Development | |
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Designer | John Westell |
Location | United Kingdom |
Year | circa 1970 |
Role | cruiser |
Name | Ocean Bird |
Boat | |
Draft | 1.2 m (3.9 ft)—1.34 m (4.4 ft) |
Hull | |
Type | Trimaran |
Construction | Steel beam and GRP |
Hull weight | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
LOA | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Beam | 11 ft 5 in (3.48 m) (folded) 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) (extended) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | Fixed or retractable. |
The Ocean Bird is a class of trimaran sailboat designed by John Westell and produced by Honnor Marine Ltd. at Totnes, Teignmouth in the 1970s, featuring fold-in lateral floats on a webless steel-beam frame chosen to provide stability against heeling, yet allow a compact footprint in harbour.[1][2]