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Universal Atomic 4
The Universal Atomic 4 is a four-cylinder, gasoline engine produced by the Universal Motor Company between 1949 and 1984 for use as auxiliary power on sailboats. Both and versions of the engine were produced. Over 40,000 of the engines were produced during that time, with an estimated 20,000 still in use today. The Universal Atomic 4 was very popular in C&C, Whitby Boatworks, Northern, Catalina Yachts and Pearson Yachts sailboats, up through 1985. Starting in the early 1970s the brand Yanmar became very popular as an auxiliary power diesel engine for sailboats, in response Universal began offering a marinized version of a Kubota diesel (tractor) engine in 1976, which was popular with sailboat manufacturers, in particular Catalina. As Yanmar diesel engines continued to gain in popularity, the Universal Atomic Four gasoline engines continued to lose market share rapidly. By 1989 Yanmar had eclipsed Universal in the diesel auxiliary market with 45% market share to 42% for Univers ...
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C&C 39
The C&C 39 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian and first built in 1971. Production The boat was built by C&C Yachts in Canada, between 1971 and 1974. During its three-year production run, a total of 48 examples were completed. Design The C&C 39 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a swept fixed fin keel. It displaces and has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . A taller mast version was also produced that had a mast about higher than the standard mast. The tall mast version has a PHRF racing average handicap of 105 with a high of 115 and low of 99. Both models have hull speed Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the wate ...
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Ericson 27
Ericsson is a Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Ericsson or Ericson may also refer to: Companies * Ericson Yachts, a former builder of fiberglass yachts *Ericsson Mobile Platforms, a company providing cellular platforms technology *Sony Ericsson, a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson * LG-Ericsson, a joint venture between LG and Ericsson * Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom, a Swedish consortium Places United States * Ericsson, Minneapolis, Minnesota *Ericson, Nebraska Other uses * Ericson Alexander Molano (born 1979), Colombian Gospel singer * Ericsson cycle, a thermodynamic cycle * Ericsson Open, a former name of the Miami Masters tennis tournament * USS ''Ericsson'', warships in the United States Navy *Ericsson Globe, a sports arena in Stockholm named after the company Ericsson (lit. "Telephone Stock Company of LM Ericsson"), commonly known as Ericsson, is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in ...
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Corvette 31
The Corvette 31 is a Canadian sailboat, which was designed by C&C Design in 1965. The type is named in honour of the Corvette warship class. Production The boat was built by C&C Yachts at their Belleville Marine Yard (Morch Marine) in Belleville, Ontario Canada. Between the start of production in 1966 and production end in 1971. Some sources claim a total of 171 examples were completed, while others say 167. In production year 1968/69, 41 examples were completed and in 1969/70 production peaked at 52 completed. Productions plans for another 52 to be built in 1970/71 were cancelled when the Belleville facility was closed and production ended. The design sold well in its home waters of the Bay of Quinte and also in Montreal and the Chesapeake Bay region of the United States. The initial price in 1966 was $12,500. Design The Corvette was designed to a Cruising Club of America Southern Ocean Racing Conference (S.O.R.C.) rule that resulted in boats with a heavy displacement a ...
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Columbia 34 Mark II SD
The Columbia 34 Mark II is an American sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr. as a coastal cruising sailboat and first built in 1970. The Columbia 34 Mark II's hull molds were later used to develop the Coronado 35 and also the Hughes 36 and the Hughes-Columbia 36. Production The Columbia 34 Mark II was a new design built by Columbia Yachts in the United States as a follow-on to the unrelated Columbia 34. The company produced 352 examples of the Mark II between 1970 and 1975, but it is now out of production. Design The Columbia 34 Mark II is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller or optional wheel and a fixed fin keel, or optional shoal draft keel or stub keel with a centerboard. Accommodation includes a bow "V"-berth, a main cabin dinette table that drops to form a double berth, a main cabin set ...
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Columbia 34 Mark II CB
The Columbia 34 Mark II is an American sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr. as a coastal cruising sailboat and first built in 1970. The Columbia 34 Mark II's hull molds were later used to develop the Coronado 35 and also the Hughes 36 and the Hughes-Columbia 36. Production The Columbia 34 Mark II was a new design built by Columbia Yachts in the United States as a follow-on to the unrelated Columbia 34. The company produced 352 examples of the Mark II between 1970 and 1975, but it is now out of production. Design The Columbia 34 Mark II is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller or optional wheel and a fixed fin keel, or optional shoal draft keel or stub keel with a centerboard. Accommodation includes a bow "V"-berth, a main cabin dinette table that drops to form a double berth, a main cabin set ...
