on Experience Level:
No
Boat Type:
Sailboat
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