The Landfall 39 (Amy) is a Taiwanese
sailboat that was designed by
Ron Amy and first built in 1974.
The design is sometimes confused with the
C&C Design/
Robert Perry-designed 1985
boat of the same name, although the two designs are unrelated.
Production
The design was built by
Sino American Yacht Industrial Company, Limited in
Taiwan, who completed 200 examples of the design between 1974 and the end of production in 1984.
The Landfall 39 design was developed into the
Vagabond 39, using the old Landfall 39 hull molds in 1984 and built by
Bluewater Yachts Builders Limited, also of Taiwan.
Design
The Landfall 39 is a recreational
keelboat, built predominantly of
fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a
cutter rig, a rounded
raked stem, a canoe
transom
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, a keel-mounted
rudder controlled by a
wheel
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and a fixed long
keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a
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diesel engine.
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 ...
References
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Keelboats
1970s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by Ron Amy
Sailboat types built by Sino American Yacht Industrial Company