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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Ray Greene and Alvin Youngquist |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1948 |
| No. built | over 4,000 |
| Builder(s) | Ray Greene & Co Melling Tool Company Rebel Industries Spindrift One Designs Nickels Boat Works |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Name | Rebel 16 |
| Boat | |
| Crew | minimum of two |
| Displacement | 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 type | centreboard |
| Ballast | 110 lb (50 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 18.00 ft (5.49 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 4.42 ft (1.35 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 22.29 ft (6.79 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 11.12 ft (3.39 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop |
| Mainsail area | 123.93 sq ft (11.513 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 39.78 sq ft (3.696 m2) |
| Total sail area | 163.71 sq ft (15.209 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 97.2 |
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]
The design was the first production fiberglass boat.[3]
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Rebel 16 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Alvin Youngquist". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ a b 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