ECCENTRIS is an unconventional mashup of a motorboat, trailer-sailer, daysailer, catboat, and catamaran. She’s meant for a retired couple looking to upgrade from a 14′ sailing skiff.
Dear JF.
I was surprised by how much I liked HUCK’N’JIM, the river-raft-styled pontoon boat concept presented in WB No. 298. Pontoon boats on the Connecticut River out here in western Massachusetts have been the bane of my existence when sailing, but your sketch opened my eyes. My wife and I are planning to graduate to bigger waters, such as Lake Champlain, and need something more comfortable than our 14′ home-built sailing skiff—something at least 17' LOA.
Do you have any suggestions for a design that might use a similar hybrid drive for propulsion and might even have some modest sailing abilities? I'm a 74-year-old with funky legs trying to please a crew who doesn't like “tipping!”