Design
20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry
Designed by Jay R. Benford
A 20 ft design from Jay Benford's catalog, drawn for plywood construction. One of the ferry-styled houseboats, which began as an answer to the question of why a liveaboard had to choose between a house trailer on a box and a planing boat that drank a gallon a mile. Drawn to the shape of a small ferry, so the cabin runs almost the full width of the hull, the accommodation is enormous for the length, and the hull is easily driven at displacement speeds.
Benford publishes a displacement of 4,260 lb in coastal cruising trim, which is tanks full with the crew and their stores aboard rather than a shipping weight. Plans are sold to owner-builders, and study plans are sold separately for anyone wanting to look before committing.
What building a 20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry actually takes
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