The C-Lark is an American
sailboat, that was designed by
Don Clark and first built in 1964.
Production
The design was built by the
Clark Boat Company
The Clark Boat Company was an American boat builder based in Kent, Washington. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.
The company was founded by Bob Clark in 1960 and continued in business until 1984.
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in
Kent, Washington
Kent is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area and had a population of 136,588 as of the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest municipality in greater Seattle and t ...
,
United States starting in 1964 and also by
Douglass & McLeod
Douglass & McLeod was an American boat builder based in Grand River, Ohio. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass racing sailboats.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 166. Intern ...
. Production ended in 1979. During its 15-year production run 1400 examples of the design were completed.
Design
The C-Lark is a recreational
dinghy, built predominantly of
fiberglass. 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, a
plumb stem, a vertical
transom
Transom may refer to:
* Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window, or the window above such a bar
* Transom (nautical), that part of the stern of a vessel where the two sides of its hull meet
* Operation Tran ...
, a transom-hung
rudder controlled by a
tiller and a retractable
centerboard
A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised t ...
keel. It displaces .
The boat has a draft of with the centreboard extended and with it retracted, allowing
beaching or ground transportation on a
trailer.
The design has a
hull speed of .
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 ...
Similar sailboats
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Albacore
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Flying Junior
The International FJ is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a trainer and one design racer, first built in 1956.
The boat was initially called the Flying Dutchman Junior (after the Flying Dutchman o ...
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Laser 2
The Laser 2, or Laser II, is a sailboat that was designed by New Zealander Frank Bethwaite and Canadian Ian Bruce as a one-design racer and first built in 1978.
Production
The design was built by Bruce's company, Performance Sailcraft, in ...
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Snipe
References
{{Sailing Dinghies and Skiffs
Dinghies
1960s sailboat type designs
Sailboat type designs by Don Clark
Sailboat types built by Clark Boat Company
Sailboat types built by Douglass & McLeod