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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | John Welsford |
| Location | New Zealand |
| Year | 2011 |
| Builder | amateur builders |
| Name | Houdini |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | plywood |
| LOA | 13.45 ft (4.10 m) |
| Beam | 5.91 ft (1.80 m) |
| Engine type | optionaloutboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | centreboard |
| Rudder | transom-mountedrudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Lug rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | lug sail |
| Mainsail area | 115.17 sq ft (10.700 m2) |
| Total sail area | 115.17 sq ft (10.700 m2) |
TheHoudini is a New Zealandsailing dinghy that was designed byJohn Welsford as acruiser and first built in 2011.[1][2][3][4]
The boat's designer intended it as an "escape machine" and so named it in honour ofHarry Houdini.[3][4]
The design is supplied in the form of plans. It has been built byamateur builders and also by some professional builders on a custom basis.[1]
The boat was designed for camping on-shore and provides stowage space to take a large amount of camping gear. It can accommodate four people for camping-cruising or up to seven people forday sailing. The design has sleeping accommodation for two adults under a boom tent.[3][4]
The Houdini is a recreationalsailboat, built predominantly ofwood, with aplywood hull and wooden spars and trim. The prototype usedbamboo spars. It has alug sail rig and can be fitted with amizzen mast and sail as ayawl. It has a pronouncedsheer, aplumb stem, a verticaltransom, a transom-hungrudder controlled by atiller and a retractablecentreboard. It displaces 187 lb (85 kg). Acuddy cabin is optional.[1][3][4]
The boat may be optionally fitted with anoutboard engine for docking and maneuvering.[3][4]
Boats have also been completed withgaff rigs andsloop rigs.[3]
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