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His concept was to build a small boat suitable for overnight camping, which could be trailed to different locations behind a small car. It is thought that over 3000 of this type have been built. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the mid-1950s, Richard Hartley of New Zealand designed the Hartley TS16 , a 16 ft long trailer sailer with a towing weight of 600 ...
A Puddle Duck Racer or PD Racer is an 8 foot (2.44 m) long, 4 foot (1.22 m) wide, 16 inch (40 cm) high, spec series, racing sailboat.It is a one design hull shape with wide options in other areas.
New boat manufacturing has been done by multiple companies around the world in UK, France (only 5), Croatia, USA, Italy and Argentina. [12] In the US, J/24s are built by US Watercraft. Italy could still build new boats. As of January 2009, approximately 5,475 [13] J/24s have been produced. Approximately 20 new boats were produced in 2008. [13]
Another boat builder, Palmer Scott, purchased some incomplete Hurricane hulls and modified them with a foredeck, a cuddy cabin and a fixed keel, marketing the resultant boat as the Smyrna. Marscot Plastics used one of the wooden Smyrnas as a plug to build a mold from and created a fiberglass version, which became the Rhodes 19.
The boat is optionally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. Sails, lifelines, a cradle, a boat trailer and a compass are also all additional-cost options. [7] For sailing the design may be equipped with a range of jibs, genoas and a symmetrical spinnaker. [1] [6] The design has a hull speed of 5.33 kn (9.87 km/h). [6]
The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the standard keel and 3.5 ft (1.1 m) with the optional shoal draft keel. [1] The total sail area on boats built prior to 2005 is 283.00 sq ft (26.292 m 2) and after that date 338.00 sq ft (31.401 m 2). [1] The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking
The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the centerboard extended and 1.16 ft (0.35 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water and ground transportation on a trailer. The design is equipped with a transom-mounted boom gallows on which the mast, boom and gaff may be stowed during ground transport. [1] [3] [5]
The boat has a draft of 4.25 ft (1.30 m) with the centerboard extended and 1.08 ft (0.33 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. [3] For sailing the design is equipped with a self-bailing cockpit, a mainsheet traveler and a boom vang. There are three stowage lockers fitted, two on either ...