The Next Boat

I've been considering what form my next boat will take. (I think it's understood I'm addicted to the idea of boats, for which there is no 12-step program—that I know of... or want to know of.)
 
Here's what I want in a boat:

• as light as can be, yet strong
• capacity to carry enough camping gear for a few days out
• easy to propel without a motor
• small but not as constraining as a kayak
• capable of sailing

There exists a variety of different foam sheets that people use to build things with, especially boats. Apparently, Core-Cell is best. What I've been able to find around here so far is Divinycell, a cross-linked polyvinyl foam core. With fibreglass on each side of the sheet it becomes very strong. So that's what I'll do.

For propulsion, I want to install a Hobie Mirage Drive:


So after looking around in the plans available at Duckworks, I purchased plans for Jim Michalak's Toto, a 13' x 30" boat that looks like a kayak with a large cockpit:

Well, this is my version of it. I didn't realize it but there's a plan available for this boat that actually has a deck. My Toto plans are for a mostly-open boat with an afterdeck. The Rio Grande is the same boat but with decks like this drawing. It's not difficult to design a proper deck, so I will just add decks to the design I have.

John Booth says I can build the boat at his shop—yay!

Next step is to source the foam.