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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
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 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 Skipper 17 is a classic sailboat designed by Peter Milne and first built in 1966 by Anderson, Rigden & Perkins/Richmond Marine in the UK. This centerboard (trunk) sailboat has a fractional sloop rigging and measures 17.00 ft in length overall (LOA) and 6.42 ft in beam, with a displacement of 700.00 lb.
Other types feature a casing under the boat, which does not take up space but instead has the problem of increased drag. For this reason, it is not uncommon to find boats with a combination of shallow keel and centreboard (e.g. Randmeer). The keel provides the housing for the centreboard, moving it out of the hull, but adds only a small amount ...
The GP14 was designed by Jack Holt in 1949, with the assistance of the Dovey Yacht Club in Aberdyfi. [3] The idea behind the design was to build a General Purpose (GP) 14-foot dinghy which could be sailed or rowed, capable of also being powered effectively by a small outboard motor, able to be towed behind a small family car and able to be launched and recovered reasonably easily, and stable ...
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 ...