Rebel 16

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Rebel 16
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Development
Designer Ray Greene and Alvin Youngquist
Location United States
Year1948
No. builtover 4,000
Builder(s) Ray Greene & Co
Melling Tool Company
Rebel Industries
Spindrift One Designs
Nickels Boat Works
Role One-design racer
NameRebel 16
Crewminimum of two
Boat
Crewminimum of two
Boat weight 700 lb (318 kg)
Draft 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the centreboard down
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Fiberglass
LOA 16.10 ft (4.91 m)
Beam 6.62 ft (2.02 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typecentreboard
Ballast110 lb (50 kg)
Rudder(s)transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height18.00 ft (5.49 m)
J foretriangle base4.42 ft (1.35 m)
P mainsail luff22.29 ft (6.79 m)
E mainsail foot11.12 ft (3.39 m)
Sails
Sailplan Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop
Mainsail area123.93 sq ft (11.513 m2)
Jib/genoa area39.78 sq ft (3.696 m2)
Total sail area163.71 sq ft (15.209 m2)
Racing
D-PN 97.2
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The Rebel 16 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Ray Greene and Alvin Youngquist as a one-design racer and first built in 1948. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The design was the first production fiberglass boat. [3]

Production

The design was initially built by Ray Greene & Co in the United States with 25 sold in the first year, but the company went out of business in 1975, when Ray Greene retired. The boat was built by the Melling Tool Company, Rebel Industries and Spindrift One Designs before production by Nickels Boat Works. That company merged with Windrider in 2015 and it is no longer advertised on their website as being in production. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Design

The Rebel 16 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with some areas with balsa or foam cores. It has a fractional sloop rig with a rotating mast and hard-coated aluminum spars. the hull has a spooned plumb stem, a vertical transom, a kick-up, transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable steel centerboard. The hull has a full foredeck and full-length seats that can accommodate eight people. The class plans show the design with sheer, while the manufacturer's drawings lack the sheer. The boat displaces 700 lb (318 kg) and carries 110 lb (50 kg) of ballast, in form of the steel centerboard. [1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the centerboard extended and 6 in (15 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [1]

For safety the design is equipped with foam buoyancy flotation under the seats and in the bow. It features adjustable jib tracks. Factory options included a mast rotation bar,a boom vang, a Cunningham, a whisker pole and built-in cockpit bailers, as well as hiking straps. [3]

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 97.2 and is normally raced with a crew of at least two sailors. [3]

Variants

Rebel
Original model [1]
Rebel II
This model has narrower side decks and a correspondingly wider cockpit [1]

Operational history

The design has an active class club, the Rebel Class Association. [8]

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, the "Rebel was the first production sailboat built in fiberglass. Acceptance was fast, and there have been annual national regattas since 1951" [3]

A 2008 staff report in Sailing Magazine termed it a "tough but nimble little classic". [7]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Rebel 16 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Alvin Youngquist". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 72-73. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Ray Greene & Co. 1947 - 1975". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Nickels Boat Works, Inc. (USA)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Windrider (9 September 2020). "Sailboats". windrider.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 Staff (8 January 2008). "Rebel 16". Sailing Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Rebel Class Association (USA)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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