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The Martin 16 is a Canadian Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Don Martin (naval architect), Don Martin of Vancouver, British Columbia, specifically as a boat for disabled sailors. It was first built in 1995.
The Martin 16 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a Fractional rig, fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a lifting weighted bulb keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. Both the mainsail and the jib are mounted with booms. It can fly a spinnaker of .
Martin 16 sailors sit on a seat facing forward and all controls and lines are led to the cockpit to allow sailing without having to leave the seat. The rudder is controlled with a joystick. There is a second seat behind the command seat for a passenger or instructor. With the keel extended the boat cannot be tipped. The boat has a draft of with the keel extended and with it retracted, allowing Beaching (nautical), beaching or ground transportation on a Trailer (vehicle), trailer.
The boat is sailed like a dinghy and does not have provisions for an outboard motor.
The design has a hull speed of .
Production
The boat was first built in 1995 by Martin Yachts, who completed 58 examples. Production then passed to Abbott Boats in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, who built a further 55 boats. The original molds were destroyed in a fire in 2006, but a new set were built in 2009 and production was restarted by KAPE Boatworks of Mississauga, Ontario. The design remains in production.Design
The Martin 16 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a Fractional rig, fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a lifting weighted bulb keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. Both the mainsail and the jib are mounted with booms. It can fly a spinnaker of .
Martin 16 sailors sit on a seat facing forward and all controls and lines are led to the cockpit to allow sailing without having to leave the seat. The rudder is controlled with a joystick. There is a second seat behind the command seat for a passenger or instructor. With the keel extended the boat cannot be tipped. The boat has a draft of with the keel extended and with it retracted, allowing Beaching (nautical), beaching or ground transportation on a Trailer (vehicle), trailer.
The boat is sailed like a dinghy and does not have provisions for an outboard motor.
The design has a hull speed of .
Operational history
A fleet of Martin 16s is operated by Nepean Sailing Club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and used as the training and racing boat for their Able Sail program for disabled sailors. A similar fleet of Martin 16s has been used by Challenged Sailors San Diego from Harbor Island, San Diego, Harbor Island for their disabled sailor programming.See also
*List of sailing boat types Similar sailboats *Balboa 16 *Catalina 16.5 *DS-16 *Laguna 16 *Leeward 16 *Nordica 16 *Tanzer 16 *Twitchell 12References
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