Interiors are classic and rational, two really big after berths under the cockpit seats, a double V berth on the bow, simmetric couchs in the central area with a foldable central table, a galley block and a separate toilette the finkeel case is very low and small, and the internal height under the mast reachs 1,80 meters, a more than good value for a 24 footer.īuilding system: we designed the hull to be assembled with the classic and easy radius chine system, like most of our projects it is a higly validated system that produces sturdy and light hulls, suited for every Do It Yourself builder, even with zero experience on the subject hull is made by a grid of 12mm marine plywood bulkheads, solid wood stringers, and a plywood backbone, planking of almost every surface, hull, cockpit, cabin, deck, is made by 10 mm plywood panels, all elements are bonded together with thickened epoxy resin. And what else can be the general aspect of a project this this if not a classic boat, with quite modern lines under water ?Īnother required feature is that the boat can be build 100%, including the rig to keep budget and weights within a reasonable size we opted from the beginning for a 10 hp ouboard engine, easy to install, easy to service, and quite powerful to cope with nasty tidal streams and total zero wind cruising conditions, quite ordinary situations in lagoons we put the engine in a dedicated and quite roomy well in the cockpit near the transom we discarded heavy and expensive onboard engines, trusting the reliability of modern 4 stroke outboard engines of course an electric engine can be fitted as well, thus reducing the pollution in such delicate environments. Pure sailing performances are not the main puporpse of the project, altough we like to sail as much as possible despite of light winds and shallow waters. The distinctive features are the possibility to have a very shallow draft while sailing, and the chance to lower and raise the mast easily in few minutes, to pass under a bridge or enter an ancient harbour located in a medioeval city on a river, kind of normal situation in this exceptional lands. Project Escapist 24 was born in few weeks, during spring 2020 it has been a strange and dramatic time of worldwide pandemic and lockdown the first ideathat became the project was raised by a long-time amateur boatbuilder who lives near Venice he was looking for a plan for a comfortable average sized cruiser that can sail nimbly between the Venice lagoon and the Adriatic sea a boat perfectly suited to explore this fantastic environments with a family of four on board and no worries about performances.
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