ABOUT WINDSONG
Designed by John Owles
Summer Boat Design
Burnham Overy Staithe
North Norfolk
UK
FINELY CRAFTED
Catering for sailing in shallow, winding creeks and
negotiating the numerous shallows where a boat needs to be agile and quick to tack, while also providing exhilerating sailing.
Within her design we incorporate the best of the old
with the best of the new. She has a cedar strip planked hull, epoxy/glass twill sheathed, with a double
layer on the bottom panels for additional wear resistance. Internal framing is light weight spruce, with Gaboon plywood bulkheads.
FINELY CRAFTED
PERFORMANCE LUGGER
PERFORMANCE LUGGER
The mast and yard are of light weight carbon fibre tube for stiffness and strength. The centreboard is constructed from laminated, light weight, cedar and carbon fibre. Buoyancy tanks and deck are of high quality, light weight, 5mm Gaboone plywood.
​The backbone, along with the centreboard case framing, thwart, mast partner and transom etc, are all of solid sapele timber. Windsong can be sailed sloop rigged, with the jib flown from the removeable bowsprit, or swiftly converted to cat rig for single handed sailing.
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Windsong can be sailed sloop rigged, with the jib flown from the removable bowsprit, or swiftly converted to cat rig for single handed sailing. Her fine entry flowing into flat aft sections provide stability and, along with the raked rig, allow the boat an early and smooth transition onto the plane.
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 the tide and has the ability to beat off a shallow lee shore.
The sail balance has been designed such that, with one third to half centreboard down, she has the ability to make way to windward when crossing shallow sandbanks on a lee shore. In deep water, with the board fully down, full windward efficiency is restored.
During early sailing trials in a f5 breeze, we achieved a planing speed of 12 knots.
​However Harry Cory Wright has now surpassed this record
with a logged speed of 13 knots.
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Imperial Metric
Ft M
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 m2
Design Draft 0.33 0.1
Draft CB Down 3.00 0.83
Approximate Weight (unladen) 138.0 lbs 62.6 kg
Approximate Weight (Laden) 446.00 lbs 202.30 kg
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
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SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS
INTERESTED IN WINDSONG?
Now we have five of these amazing boats on the water and enjoyed some fantastic sailing, it is time to introduce Windsong to the World
If you would like to find out more about any aspects of Windsong then please contact Harry on the email address below