The Twitchell 12 is an American
sailboat that was designed by
Ron Holder as a
day sailer for people with limited mobility and first built in 1991.
Production
The design was built by
W. D. Schock Corp
The W. D. Schock Corporation (usually styled W. D. Schock Corp) is an American boat builder originally based in Newport Beach, California, later in Corona, California and currently located in Santa Ana, California. The company was founded by W ...
in the United States, from 1991 until 1993, with 27 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Twitchell 12 is a recreational
sailing dinghy, built predominantly of
fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a
fractional sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
rig with a
jib boom
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Objects
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* Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation
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, a
raked stem, a
reverse transom, a transom-hung
rudder controlled by a cockpit
joystick
A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal cont ...
and a retractable
daggerboard
A daggerboard is a retractable centreboard used by various sailing craft. While other types of centreboard may pivot to retract, a daggerboard slides in a casing. The shape of the daggerboard converts the forward motion into a windward lift, cou ...
. It displaces .
The boat has a draft of with the daggerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water,
beaching or ground transportation on a
trailer.
The design has a
hull speed of .
See also
*
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 ...
Similar sailboats
*
Martin 16
References
External links
Photo of a Twitchell 12
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs
Dinghies
1990s sailboat type designs
One-design sailing classes
Sailboat type designs by Ron Holder
Sailboat types built by W. D. Schock Corp