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The Designers Choice is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a sail training and racing boat and first built in 1978. It was Sparkman & Stephens' design #2349.[1][2][3]

The Designers Choice was later developed into the Shadow, by making the cockpit longer and deeper and adding internal seating.[1]

Production

The design was built by Howmar Boats in the United States starting in 1978. A total of 1,500 boats were produced, but the company went out of business in 1983 and the boat went out of production at that time.[1][3][4]

Design

The Designers Choice is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. The hull design is flat aft, so the boat will plane. It has a fractional sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars and a loose-footed mainsail. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. The forward part of the boat is open, without a foredeck. The aft deck includes a small stowage locker. The cockpit is self-draining. The boat displaces Шаблон:Convert.[1][3]

The boat has a draft of Шаблон:Convert with the centerboard extended and Шаблон:Convert with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1]

For sailing the design is equipped with an outhaul, boom vang, a Cunningham and a jib window. It is also fitted with foam flotation for buoyancy, hiking straps and may also be optionally equipped with a spinnaker for sailing downwind.[3]

The boat may be fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[3]

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 101.3 and is raced with a maximum crew weight of Шаблон:Convert.[3]

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "this is a combination boat, meant for training, racing, or general sailing. The Designers Choice has curved sections forward and is relatively dry. With flat surfaces aft, she planes."[3]

See also

References

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External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite web
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  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 48-49. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN
  4. Шаблон:Cite web