The Tanzer 16 is a Canadian

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, that was designed by

Johann Tanzer Johann Tanzer (1927-2016) was a Canadians, Canadian sailboat designer, who founded the sailboat manufacturer that bore his name, Tanzer Industries, in 1966. Early life Johann Tanzer was born on 3 January 1927 in the village of Velden am Wörth ...

and first built in 1963. The design is out of production.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 76-77. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Derived from the similar 1963 Constellation 16, the Tanzer 16 design was developed into the Overnighter 16 in 1964, by the addition of a

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The boat was built by

Tanzer Industries Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. History The company was founded by Johann Tanzer in 1966 and went bankrupt in M ...

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and remained in production until the company went out of business in 1986. The boat's class association acquired the tooling for the design after Tanzer Industries closed down, but it is unknown if more examples have been produced since then.

Design

The Tanzer 16 is a small recreational

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, built predominantly of

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spars and oiled

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wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a roller-reefing boom, a transom-hung kick-up

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, a spooned stem and a kick-up centreboard

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. It displaces and has foam flotation. The boat has a

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of and is capable of planing. Its broad beam and low centre-of-gravity result in increased stability. The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 98.3.

Variants

;Constellation 16 :Original Johann Tanzer design of 1963. Length overall , displacement . ;Tanzer 16 :Renamed Constellation 16, 1900 examples were completed. In production 1963–86. Length overall , displacement . It has storage available in the lazarette and in the cockpit side compartments, as well as on a shelf under the foredeck. ;Overnighter 16 :Development of the Tanzer 16, with the addition of sleeping accommodations in the form of a cuddy cabin, with two bunks. 550 examples were built, starting in 1964. Length overall , displacement .

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