Comments on: Powering Up the Cowmaran

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:16:15 +0000

In reply to Bart. I did not build or design the Cowmaran, but the guy who did plans to produce what you want. The new one will be about the same size, somewhat different hulls, lower freeboard, and twin 20 hp engines.

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:29:46 +0000

Tom, I’m interested in building something similar. Did you start with a set of plans or did you design this yourself? Looking for an alternative to a pontoon boat but want a similar layout.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:52:37 +0000

In reply to chiu ping yuen. Mr Chiu, Sorry for my late reply, I did not notice your comment until today. The Cowmaran hull with no engines or controls weighs about 1,000 lbs. The build cost is unknown to me.

By: chiu ping yuen

chiu ping yuen — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:33:41 +0000

Hi Tom,
I would like to know the displacement weight of the Cowmaran.
What is the total cost to build the Cowmaran. Thanks
Warm Regards
P.Y. Chiu

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:05:08 +0000

In reply to Richard Woods. I had not see the Skoota before. Thanks, Richard! If you are talking about the Garmin Oregon handheld, we still have ours. The screen is OK. It is just kind of small and the touchscreen does not always work smoothly. I find myself placing waypoints when I just meant to move the map, things like that. It is getting a bit old now, new models may be better.

By: Richard Woods

Richard Woods — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:06:47 +0000

I write this on board our Skoota 28 powercat. We have fitted twin 20hp Tohatsus and do 16 knots flat out, cruise at 10-12 at 6-7mpg

it’s a very comfortable live aboard boat and economic to run (for a powerboat!)

PS I actually got to your site as I was interested in the handheld gps you reviewed. Does it really have a too-dark-to-be-useful screen?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:27:03 +0000

In reply to Bob Oram. That sounds like a good size for this type of boat. A bit big to trailer, but should handle well with a bit of a load and be quick and efficient. Good luck!

By: Bob Oram

Bob Oram — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:01:10 +0000

Well done fellows.
Good to see others exploring the light catamaran with very small engines conundrum.
I found with my 40 footer if we kept the bows trimmed down we got a little extra speed.
Have now sold that boat and am building a 46′ sailing cat but my retirement boat will be a 30′ x 10′ motor cat with 2 x 20hp Tohatsu.
We travel 70 miles offshore up to the G.B. Reef for a week at a time.
Hope to cruise at 10/12 knots using 6/8lts pr hr.
regards
Bob