Houdini (sailboat)
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Development | |
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Designer | John Welsford |
Location | New Zealand |
Year | 2011 |
Builder(s) | amateur builders |
Name | Houdini |
Boat | |
Displacement | 187 lb (85 kg) |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | plywood |
LOA | 13.45 ft (4.10 m) |
Beam | 5.91 ft (1.80 m) |
Engine type | optional outboard motor |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | centreboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Lug rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | lug sail |
Mainsail area | 115.17 sq ft (10.700 m2) |
Total sail area | 115.17 sq ft (10.700 m2) |
The Houdini is a New Zealand sailing dinghy that was designed by John Welsford as a cruiser and first built in 2011.[1][2][3][4]
The boat's designer intended it as an "escape machine" and so named it in honour of Harry Houdini.[3][4]
Production
[edit]The design is supplied in the form of plans. It has been built by amateur builders and also by some professional builders on a custom basis.[1]
Design
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The boat was designed for camping on-shore and provides stowage space to take a large amount of camping gear. It can accommodate four people for camping-cruising or up to seven people for day sailing. The design has sleeping accommodation for two adults under a boom tent.[3][4]
The Houdini is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of wood, with a plywood hull and wooden spars and trim. The prototype used bamboo spars. It has a lug sail rig and can be fitted with a mizzen mast and sail as a yawl. It has a pronounced sheer, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centreboard. It displaces 187 lb (85 kg). A cuddy cabin is optional.[1][3][4]
The boat may be optionally fitted with an outboard engine for docking and maneuvering.[3][4]
Boats have also been completed with gaff rigs and sloop rigs.[3]
See also
[edit]Similar sailboats
References
[edit]- ^ a b c McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Houdini sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "John Welsford". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Houdini by John Welsford". boatplans.cc. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e John Welsford Small Craft Design. "Houdini". jwboatdesigns.co.nz. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
External links
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