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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | George Hinterhoeller |
| Location | Niagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario |
| Year | 1959 |
| No. built | over 2500 |
| Design | One-Design |
| Builders | Hinterhoeller Limited C&C Yachts Halman Manufacturing Co. Bodo Guenther Marinedepot* (*current builder) |
| Role | racer, recreational sailing |
| Name | Shark 24 |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 2 to 3 |
| Displacement | 2,100 lb (950 kg) |
| Draft | 3 ft 2 in (0.97 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | Fibre-reinforced plastic |
| LOA | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| LWL | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Beam | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Engine type | 3–6 hp (2.2–4.5 kW) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fixed fin |
| Ballast | iron 675 lb (306 kg) |
| Rudder | transom hung spade |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 7.3 ft (2.2 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 10.2 ft (3.1 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractionalsloop |
| Mainsail area | 117.3 sq ft (10.90 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 73 sq ft (6.8 m2) |
| Upwind sail area | 190 sq ft (18 m2) |
| Class is a member ofWorld Sailing | |
TheShark 24 is aCanadian-designed 24ft sailingyacht which has earned itself a reputation of extraordinary reliability and longevity among sailors both inNorth America andCentral Europe. Having been designed byGeorge Hinterhoeller back in 1959 to cope well even with the harshest conditions found in theGreat Lakes region, the vessel has proven to be well suited for extended leisure trips as well as for tough racing.[1]
The Shark 24 was awarded International status byWorld Sailing in 2000.[2]
George Hinterhoeller grew up in Austria where he sailed the light displacement fin keel sailboats that were common there. By 1959 he had emigrated to Canada and was working for a boat builder inNiagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario. Hinterhoeller decided to design and build a sailboat for himself that was similar to what he had sailed in his youth in Austria. The result was a 22 ft (6.7 m)plywood boat he namedTeeter Totter. Other sailors saw the resulting boat, and how fast it sailed compared to the heavy displacement boats common on theGreat Lakes at the time and asked Hinterhoeller to build similar boats for them. Hinterhoeller modified the design, stretching it out to 24 ft (7.3 m) and started production of what he then called theShark. The customer who commissioned the fifth hull requested it be built in fibreglass and offered to help Hinterhoeller build it using this new material. The resulting boat was a success and all subsequent Shark produced were built in fibreglass as this resulted in a lighter boat that took far less time to build so was less expensive and required much less ongoing maintenance.[1][3]
The shark is a light displacement cruising and racing sailboat. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, a small cabin and a self-bailing cockpit. The iron fin keel, combined with a transom hung spade rudder, and a flat run aft allows the hull to ride up on its bow wave andplane under the right conditions, giving the Shark more speed than a displacement hull of the same waterline length. It had adisplacement-length ratio of 123, extraordinarily low for its time.[3][4][5]
The Shark has a V-berth, two quarter berths, and a small galley with sink, stove and icebox. It has sitting headroom under the small deckhouse.[3]
A World Championship Regatta for the Shark 24 class has been continuously contested for over 50 years. The regatta follows a three-year rotation where for two consecutive years the regatta is hosted by the Canadian Shark Class Association in Canada, and the third year it is held in Europe in Austria, Germany, or Switzerland.[6]
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