The Typhoon Senior is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a cruiser and first built in 1984.[1][2][3]
TYSR. | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Carl Alberg |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1984 |
| No. built | 57 |
| Builder(s) | Cape Dory Yachts |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | Typhoon Senior |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 3,300 lb (1,497 kg) |
| Draft | 3.08 ft (0.94 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 22.42 ft (6.83 m) |
| LWL | 16.50 ft (5.03 m) |
| Beam | 7.42 ft (2.26 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | long keel |
| Ballast | 1,700 lb (771 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 26.00 ft (7.92 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 8.50 ft (2.59 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 27.50 ft (8.38 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 9.85 ft (3.00 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 135.44 sq ft (12.583 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 110.50 sq ft (10.266 m2) |
| Total sail area | 245.94 sq ft (22.849 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 273 |
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The boat is a development of the Cape Dory 22, using the same hull mold, but a new deck and rig.[1][3]
Production
editThe design was built by Cape Dory Yachts in the United States, with 57 boats completed between 1984 and 1987, but it is now out of production.[1][4]
Design
editThe Typhoon Senior is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, angled transom; a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 3,300 lb (1,497 kg) and carries 1,700 lb (771 kg) of ballast.[1][3]
The boat has a draft of 3.08 ft (0.94 m) with the standard keel.[1][3]
The boat is normally fitted with a small, 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The outboard motor is mounted in a transom well, with a hatch cover.[1][3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, and two straight settees in the main cabin. There is an ice box underneath the companionway ladder. The head is located under the bow cabin berth. Cabin headroom is 56 in (140 cm).[1][3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 273 and a hull speed of 5.4 kn (10.0 km/h).[3]
Operational history
editThe boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association.[5]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Best features: She's got that Alberg look, with springy sheer and gracefully drawn ends. And though this boat is close in most dimensions to her comp[etitor]s, she has the feel of a bigger boat, with more space and greater headroom below than her comp[etitor]s. Worst features: Why the quaint little portholes instead of oval or rectangular portlights? Others must have asked the same question; rectangular ports were substituted on a later version. The outboard well amidships, covered with a full hatch, may look good, but we recall that ventilation in the engine compartment was poor, and to keep the engine from starving from lack of fresh air, the crew would have to prop open the hatch."[3]
See also
editRelated development
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Typhoon Sr (Cape Dory) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Carl Alberg 1900 - 1986". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 155. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Cape Dory Yachts 1963 - 1991". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.