Phantom 14
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| Designer | D-PN 103.7 | |
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The Phantom 14 is an American
sailing dinghy that was designed by Jack Howie as a racer and first built in 1977. It is a board sailboat, similar to the Sunfish.[1][2]
Production
The design was built by Howmar Boats in Edison, New Jersey, United States from 1977 until the company went out of business in 1983. A total of 9,000 boats were completed, but it is now out of production.[1][2][3]
Design
The Phantom 14 is a recreational
raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 120 lb (54 kg).[1][2]
The boat has a draft of 2.83 ft (0.86 m) with the daggerboard extended and 0.31 ft (0.094 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack.[1]
The design uses sail sleeves, with the hard-coated
hiking straps and has a storage compartment in the cockpit. The hull has a high bow design and molded in coaming to reduce the submarining of the bow that is common with "board boats". The sail halyard is routed through the coaming.[2]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 103.7 (suspect) and is normally raced by one sailor.[2]
See also
- List of sailing boat types
- DC‐14 Phantom- a boat with a similar name
- Phantom (dinghy) - a catboat with a similar name
- Phantom 14 (catamaran) - a boat with the same name
- Phantom 16 (catamaran) - a boat with a similar name
Similar sailboats
References
- ^ a b c d McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Phantom 14 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-395-65239-1
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Howmar Boats Inc". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.