Evolution Non-BR
Discount Sails
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
Rigs: Fractional Sloop
Fractional Sloop
Thanks to Christopher Smith for the photo.
Gennaker (on sprit) Area: 24.69 sq m. High performance, single handed skiff w/ trapeze. Originally intended as single handed trainer for the 49ER.
Class established 2003.
The NZ Javelin is a high performance skiff type dinghy sailed in Australia and New Zealand. The class was founded by the New Zealand Designer John Spencer in 1961. It is a considered a ‘restricted development class’ so demensions listed here are approximate or represent class limits.
Gennaker Area: 18.6sm/190sf
There has been a SEAVIEW class racing on the Solent (Isle of Wight) since 1909.
Boats have been replaced several times:
This version is loosely based on the one designed by Alfred Westmacot in 1922.
Class history:
1909: Design-G.U. Laws, Builder- Arthur Taylor, gaffhead sloop with bowsprit,wood (individually owned)
1922: New design. A. Westmacott – Woodnutts, bermudian/marconi sloop, wood (club ownership arrangement established)
1962: cold-molded plywood replacement, updated by Arthur Robb.
late-1990’s: Fiberglass replacement overseen by David Thomas.
Commisioned by Essex Yacht Club for sailing on the River Thames Estuary. A new FG version was developed in 1966 when the the class merged with the THAMES ESTUARY ONE-DESIGN (1911, also by Morgan-Giles.) which has an active fleet to this day. See THAMES ESTUARY ONE-DESIGN.
The King’s Cruiser is the first sailing boat built by Örnmaskiner. In 1965, AB Örnmaskiner purchased Storebro Bruks AB and decided to keep the Storebro name.
The KINGS CRUISER 28 was introduced at the NY Boat show of 1957. With it’s high quality, all mahogany construction, and very reasonable price, it was a huge hit.
A large number went to the US.
Beginning in 1958, boats were shipped with a Volvo Penta MD1 engine
There was a later fiberglass version, the KINGS CRUISER 29 (introduced in 1968) and built by Åbo Shipyard of Finland.
Bruntons
Electric Yacht
