The Tanzer 16 is a Canadian
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.
Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
, that was designed by
Johann Tanzer and first built in 1963. The design is out of production.
[Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 76-77. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ]
Derived from the similar 1963 Constellation 16, the Tanzer 16 design was developed into the Overnighter 16 in 1964, by the addition of a
cuddy cabin
A cuddy is a small room or cupboard, particularly on a boat. Sometimes a cuddy refers to a small but cosy hut. The origin of the term is not clear. Cuddy was in use in colonial America as early as 1655. The term may derive from the Dutch ''kaj ...
.
Production
The boat was built by
Tanzer Industries
Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats.
History
The company was founded by Johann Tanzer in 1966 and went bankrupt in May ...
in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
and remained in production until the company went out of business in 1986.
The boat's class association acquired the tooling for the design after Tanzer Industries closed down, but it is unknown if more examples have been produced since then.
Design
The Tanzer 16 is a small recreational
sailing dinghy
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:
* the sails
* the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth)
* the trim (forward/rear angle of ...
, built predominantly of
fibreglass
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,
aluminum
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spars and oiled
teak
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wood trim. It has a
fractional sloop
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rig, with a roller-reefing boom, a transom-hung kick-up
rudder
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, a spooned stem and a kick-up centreboard
keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...
. It displaces and has foam flotation.
The boat has a
hull speed
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of and is capable of planing. Its broad beam and low centre-of-gravity result in increased stability.
The design has a
Portsmouth Yardstick
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The handicap is applied to the time taken to sail any course, and the han ...
racing average handicap of 98.3.
Variants
;Constellation 16
:Original Johann Tanzer design of 1963. Length overall , displacement .
;Tanzer 16
:Renamed Constellation 16, 1900 examples were completed. In production 1963–86. Length overall , displacement . It has storage available in the lazarette and in the cockpit side compartments, as well as on a shelf under the foredeck.
;Overnighter 16
:Development of the Tanzer 16, with the addition of sleeping accommodations in the form of a cuddy cabin, with two bunks. 550 examples were built, starting in 1964. Length overall , displacement .
See also
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List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
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