Com-Pac 16
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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The design was superseded in production by the Com-Pac Legacy in 2006.[4]
Production
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]
Design
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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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]
Variants
- Com-Pac 16
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- Com-Pac 16 Mark II
- This model was introduced in 1975. It has a length overall of Script error: No such module "convert"., a waterline length of Script error: No such module "convert"., displaces Script error: No such module "convert". and carries Script error: No such module "convert". of ballast.[6]
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the design as, "a small, trailerable cruiser with a fixed, shoal draft keel."[3]
See also
References
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- ↑ Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 69. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Template:ISBN
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External links
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