My plan was to do the modelling pretty much solely on the computer, using Bearboat (which is very hard to get a non-boat shape out of to begin with) and judging the design's suitablity by examining the sheer plan (for rocker and sheer) and body plan (for rocker and flare) onscreen, and using Bearboat's stability calculations to make sure it's not too tippy and its KAPER calculations to examine the design's calculated drag in the water compared to that of commercial boats of about the same size.

When I get a design I like, I intend to transfer it into Rhino simply to produce a table of offsets I could take to Carson Newman and use to draw plans for stations by hand. I'm willing to consider some kind of plotter, but it would have to be something I could use free or very cheap, and with no more setup and fuss than a couple of afternoons of peacefully drafting.

I guess the drafting part may not seem very efficient, but it's something I know how to do, and it worked fine for Constance.