Development | |
---|---|
Designer | John Welsford |
Location | New Zealand |
Year | 2011 |
Builder(s) | amateur builders |
Name | Houdini |
Boat | |
Boat weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | plywood |
LOA | 13.45 ft (4.10 m) |
Beam | 5.91 ft (1.80 m) |
Engine type | optional outboard motor |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | centreboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Lug rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | lug sail |
Mainsail area | 115.17 sq ft (10.700 m2) |
Total sail area | 115.17 sq ft (10.700 m2) |
The Houdini is a New Zealand sailing dinghy that was designed by John Welsford as a cruiser and first built in 2011. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat's designer intended it as an "escape machine" and so named it in honour of Harry Houdini. [3] [4]
The design is supplied in the form of plans. It has been built by amateur builders and also by some professional builders on a custom basis. [1]
The boat was designed for camping on-shore and provides stowage space to take a large amount of camping gear. It can accommodate four people for camping-cruising or up to seven people for day sailing. The design has sleeping accommodation for two adults under a boom tent. [3] [4]
The Houdini is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of wood, with a plywood hull and wooden spars and trim. The prototype used bamboo spars. It has a lug sail rig and can be fitted with a mizzen mast and sail as a yawl. It has a pronounced sheer, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centreboard. It displaces 187 lb (85 kg). A cuddy cabin is optional. [1] [3] [4]
The boat may be optionally fitted with an outboard engine for docking and maneuvering. [3] [4]
Boats have also been completed with gaff rigs and sloop rigs. [3]
Similar sailboats
The Blue Jay is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Drake Sparkman of Sparkman & Stephens as a trainer for the Lightning one-design racer. The Blue Jay was first built in 1947.
The Precision 15, also called the Precision 15 K, is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Jim Taylor and first built in 1995.
The Rhodes 19 is an American trailerable day sailer or sailing dinghy, that was designed by Philip Rhodes as a one-design racer and first built in 1958.
The Hobie Tiger or Hobie Tiger 18, is a French catamaran sailboat that was designed by Hobie Cat Europe as a Formula 18 racer and first built in 1995.
The San Juan 33S is an American sailboat that was designed by David Pedrick as racer and first built in 1981.
The Skunk 11 is a Canadian utility dinghy that can be rowed, used as a motorboat, fishing boat or as a sailing dinghy. It was designed by Hubert Vandestadt and first built in 1969.
The Hobie 14 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Hobie Alter and first built in 1967.
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.
The Cygnus 20 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by George Hinterhoeller and first built in 1963.
The Laguna 16 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a day sailer and first built in 1984.
The Cape Cod Cat, also called the Cape Cod Cat 17 and the Hermann Cat, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Charles Whittholz as a day sailer/cruiser and first built in 1968.
The Cornish Crabber 17, or just Cornish Crabber, is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Roger Dongray as a daysailer and pocket cruiser and first built in 1989.
The Fisher 25 or Fisher 25 MS is a British trailerable pilothouse sailboat that was designed by Wyatt and Freeman as a cruiser and first built in 1974.
The Menger Cat 15, also called the Menger Cat Daysailer and the Thom Cat 15 Daysailer, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Bill Menger and Andrew Menger as a daysailer and first built in 2001.
The Quickstep 19 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1989.
The Picnic 17 is an American trailerable boat that was designed by Nils Lucander as a sailboat/powerboat cruiser hybrid and first built in 1959.
The Precision 15 CB is an American sailing dinghy, that was designed by Jim Taylor and first built in 1995.
The Sea Pearl 21 is an American trailerable sailboat or sailing dinghy, that was designed by Ron Johnson as a daysailer and first built in 1982.
The Herreshoff Goldeneye is an American trailerable sailboat, designed as a day sailer and cruiser and first built in 1959. The hull lines were designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and the rig by A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff.
The RS Quest is a British sailboat that was designed by Jo Richards as a sail trainer and day sailer. It was first built in 2015.