Английская Википедия:Capri Cyclone
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Infobox sailboat specifications
The Capri Cyclone, also referred to as the Cyclone 13 or just the Cyclone, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Frank V. Butler as a one-design racer and first built in 1970.[1][2][3][4]
Production
The design was built by the Capri Yachts division of Catalina Yachts in the United States. A total of 2,400 boats were completed, but it is now out of production.[1][3][5]
Design
The Capri Cyclone is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with foam flotation. It has a stayed catboat rig with a short forestay, aluminum spars, a flexible mast and a loose-footed mainsail with mid-boom sheeting and a full cockpit width mainsheet traveler. The hull design features a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung fiberglass rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable fiberglass daggerboard. There is a forward compartment for stowage, closed by a hatch. The boat displaces Шаблон:Convert and is capable of planing.[1][3]
The design has a draft of Шаблон:Convert with the daggerboard extended and Шаблон:Convert with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack.[1]
The design was initially equipped with a sail of Шаблон:Convert, but the class association approved a modification to shorten the mast and reduce the sail area by re-cutting it to Шаблон:Convert to improve both the performance of the boat and the handling. The manufacturer not only approved of the modification, but offered it free of charge.[1]
For sailing the design is equipped with a self-bailing cockpit, hiking straps, an outhaul, Cunningham and a boom vang. Factory options included a sail window, a kick-up rudder and a two-piece mast to ease ground transport.[3]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 96.3 and is normally raced by a crew of one or two sailors.[3]
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote that the Cyclone is "a planing dinghy with a bendy mast. There is an unusually short forestay. For ease of cartopping, the mast may be ordered in two pieces. Both the centerboard and the rudder are fiberglass. A beaching rudder is available as an option."[3]
See also
References
External links
- A comprehensive web site including a lot of details, and a fleet roster
Шаблон:Catalina Yachts Шаблон:Sailing dinghies and skiffs
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 22-23. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
