Layden Paradox

[Jason Mayer]

Hi everyone,

Here I am in sub-tropical Australia, totally sick of the La Nina weather pattern this year and getting rained on over and over and over again.  Cabin fever has me thinking about a Layden Paradox that should be sailable in all weather......open boats just fill with water when you have rain falling at 4 inches per hour!

I tried multiple times to contact the Bolducs in the USA who apparently sell the plans but to no avail.  I think that puts them in the category of "out of print" so does anyone have access to the plans and would be willing to share them with me so I can study the build?  I bought the Don Elliot construction manual already.

Jason

[Randonneur]

JasonThere are a few sheets for study available here:
http://www.microcruising.com/plans1.htm
You can right click and display full size or download.
I can also provide you with these and maybe one other sheet for a better view. Obviously you'd have to purchase the full set to build.
Dave Bolduc has just replied to someone today on the Paradox Facebook group, so worth dropping him a line again.
Regards
Pete

Jason Mayer wrote

Hi everyone,

Here I am in sub-tropical Australia, totally sick of the La Nina weather pattern this year and getting rained on over and over and over again.  Cabin fever has me thinking about a Layden Paradox that should be sailable in all weather......open boats just fill with water when you have rain falling at 4 inches per hour!

I tried multiple times to contact the Bolducs in the USA who apparently sell the plans but to no avail.  I think that puts them in the category of "out of print" so does anyone have access to the plans and would be willing to share them with me so I can study the build?  I bought the Don Elliot construction manual already.

Jason

[Jason Mayer]

Pete, may I ask a couple of questions about the boat performance.  Pointing ability is important to me because I have lots of narrow channels and a narrow creek mouth to negotiate although I guess the shallow draft eliminates a lot of those problems as it can sail across most sand banks provided there is a foot of water I suppose.  But what can you achieve in terms of angle to true wind?  Anything around 50 degrees would be impressive and more than suitable.

Secondly, how does the boat perform in very light winds when there is no heeling to put the chine deep into the water.  I understand that it needs to heel in order to stop leeway.  I'm wondering if you have issues drifting to lee with sailing upright in light winds.

OK three questions....do you have motor propulsion?  I wonder how it would steer under motor power given the bottom is flat.

My gut feel is that the ballast makes the boat "sit down" in the water and that might be how it gets around the leeway issue.

Jason

[Chris Waite]

Ho Jason; very plausible choice!

Though the use of the phrase 'Cabin Fever', could be cause for concern.

Seriously though, I've always wondered if a 'Premise' design; yes that's the little grey lugger stuff -



Could be adapted to take a Paradox-style cabin - extended in any direction that takes your fancy.  She's eleven foot six inches and narrow, but the principle parameters of the hull can be pushed around to suit whatever you have in mind.  That's what the 'Premise' name is intended to imply - a set of design principles that can be adjusted to suit any reasonable requirements that can be dreamt up....

How brave are you feeling?

Chris

[Jason Mayer]

Chris,

That's definitely an option, or if possible keeping the very functional hull and rig that I have and "adapting it to take a cabin".  I think we talked about that previously but it all looked a bit complicated.  However it would be worth reconsidering with a different mindset.

Or buying a raincoat and a big bilge pump....

Another 8 inches of rain this week....it's supposed to be Winter in 2 weeks and we are getting summer rain events.  Big east coast lows coming down the coast and causing flooding.

Jason