Jet 14
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The Jet 14 is an American
The Jet 14 is a development of Uffa Fox's International 14.[1][3]
Production
Siddons used a set of early International 14 molds that he had acquired to create the Jet 14 hull shape, with a partial foredeck added. It was initially intended to be sailed as a catboat with just a mainsail or as a sloop, with a jib, but these days is only sailed as a sloop.[1]
The design was initially built by Siddons & Sindle in Island Heights, New Jersey, United States, but the company went out of business and production was assumed by the Allen Boat Company of Buffalo, New York, who still produce it. A total of 1,000 boats have been built.[1][2][4][5]
Design
The Jet 14 is a recreational
The boat has a draft of 4.17 ft (1.27 m) with the centerboard extended and 4 in (10 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack.[1]
For sailing the design is equipped with either a
The class rules permit a lever-style boom vang and a jib window for visibility. The rules require buoyancy to be added to the wooden boats, while the fiberglass ones have built-in buoyancy tanks that make them unsinkable.[2]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 97.6 and is normally raced with a crew of two sailors.[2]
Operational history
There are fleets sailed in
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "The Jet 14 ... is fast, going well to windward. The long flat run of the hull and the light weight allow her to plane."[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Jet 14 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-395-65239-1
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Uffa Fox". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Siddons & Sindle (USA)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Allen Boat Co. (USA)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.