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The Illusion is a one-design, single-handed keelboat based on the lines of a 12-metre yacht. Its features include foot pedal steering, genoa roller reefing, full trimming facilities and large buoyancy tanks. It was designed by Jo Richards and Neil Graham in 1981. [1] [2]
Challenge 12: Ben Lexcen: Steve E. Ward & Co. AUS 11: KA–11: 1985: Kookaburra: Iain Murray & John Swarbrick: Parry Boat Builder [6] AUS 12: KA–12: 1985: Kookaburra II: Iain Murray & John Swarbrick: Parry Boat Builder [7] AUS 14: KA–14: 1986: Steak 'n' Kidney: Peter Cole: Consolidated Marine [7] AUS 15: KA–15: 1986: Kookaburra III: Iain ...
[1] [5] Williams and Smith had their start as sailboat dealers in the area of Santa Monica, California, before moving into manufacturing. [6] The company produced boats in three marketing lines: Gulf, Neptune and Newport, ranging in size from the 15.58 ft (4.75 m) Neptune 16 to the 41.00 ft (12.50 m) Newport 41. [1]
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MacGregor was known for using innovative features to provide stability while maintaining light weight and easy trailerability. The swing keel was one of the innovations used on MacGregor's smaller boats, and water ballast was another. The model 26M weighs only 2,550 lb (1,160 kg) dry, 300 lb (140 kg) of which is permanent ballast. When in the ...
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Mini Ton Class. [4]In a 2010 review Steve Henkel described the design as, "sleek-looking" and noted that boat "had some racing successes in Long Island Sound in her first year, but for some reason not many units were sold, perhaps because the marketers appeared not to push the boat's possibilities as a pocket cruiser.
Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa , California , headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders.
Lockley Newport Boats was an American boat builder based in Newport Beach, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. [1] [2] The company was founded in 1964 and went though several name changes and changes of ownership prior to going out of business in 1988. [1]