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The Bombardier 7.6 is a Canadian Sailing (sport), sailboat racer design by Ron Holland, first built in 1980.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 378. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
The Bombardier 7.6 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a Fractional rig, fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The design is normally fitted with a small outboard motor of for docking and maneuvering.
Several different port configurations were used during production, including a single and double side portlight.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an dinette table in the main cabin that converts to a double berth and an aft starboard quarter berth. Cabin headroom is .
The design has a Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, PHRF racing average handicap of 165, with a low of 159 and a high of 171.
Production
The design was built by Bombardier Limited in Canada between 1980 and 1983, with about 163 boats completed, but it is now out of production.Design
The Bombardier 7.6 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a Fractional rig, fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The design is normally fitted with a small outboard motor of for docking and maneuvering.
Several different port configurations were used during production, including a single and double side portlight.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an dinette table in the main cabin that converts to a double berth and an aft starboard quarter berth. Cabin headroom is .
The design has a Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, PHRF racing average handicap of 165, with a low of 159 and a high of 171.
Operational history
In 2009 a Bombardier 7.6, named ''Gizmo'', sailed by Marc Doedens and his father, Ric Doedens, won the overall Lake Ontario 300 competition. In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: She is quick and agile, and with her Ron Holland pedigree, she is apt to make the average around-the-buoys racer happy, while still serving the typical young sailing family as an overnight cruiser. Worst features: Her iron keel and thin hull may need more than the usual amount of maintenance to keep in first-class condition."See also
*List of sailing boat types Related development *Bombardier Invitation Similar sailboats *Beachcomber 25 *Bayfield 25 *Cal 25 *Cal 2-25 *C&C 25 *Capri 25 *Catalina 25 *Catalina 250 *Com-Pac 25 *Dufour 1800 *Freedom 25 *Hunter 25.5 *Jouët 760 *Kelt 7.6 *Kirby 25 *MacGregor 25 *Merit 25 *Mirage 25 *Northern 25 *O'Day 25 *Redline 25 *Tanzer 25 *US Yachts US 25 *Watkins 25References
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* {{Bombardier sailboats Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Ron Holland Sailboat types built by Bombardier Limited