A website would be fun, but I prefer to use this forum! Much better feedback and I don't have anything to sell, yet. I've thought about selling plans, but none of my plans are THAT different from whats out there now. I also thought about setting up a 'to do' list style IOS app, but preloaded with boat building steps for specific boats. So like a punch list, but with measurements, pdfs, photos, etc. Anyway a fun winter time project. I guess writing apps for IOS is not that bad:
https://www.cephalopod.studio/blog/lessons-from-developing-an-app-on-the-ipad-from-start-to-finish-on-the-app-storeNot sure where you got the idea that LYS and ladybug are somehow different boats... both are flat bottom work skiffs. If you put enough power on anything, even a table, it'll plane. My advice on this stuff is to not "think' but go use boats or at least talk to someone who does. So many boat designers don't actually get on the water that much, which is why I remain so impressed with Renn... if you ever talked to him you knew right away he actually used his boats, a lot. Anyway, I certainly hope I am wrong about your LYS and you end with a boat you like! My take was that the LYS was about 70% the work of a Tolman standard for about 30% the boat... you still have to scarf, you still have to set up a strong back, still need to paint, etc. What are you planning to do with this boat? If the goal is to eventually sell it, then LYS might be the right choice. The one benefit to building a classic work skiff is no glassfibers/resin, if sensitivity becomes an issue. Just PL cement and latex paint.
Renn writes about 'violent yaw' on page 1 of the book... basically, the corner or 'chin' between the bowstem and the bottom will dig into a wave (especially big wakes, as you roll over the second wave), slamming the boat into a stop... if you are running the boat from the tiller, the next thing to happen is the outboard swings right or left and can even power/rotate itself off the transom. (ask me how I know... next move is to bear hug the loose outboard). My buddy built a LYS and that boat was horrible for fishing the rips in woods hole, because of how often this happened. It got sold 3 times before someone figured out the difference between the LYS and the williams skiff was that at rest, the williams bow is a few inches clear while the LYS bow was still in the water. So that 3rd guy took out a skill saw and cut the sides from about 4 feet back, up to the bow to match the williams lines (and then installed a new bottom). The violent yaw still happened but much less frequently.
Some follow up on 'LYS Violent Yaw": specifically with the LYS, because it does not have a frame and just uses a 2x4, be sure to pull the sides in, particularly towards the bottom, to get the bow to rise away from the waterline.
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