Here you find more informations about the Ha'penny20:

https://maineboats.com/print/issue-182/tiny-efficient-pocket-cruiser

By the way, my Farthing is still for sale.

Bert

Tom's suggestion for 'below deck' steering in my case was an extended Jester style tiller that ran through the transom via a neoprene sock which could be operated from either a comfortable seat or standing with one's head and shoulders through a hatch.  The 'above deck' steering was simply lines brought forward along the deck from a quadrant on the trim tab; it was reasoned that if winds were too light for this arrangement to be effective the yacht would be propelled by yuloh.

I could echo Timothy's words.  Tom helped me with plans for a 19' junk-rigged design that was essentially a scaled-up Farthing, and there was a lot of to-and-froing while I made a cardboard mock-up.  "Old Irascible' went beyond the call of duty, patiently answering a barrage of questions and supplying drawings whenever a concept was unclear.  It seems that few of his 'coin collection' boats have been completed, but those that I know of have been praised for their seaworthiness and interiors.  Tom is a vocal supporter of what he calls the 'Chinese' rig and promotes it forcefully.

I know he has long been keen on drawing a junk-rigged voyager of around 19-20 ft; great to hear it's underway. 

I have read with great interest that Tom MacNaughton is designing a Penny 20 http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/new.htm

I wrote to him to hear how far he had come with the design,and he answered.

Dear Carl,

You should be able to buy Study Plans in a few weeks.  We are working out the Concept Drawings and an "Article" on the drawings.  The only difference between these, when they are done, and complete Study Plans is that the Article at this point not only describes the design, but also has a lot of information that later will be moved to the drawings.  Things like block sizes, suggested sources and so forth.  It will also probably not have the "evocative" section that I normally tack on the end which describes the feel of being aboard her and sailing.

I'd say email me once a week and I'll give you a bit of a progress report.  Then, when we have completed the Concept Design, we will be happy to sell you Study Plans.

At the moment I am detailing the rig on the Profile and Rig sketch.  I have the source model for Perspectives of the hull lines done and we'll be producing several views of that once the Profile and Rig sketch is done.  During this process we've worked out quite a lot about the Accommodations Plan.  Tick marks on the Profile and Rig sketch show where cabin soles are, where bulkheads are located, and the height of major items like counter tops and bunks, etc.

She has a remarkable amount of room.  Rather more than I thought she would.  I thought of her as a minimum liveaboard voyager for one person, with the option of a visitor.  I think now I would eliminate the word minimum.  The only major thing she doesn't have that you'd see in a larger liveaboard is a dedicated "office" space.  I'm keeping that in mind when I design the interior as it would be nice to have some provision for comfortably using a laptop computer for extended periods so that a person could write articles, update a web site, or whatever.  For someone accustomed to working on boats there might be room for a tool box of hand tools which might aid a sailor in getting work at boat yards and boat builders along the way.