Development | |
---|---|
Designer | Clark Mills |
Location | United States |
Year | 1972 |
No. built | over 2,800 |
Builder(s) | Com-Pac Yachts |
Role | Cruiser |
Name | Com-Pac 16 |
Boat | |
Crew | two |
Displacement | 1,100 lb (499 kg) |
Draft | 1.50 ft (0.46 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Fiberglass |
LOA | 16.00 ft (4.88 m) |
LWL | 14.00 ft (4.27 m) |
Beam | 6.00 ft (1.83 m) |
Engine type | Outboard motor |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 450 lb (204 kg) |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I foretriangle height | 12.75 ft (3.89 m) |
J foretriangle base | 4.50 ft (1.37 m) |
P mainsail luff | 16.25 ft (4.95 m) |
E mainsail foot | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | 7/8 Fractional rigged sloop |
Mainsail area | 65 sq ft (6.0 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 55 sq ft (5.1 m2) |
Spinnaker area | 117 sq ft (10.9 m2) |
Total sail area | 120 sq ft (11 m2) |
Racing | |
PHRF | 326 |
The Com-Pac 16 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Clark Mills as a small cruiser and first built in 1972. [1] [2] [3]
The design was superseded in production by the Com-Pac Legacy in 2006. [4]
The design was built by Com-Pac Yachts in the United States, starting in 1972. Over 2,800 boats were completed, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [5]
The Com-Pac 16 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars and a bowsprit. The hull has a spooned plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin, shoal-draft keel. [1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 18 in (46 cm) with the standard keel and is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1]
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people in two 96 in (240 cm) berths. The head is a portable type. Ventilation is provided by a single foredeck hatch. Stowage space includes a lazarette. [3]
For sailing the design may be equipped with either a working jib or a genoa. It has jiffy reefing, navigation lights, a stainless steel pulpit, a boarding ladder and a self-bailing cockpit. [3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 326. It is normally raced with a crew of two sailors. [3]
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the design as, "a small, trailerable cruiser with a fixed, shoal draft keel." [3]
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