Windrose 5.5
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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | W. Shad Turner |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1977 |
| Builder(s) | Laguna Yachts |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | Windrose 5.5 |
| Boat | |
| Crew | two to four |
| Displacement | 1,500 lb (680 kg) |
| Draft | 2.25 ft (0.69 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 18.00 ft (5.49 m) |
| LWL | 16.00 ft (4.88 m) |
| Beam | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
| Engine type | Outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 500 lb (227 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 21.00 ft (6.40 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 6.50 ft (1.98 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 20.00 ft (6.10 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 82.50 sq ft (7.665 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 68.25 sq ft (6.341 m2) |
| Gennaker area | 92.4 sq ft (8.58 m2) |
| Total sail area | 150.75 sq ft (14.005 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 288 |
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The Windrose 5.5 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1977.[1][2][3][4]
The Windrose 5.5 was developed from the Windrose 18 and was developed into the Laguna 18 in 1983.[1][4][5][6][7]
Production
[edit]The design was built by Laguna Yachts in Stanton, California, United States, but it is now out of production.[1][3][4][8]
Design
[edit]The Windrose 5.5 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with a deck-stepped mast and aluminum spars. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin shoal-draft keel. It displaces 1,500 lb (680 kg) and carries 500 lb (227 kg) of ballast.[1][3][4]
The boat has a draft of 2.25 ft (0.69 m) with the standard keel allowing ground transportation on a trailer.[3][4]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1][4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two quarter berths under the cockpit. The head is located just aft of the companionway steps and is a portable type. Ventilation is provided by a hatch on the foredeck. Cabin headroom is 45 in (114 cm).[1][3][4]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 288 and a hull speed of 5.4 kn (10.0 km/h).[4]
Operational history
[edit]In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote that the, "Windrose is designed as a little cruiser and has bunks for four, with a double berth forward and two quarter berths. Space remains for cabin seating, shelf storage, and a head. This shoal-draft boat has 500 pounds of ballast in the keel. The manufacturer claims that the special shape of the keel makes Windrose track unusually well."[3]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "by 1980 the design trend was toward wider boats, for extra stability as well as cabin space. Laguna Yachts and Shad Turner responded by widening the six-year-old Windrose 18 ... from seven feet to eight feet, and introducing a number of other changes. Principal among these were (a) eliminating the potentially troublesome steel centerboard and substituting instead a shallow iron-filled keel, and (b) rearranging the cabin space for more elbow room. For example, the portable head was moved aft where its use wouldn't interfere with V-berth sleepers; the settee berths in the '18' were replaced by wider quarter berths and a central seating area. Best features: The new design eliminates worry over centerboard difficulties, and provides more elbow room. Worst features: The fixed keel is too shallow to give good sailing performance compared to the Windrose 18's (despite the fact that PHRF rating for both the 18 and the 5.5 is—unfairly—identical at 288), and the keel makes launching and retrieving at a launching ramp considerably more difficult than with her comps or with the shallower-draft '18'."[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Windrose 5.5 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "W. Shad Turner". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 96-97. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 67. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Laguna 18 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Laguna 18 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Laguna 18". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Laguna Yachts 1973 - 1986". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
External links
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