Tempest (keelboat)

Tempest

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Development
DesignerIan Proctor
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1965
No. built1199 (by 2023)
Builder(s)Lanaverre
Mader Bootswerft
O'Day Corp.
Plastrend/Composite Technologies
Roleone-design racer
NameTempest
Boat
Crewtwo
Displacement1,021 lb (463 kg)
Draft3.58 ft (1.09 m)
Trapezesingle
Hull
Typemonohull
Constructionfiberglass
LOA22.00 ft (6.71 m)
LWL20.00 ft (6.10 m)
Beam6.50 ft (1.98 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typelifting weighted bulb keel
Ballast440 lb (200 kg)
Rudder(s)internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig typeBermuda rig
Sails
Sailplanfractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area164 sq ft (15.2 m2)
Jib/genoa area82.78 sq ft (7.691 m2)
Spinnaker area225 sq ft (20.9 m2)
Total sail area247 sq ft (22.9 m2)
Racing
D-PN83.4
Former Olympic class

The Tempest is a trailerable, one-design racing sailboat that was designed by British naval architect Ian Proctor and first built in 1965.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Tempest International sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Ian Proctor 1918 - 1992". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 116-117. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1