The
Frank Edmund Design
Hull Construction
The shape of the hull is considered a "heavy displacement hull," not unlike the old fishing schooners of Gloucester. (A through section, port to starboard, would resemble a wine glass shape.) A heavy displacement hull has a full running keel running stem to stern with a barn door rudder.
The keel is laminated out of 16 layers of 1/4" ABX plywood. The hull is five laminated layers of 1/4" ABX plywood. Each layer is cross laminated from the previous layer. The deadwood is made from 24 layers of 1/4" ABX plywood.
The transom is six layers of 1/4" ABX plywood. The deck beams are laminated white oak. The sheer clamp is three layers of 1" x 6" clear heart Douglas fir. This method of construction is called "a cold molded hull."