AEAEA

This is the 3-D concept drawing to supplement the installment found in WB No. 265, November/December 2018.

AEAEA is a 39′4″ trimaran motorsailer meant to be used for water-quality sampling. She’d also make a dry, comfortable, and stable cruiser. The main hull (vaka) shows simple, dory-like sections. The boat will beach easily.

Passage from the cockpit to the galley and navigation station is easy, because these spaces are all on the same level. The dinette is forward and down, and the berths are outboard, in the wings. A bulkhead separates the living space from the forward bosun’s locker. Right—The swing-up rudder and two centerboards allow the boat to balance on any point of sail. The boards will also come in handy when motoring.

Twin Elco EP-14s powered by a lithium-ion battery bank—and solar panels—will drive AEAEA when she is not under sail.

Laurie McGowan is a Nova Scotia–based boat designer with a diverse on- and below-water work history. He specializes in energy-efficient commercial and pleasure boats. More of his work may be found at www.mcgowanmarinedesign.com

Design Sketchbook appears in every issue of WoodenBoat. McGowan takes readers’ ideas of their ideal boats and designs a vessel to those specifications. Do you have a boat concept you’d like to see Laurie McGowan develop? If so, email it to sketchbook@woodenboat.com. Your letter should be no longer than 500 words.