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A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open water, while modern recreational keelboats have prominent fixed fin keels, and considerable draft.
Name Number built Year of first construction Designer Builder Notes 420: 56,000: 1959: Christian Maury: Several [12] [13]470: 1963 Christian Maury Several [14] [15]505: 1954
Brick (keelboat) 1964: Jean-Jacques Herbulot: Chantier Mallard Archambault Boats [89] Bridges Point 24: 1985: Joel White: Bridges Point Boatyard Bridges Point Boat Company [90] Bristol 29.9: 1977: Halsey Chase Herreshoff: Bristol Yachts [91] Bristol 39: 1966: Ted Hood: Bristol Yachts [92] Bristol 40: 1970: Ted Hood: Bristol Yachts [93] Bristol ...
Lewis and Clark's keelboat was built as a galley in Pittsburgh in 1803 for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, after detailed specifications by Meriwether Lewis. [1] [2] A keelboat, it could be propelled by oars, sails, poles and towlines. The boat was the expedition's main vessel until the spring of 1805, when it was returned to St. Louis.
Year Name Length Rule Origins Fleets Ref 1904: Windermere 17s: 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in) Windermere: Active Restricted Development Class [86]1906: 6.5 Metre: Jauge chemin de fer
The Dragon is a one-design keelboat designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Dragon's long keel and elegant metre-boat lines remain unchanged, but today Dragons are constructed using the latest technology to make the boat durable and easy ...
This is a List of World Championships medalists in sailing in keelboat classes. 2.4 Metre. 5.5 metre 6 Metre. 11:Metre One Design. 12 Metre. Dragon. Etchells ...
The Sonar is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, including a tapered boom, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 2,100 lb (953 kg) and carries ...