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The Core Sound 20 Mark 3 is an American sailboat that was designed by B&B Yacht Designs for cruising and first built in 2014. The boat is supplied as a series of kits and plans for amateur construction. [1] [2] The Core Sound 20 Mark 3 is a development of the Core Sound 20 and is named for the North Carolinian body of water. [2]
A few of the early boats were designed with a deep fin cast iron keel with a bulb. A fiberglass fin keel version was built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As with the early cast iron fin boats only a few were manufactured. The fin keel hull, deck and cabin are identical to the shoal keel with centerboard boats. Montgomery 17 - swing keel
A fore and aft, pivoting centreboard can also be used to move the centre of lateral resistance aft to match a change in sail plan, such as furling or dropping the jib. A retracting centreboard is more complex than a fixed keel, and most take up space inside the hull of the boat that could otherwise be used for passenger accommodation. Other ...
The Little Harbor 44 features a molded one-piece fiberglass hull and deck with a gelcoat finish. [11] The rudder is two-part, molded with stainless steel rudder stock and internal framework. The centerboard is two part, with a bronze shoe on the leading edge. The centerboard trunk was molded into the hull, below the cabin sole.
The boat is supported by an active class club, the Jeanneau Owners Network. [11] In a 2019 review for Sail Magazine, Charles J. Doane found that some of the smaller sail plans, including then one he tested on the water, were under-powered. He concluded, "For anyone looking for a modern compact cruising sailboat this is a hard vessel to ignore.
The International Marine built West Wight Potter 15 is a recreational sailboat, made predominantly of fiberglass, with mahogany wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull has a spooned raked stem, a conventional transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a weighted, galvanized steel ...
The Sanderling 18 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It is a gaff-rigged catboat with a wide beam, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung "barn-door" rudder controlled by a tiller and an unballasted retractable centerboard.
The Thunderbird class sailboat was designed in 1958 by Seattle Washington naval architect Ben Seaborn, [1] in response to a request from the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (now APA - The Engineered Wood Association) of Tacoma, Washington for design proposals for a sailboat that would "... be both a racing and cruising boat; provide sleeping accommodations for four crew; be capable of being ...