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*Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Invicta is a
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
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designed for ocean racing.
It has a
fiberglass
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sloop with
wood
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trim. Sailboats were once made solely of wood however, the Invicta was the first sailboat produced with a fiberglass hull to win a major ocean race (the 1964
Newport, Rhode Island
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Bermuda
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), being placed second overall in the 1962 Newport to Bermuda Race. It was its first in its class and first overall. Thus permanently influencing the course of sailboat
design
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. The Pearson Invicta was designed by noted
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William H. Tripp Jr and was produced by Pearson Yachts located in Bristol, Rhode Island.
The Invictas design philosophy followed a line established earlier by the beamy keel centerboard yawl ''Finisterre'' which was designed by Sparkman and Stephens for noted yachtsman Carlton Mitchell. Mitchell won the Newport to Bermuda Race three times (1956, 1958, and 1960) in ''Finisterre''. These yachts were designed under the
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(CCA) rule. This rule was a handicapping system that resulted in dual purpose boats that could be used for safe family cruising as well as competitive handicap racing. These designs featured long overhangs at the bow and stern and curved "springy" sheer lines giving these yachts intrinsic beauty. As the yacht heeled over in the wind, more waterline length became available thus increasing theoretical hull speed.
The Invictas designer, William Tripp, following the concept of ''Finisterre'', developed a series of keel centerboard fiberglass production boats including: the Block Island 40 (built first in the Netherlands and later in East Greenwich Rhode Island), the Mercer 44 (built first in New Jersey by Mercer Reinforced Plastics and currently by Cape Cod Shipbuilding in Wareham MA), the Bermuda 40 and'Hinckley 48 (built in Southwest Harbor Maine by the Hinckley Company). Mr. Tripp's unfortunate death in 1971 ended his career far too soon at the height of his design prominence.
This is distinct from the
Van de Stadt designed
Folkboat
The Nordic Folkboat (Swedish: Nordisk Folkbåt) is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by and Tord Sundén as a racer- cruiser and first built in 1942. Even though Sundén drafted the plans with design ideas provided by Iversen, Sundén was ...
derivative Invicta 26.
References
External links
Invicta Specifications and photos at pearsoninfo.net*
Sailing yachts
1960s sailboat type designs
Sailboat type designs by William H. Tripp Jr.
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