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This kit-boat model was introduced in 1954 in plywood initially and built until 1986 with a choice of a fractional Gunter rig with a sail area of 115.00 sq ft (10.684 m 2) or a fractional Bermuda rig with 99.00 sq ft (9.197 m 2) of sail. It has a length overall of 17.25 ft (5.3 m) and a waterline length of 14.00 ft (4.3 m).
The factory was rebuilt and plywood boat construction restarted, but it quickly shifted to building boats from a then-new material, fibreglass, becoming one of the earliest builders of fibreglass small powerboats and sailboats. [1] [2] By 1962 the sailboats were produced under the Paceship name and it became a division of ISC.
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 ...
The Seagull is widely regarded in the UK sailing community as a 'plywood classic', [1] - a boat which many young families learned to build and then learned to sail in. After the Seagull and Seamew Ian Proctor later went on to design similar sized boats such as the Nimrod, Eclipse , Prelude, and the Pirate.
The Frosty is a racing sailboat, usually built of wood, using two 4 by 8 ft (1.2 by 2.4 m) sheets of 0.25 in (6.4 mm) plywood and assembled using an epoxy stitch and glue technique. [1] [2] The design has a pram hull with no chines or internal framing and has only one bulkhead.
The Gull sailing dinghy was designed by Ian Proctor in 1956, originally as a frameless double-chine plywood boat. However, it has been through several incarnations: the wooden Mark I, GRP Mark III, GRP Gull Spirit and GRP Gull Calypso. Today it is popular with sailing schools, especially in the United Kingdom.
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