As a start point I used a cute dory designed by Francis S. Kinney featured in Skene's “Elements of Yacht Design” It's 12 feet long, which is small for a dory, and has two chines giving a slightly rounded sides suggesting a Swampscott dory. Several people who've tried them report they were delightful rowers for being so short, good cargo haulers and far more capable in waves than most boats its size. Of course being a dory, it's a bit fiddly with low initial stability, not the type you'd want to stand up in, but having great stability with loads or heeled well over.
To start I plug the lines directly into Gregg Carlson's Chine Hull Designer, each bulkhead in Skene's book corresponding with a bulk head and Hulls (though in reverse order). Hulls allows direct entry into the table of offsets. The results are below.
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As a bit of exciting news. John Welsford commented on his Yahoo groups page http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jwbuilders/ that plans for Pelegrin, a cabin version of Pilgrim will be done in the next month or two. (If you haven't seen Pilgrim take a look at chip's page http://www.flickr.com/photos/chipspilgrim/) A sturdy gaff-rigged cutter it might make the perfect boat for exploring any rugged coast with as much comfort, safety and attention from bystanders as any 17 foot boat can bring. I can hardly wait!
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