Banshee (dinghy)

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Banshee
Banshee Dinghy.jpg
Development
Designer Richard L. Reid
Location United States
Year1969
No. built9,000
Builder(s)Marine Plastics, Banshee International
Role One-design Racer
NameBanshee
Crewone
Boat
Crewone
Boat weight 115 lb (52 kg) (hull only)
Draft 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the daggerboard down
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Fiberglass
LOA 13.00 ft (3.96 m)
LWL 12.00 ft (3.66 m)
Beam 4.92 ft (1.50 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typedaggerboard
Rudder(s)transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type Catboat rig
Sails
Sailplan catboat
Mainsail area88.00 sq ft (8.175 m2)
Total sail area88.00 sq ft (8.175 m2)

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The Banshee, sometimes called the Banshee 13, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Richard L. Reid as a one-design racer and first built in 1969. [1] [2]

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Production

The design was initially built by the designer himself through his company Marine Plastics in Foster City, California, United States starting in 1969. As demand increased he subcontracted construction to other companies. Barrett Bruch formed Banshee International, Inc. in Santa Cruz, California in August 1974, with Reid as vice-president, to take over construction. Additional company production capacity was added in Scotts Valley, California in 1982. A total of 9,000 boats were built, but Banshee International is no longer in business and the boat is now out of production. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Abbott Boats in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada was licensed to construct 500 Banshees, but it is unknown if that number were actually completed. [3]

Design

Banshee Banshee Dinghy sailing in light wind on Otter Lake 3.jpg
Banshee

The boat was derived from the Flying Junior hull design and envisioned by Reid as a mass-market boat, with more appeal for racing than the contemporary Sunfish. [3]

The Banshee is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with foam flotation, making the boat unsinkable. It has an unstayed catboat rig, with aluminum spars, including a non-rotating mast, a loose-footed, four-batten mainsail, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. The hull alone displaces 115 lb (52 kg). [1] [2]

The boat has a draft of 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the daggerboard 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 boat has a boom vang, a Cunningham and an adjustable outhaul. The mast can be pivoted fore and aft, normally raked aft when sailing to windward and adjusted forward when on a run downwind. The mainsail is mounted via a sleeve over the mast and so is not hoisted by a halyard. The daggerboard may be adjusted fore-and-aft to balance the mainsail, when the sail is reefed by rolling it around the mast. [2]

Variants

Banshee
The base model has a sail of 88 sq ft (8.2 m2) and a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 94.3. [1] [2]
Banshee T
This model has a reduced sail area of 73 sq ft (6.8 m2) to improve stability and has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 99.9. [2]
Griffon (or Gryphon)
An experimental model built by Banshee International, with a slightly modified hull shape. It was made from carbon fiber with a hull weight of 80 lb (36 kg). A total of 15 were constructed. [1] [3]

Operational history

The class rules allow modifications to the running rigging, including the sail shape, but no changes to the hull, spars or the sail. [2]

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote that the Banshee is "a high-performance boat designed for cartopping. Maximum capacity is two, or in a pinch, three." [2]

In 1994 it was reported that 50 fleets in five countries were racing the design. [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Banshee 13 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 22-23. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bentz, Bryan (15 June 2004). "Welcome to the Banshee Class Web Page". Banshee Class Association. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ↑ California Secretary Of State Business Registration (23 July 2019). "Banshee International, Inc". Bizapedia.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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