HELP! Naval Architect needed to modify plans for charity in P.N.G.

[DownWest]

With the ideas of classic designs, this might be heresy. But look at at Bolger's Sir Joseph Banks. A design for trading, without the wimsey.
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[Bajansailor]

Originally Posted by DownWest

With the ideas of classic designs, this might be heresy. But look at at Bolger's Sir Joseph Banks. A design for trading, without the wimsey.
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Phil Bolger was a genius, and a master at the art of lateral and unorthodox thinking re boat design!
Here are a couple of his drawings of the Sir Joseph Banks, taken from his excellent book 'Boats with an open mind'.
OK, this vessel is 95' long x 16' wide (with 150 cu. m. available in the cargo hold) - rather bigger than what the OP has in mind, but perhaps a scaled down version could be a possibility for trading on the proposed route?









The main drawback I can see though is that while the design lends itself perfectly to steel or aluminium (or perhaps even plywood in a much smaller version) construction, it would not be very suitable for building using traditional wooden construction methods.

[DownWest]

I threw the S J B in from memory, thanks for the drawings Banj. On a project of this magnitude, might the OP not try to find a larger site for construction. 36ft a bit too small to carry cargo. A friend is looking at a similar situation, but at 80ft, as that is the cut off limit for qualifications that the islanders can easily afford. The brief is slightly different, one island a long way off, but a good sea boat is needed either way. Crew nos. would prob be the same, if that is a consideration.
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[Bajansailor]

Here are a couple of other possibilities (but both very different!) that would probably suit the intended purpose with a little adaptation :

Selway Fisher are in England, and here is a design for a 35' sharpie -
http://www.selway-fisher.com/Yachtsover35.htm

Paul Gartside is in Canada, and here is his range of very husky motor sailers - I am sure that they could be adapted with a cargo hold if desired -
http://www.gartsideboats.com/catsail6.php#silvey