Lively

Lively (ex-Golightly 2) is a Jim Michalak design that he calls Mixer2. It's 12' 6" long by 4' wide, and weighed 140 lbs when finished, hull alone. Michalak described his original Mixer as a mixture of two of his previous designs; a sailing pram and a row boat. He figures this design will be slightly better as a rowboat than as a sailboat, and will handle waves well.

The short spars of the balanced lug rig make the sail rig easy to set up and to stow. The long cockpit means one can sleep aboard. The enclosed ends provide good storage and well-placed flotation. If this boat capsizes, it will float fairly high on its side, meaning that after righting it won't contain too much water. As well, the spars and the (polytarp) sail all float, making it unlikely to turn turtle.

The sail in the plan drawing above is the small 54 sq ft version. This is the size that mine reefs to. I made the 68 sq ft version, with larger leeboard.

Lively was built with ¼-inch Meranti mahogany plywood and cedar boards using Titebond III glue instead of epoxy for the most part. I increased the height of the sides by 1", as I did with Golightly. Ply joins use butt-blocks. The bottom has one layer of 1 oz fibreglass matt in polyester resin, inside and out. The plank seams were joined with glass matt in polyester resin. The topsides and bilge planks were sealed on the outside with epoxy using special clear (W.E.S.T.) hardener. Spars are fir/cedar composites. Paint is Easypoxy or Brightsides, varnish is urethane. Tremclad was used on the floor inside.