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Columbia 34
The Columbia 34 is an American sailboat that was designed by Wirth Munroe and Richard Valdez as a cruiser and first built in 1966. The Columbia 34 is a development of the Columbia 33 Caribbean, using a deck adapted from the Columbia 40. The Columbia 34 was replaced in the company product line in 1970, by the unrelated William H. Tripp Jr. designed Columbia 34 Mark II. Production The design was built by Columbia Yachts in the United States, but it is now out of production. Some of the boats were sold as kits for owner completion. Design Dick Valdes described how the Columbia 34 design came about, in a talk given at the Long Beach Rendezvous on 23 February 2002. He said, "The C-33 was a fast and comfortable boat from Wirth Monroe who had designed and raced Commanche in the SORC. The boat was a direct descendent of Commanche but Wirth didn't have an eye for looks and we all called the C-33 the "Guanno" boat cause it looked like ----.! (Mike, a C-33 owner notes: they still had ...
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Columbia 33 Caribbean
The Columbia 33 Caribbean is an American sailboat that was designed by Wirth Munroe as deep water cruiser and first built in 1963. The Columbia 33 Caribbean is a development of the Arco 33, which was built by Crystaliner, who completed 15 examples in 1959, before selling the molds to Columbia Yachts. The Columbia 33 Caribbean design was developed into the Columbia 34 in 1966 with the addition of a new deck adapted from the Columbia 40 design. Production The Columbia 33 Caribbean design was built by Columbia Yachts, who built 61 examples between 1963 and 1965, but it is now out of production. Design The Columbia 33 Caribbean is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel with a retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centreboard extended a ...
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Chance 32/28
The Chance 32/28 (also called the Chance 32) is a Canadian and French sailboat, that was designed by naval architect Britton Chance Jr. and first built in 1972. Production The boat was built by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1972 and 1974, with 41 boats produced, and also by Chantier Henri Wanquiez, France, between 1973 and 1976, with 20 boats built and Alexander Robertson & Sons of Sanbank, Scotland (finishing), but it is now out of production. Design The Paceship Chance 32/28 (Chance 32) is a small recreational keelboat. It has a masthead sloop rig, a skeg-hung rudder, and a fixed fin keel. The boat has a draft of . It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The Chance 32/28 has a theoretical hull speed of . Hull Built predominantly of hand-laid up fiberglass with unidirectional roving used throughout the laminate. The hull is further strengthened by the use of a grid system of unidirectional roving bonded to the hull. A cast lead keel is sec ...
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Catalina 38
The Catalina 38 is an American sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a racer- cruiser and first built in 1978.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 322-323. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. The Catalina 38 is a development of the Yankee 38. Production The design was built by Catalina Yachts in the United States. The company built 365 examples between 1978 and 1990, but it is now out of production. Design The boat was originally designed as Sparkman & Stephens design #2094-C2 for Yankee Yachts and produced as the Yankee 38, but that company only produced 30 examples between 1972 and 1975, before going out of business. Frank V. Butler purchased the molds and modified the design for production by his company, Catalina Yachts. The changes Butler incorporated included a new deck and cabin roof design, a taller rig and a balanced spade rudder, replacing the original skeg-mounted rudder. The Catalina 38 is a ...
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Catalina 30
The Catalina 30 is a series of American sailboats, that were designed by Frank Butler and later by Gerry Douglas. The Catalina 30 design was replaced in the company's line by the Catalina 309 in 2010. Production The boat was built by Catalina Yachts in the United States, but it is now out of production. During its production run from 1972 to 2008 in many versions, the design sold 6,430 boats, making it one of the most successful keelboat designs ever built. Design The Catalina 30 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. The design was initially fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine or a Universal 5411 or Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine, but by the mid-1980s these had been replaced by the three-cylinder Universal M-25 diesel. Variants ;Catalina 30 :This model was introduced in 1972 and was designed by Frank Butler. It has a lengt ...
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Catalina 27
The Catalina 27 is an American sailboat designed by Frank V. Butler and Robert Finch. The design became one of the most popular sailing keelboats of all time and was built from 1971 to 1991. Production The boat was built by Catalina Yachts in the United States starting in 1971 and was also built under licence in Canada by Cooper Enterprises. In the first three years of production, 1,500 boats were completed and sold. A total of 6,662 examples were completed. The design was replaced in production by the Catalina 270 in 1991. Design The Catalina 27 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. Designed for inland sailing and not ocean passages, the boat's hull is made from solid fiberglass, while the deck has a plywood core. The hull and other parts were built with molded headliners to streamline production. Early boat ...
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