Windsong Boats present
Our 14ft Performance lugger
For Sailing Fun in Creeks and Backwaters
Built from The Best of The Old with the Best of The New
A unique, hand crafted, high
performance, two or one person sailing dinghy, with a powerful
traditional lug rig on a light weight, low resistance hull form
providing relaxed “Lazy Summer Sailing” in light airs...
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...fast and
exhilarating sailing in stronger winds
Designed by John Owles, Summer Boat Design, with Burnham Overy Staithe in mind, to cater for sailing in shallow, winding creeks and negotiating the numerous shallows where a boat needs to be agile, quick to tack and close winded.
Within her design is the best of the old with the best of the new. She has a cedar strip planked hull, epoxy/glass sheathed, with a double layer on the bottom panels for additional wear resistance. The mast and yard are of light weight carbon fibre for stiffness and strength. The centreboard is constructed from laminated, light weight, cedar and carbon fibre.
Windsong
short tacks with agility and is quick to power up. With the traditional
lug rig providing plenty of power with a
relatively low centre of effort, she is powerful enough to make ground against
strong tides and has the ability to beat
off a shallow lee shore. The sail plan has
been designed at half centreboard down, this results in an ability
to make way to windward when crossing shallow sandbanks. In deep
water, with the board fully down, full windward efficiency is restored.
During
sailing trials in a f5 breeze, we achieved a planing speed of 12
knots.
| Specification | Imperial | Metric |
| Designer: John Owles, Summer Boat
Design |
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| Builder: Maxine Owles |
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| LOD | 14.20 | 4.33 |
| LOA | 15.87 | 4.84 |
| lwl | 13.20 | 4.022 |
| Beam | 5.00 | 1.52 |
| bwl | 4.21 | 1.282 |
| Waterplane Area | 40.13 ft2 | 3.688 m2 |
| Wetted surface area | 40.13 ft3 | 3.729 m3 |
| Design Draft | 0.33 | 0.1 |
| Draft CB Down | 2.72 | 0.83 |
| Approximate Weight (unladen) | 138.0 lbs | 62.6 kg |
| Approximate Weight (Laden) | 446.00 lbs | 202.30 kg |
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| Sail Area | 101.68 ft2 | 7.94 m2 |
| Main | 71.71 ft2 | 6.66 m2 |
| Jib | 29.97 ft2 | 2.78 m2 |
| wl Speed | 4.87 kn | |
| hull resistance at waterline speed | 17.50 lbs | 7.97 kg |
| Hull speed at which planing may commence | 3.25-4 kn | |
