WaveDancer Yacht Design-Sail and Power, Dinghies, Small Boats and Yachts

Introducing:
Double chine trailer sailer
- The "Condor 23"

Principal dimensions: 
L.O.A.           6.96 m  (22' 9.6") 
L.W.L.           6.44 m  (21' 1.6") 
Beam             2.50 m  (8' 2.25") 
Draft board up   0.58 m  (22.8") 
Draft board down 1.58 m  (5' 2")

Sail area:
Main:           17.25 m2 (185 sqft)
Jib:             6.96 m2 (75 sqft) 

Displacement:    1300 kg (2860 lb)
Stub keel (lead): 420 kg (925 lb)
Sail plan:

The main is fully battened (5-battens). The non-overlapping jib can be either conventionally sheeted or fitted with a wishbone boom for self-tacking. This arrangement is useful for single handing and leisure sailing.
The mast is stepped in a tabernacle and for easy rigging there are only three stays - the forestay and two shrouds.
Condor-sailplan
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Design:

The "Condor 23" is a roomy light displacement boat with lots of space for family and/or friends. She sleeps four in comfort and has plenty built in lockers.
Head room is mostly 1.44m (4' 8") with generous upright sitting headroom on the saloon berths and the aft end of the vee-berths.
The hull was designed to have a good turn of speed in comfort, however if sailed competitively, this boat has the potential for exciting sailing, especially with a good breeze on the beam. Under those conditions her light displacement hull will be capable of planing.
Most of the pivoted centerboard houses within the stub keel and only rises above the cabin sole in a trunk below the forward end of the saloon table. The lifting tackle is concealed inside the strut that supports the mast. The rudder can be either built with a kick-up blade or as a rising blade within the fixed carrier (cassette).
The stub keel has sufficient lateral area for sailing while in shallow waters, but for improved upwind work the centerboard needs to be lowered.
- A fixed fin keel version is available on request -
Power:

Recommended power is a 4-6HP outboard motor on a lifting bracket.
int layout Construction:

Materials: Marine plywood: 9, 6 & 4mm (3/8", 1/4" & 5/32") thick, Epoxy resin, glassfiber and fillers.

Method: For each construction element the most appropriate method is employed, always with the highest strength of joint and shortest building time in mind.
The bulk of the joints (hull and coach roof) are made using Epoxy stitch and glue (also known as taped seam, or tack and tape). The rest of the joints are made by conventional gluing to cleats.
Solid timber structural members are laminated. The area of strong curvature in the bows uses two layers of 4mm ply.

This boat is essentialy of double chine design, but has a flat keel strake to make fitting of the stub keel easier.
The first 1/5th of the hull is designed to be a 'round-bilge' shape by letting the chines run out well before reaching the stem.

The shell is to be built in a cradle framework. Bulkheads, lateral and longitudinal plywood elements which make up box frames and interior joinery are fitted into the shell after the inside joints are glassed.

The deck, coachroof and cockpit are built after the major interior fit-out is completed.

This method breaks the building process down into managable smaller operations and thus makes for a fairly easy build.
Full building instructions will come with the plans, illustrating the various tasks in easy to follow steps. Although it is feasible to loft and build completely by hand, it is probably going to save time and improve accuracy to have at least some of the internal framework members CNC cut.
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The pictures above show the framework including interior joinery by "taking-off" the coachroof and cockpit.

This exciting new trailer sailer will suit your pocket while satisfying your demand for your favourite type of sailing - be it leisurely gunkholing or fast and exciting sailing.

Plans for this trailer sailer will include detailed building instructions. The plans will provide all the information for lofting all your own hull panels, bulkheads and all other elements and a sail plan. As mentioned before, CNC cutting of many interior elements is advisable and for this the relevant CAD files can be provided

Cost of plan packages will be advised on reqest.

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For further information or for ordering of plans, contact me by email: Winfried at WaveDancer-Yacht Design