Mr Fitzgerald (author of Sea-Steading) muses over at Sensible Simplicity, so does Drift Away... well muse that is, and a blast from the past over at Mountain Gazette...
I'm not sure whether the idea of making minimum envelope cruisers is the best use of the scow idea but, on the other hand, it is a great test bed and an idea that works on something less than five meters will more than likely work even better on a 12-meter cruising/work scow...
That said, you'll find a lot of food for thought over at Bigornick (both scow and otherwise) and there's a lot more to see of SKROWL here.
Listening to The James Gang
So it goes...