Shields (keelboat)

Shields

Development
Designer	Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens
Location	United States
Year	1962
No. built	259 hulls have been built to date
Builder(s)	Cape Cod Shipbuilding Hinckley Yachts Chris-Craft Industries
Name	Shields
Boat
Displacement	4,600 lb (2,087 kg)
Draft	4.75 ft (1.45 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	30.21 ft (9.21 m)
LWL	20.00 ft (6.10 m)
Beam	6.42 ft (1.96 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	modified long keel
Ballast	3,080 lb (1,397 kg)
Rudder(s)	keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	29.88 ft (9.11 m)
J foretriangle base	9.33 ft (2.84 m)
P mainsail luff	33.38 ft (10.17 m)
E mainsail foot	13.38 ft (4.08 m)
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	223.31 sq ft (20.746 m2)
Jib/genoa area	139.39 sq ft (12.950 m2)
Spinnaker area	360 sq ft (33 m2)
Total sail area	362.70 sq ft (33.696 m2)
Racing
D-PN	83.8 (suspect)
← International One Design [edit on Wikidata]

The Shields, also called the Shields 30 and the Shields One-Design, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens as a one design racer and first built in 1962.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}