Seller's Description
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Contact Larry at SixZeroNineThreeSixFourFiveSixOneFive
Boat is located in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Excellent condition.
In water once.
Includes MinnKota electric motor.
Main sail and jib sail in excellent condition.
Will accept offers. AMERICAN 14.6 STANDARD FEATURES Deep Spacious Cockpit Above Head Boom Kickup Rudder Kickup Centerboard Easily Stepped Mast Harken Blocks Harken Cleats Cooler and Battery Storage Bow Storage Area American Sail, Inc.
The American 14.6 is the perfect daysailer for the beginner SPECIFICATIONS: and still offers plenty of performance for the experienced sailor.
This sturdy, dry daysailer features a 62 beam and LOA 14-6 eleven feet of cockpit length providing plenty of room for four adults and drink cooler / battery storage areas at the Beam 6-2 ends of the seats.
The large cockpit is also very deep with Sail Area 112 Sq.
Feet generous freeboard and big high backrests making it a very Hull Material Fiberglass comfortable boat to spend the entire day on the water.
The hull is designed to be 80% self bailing and floats high in the Hull Weight 340 Lbs water with a minimum of 4 draft when empty.
The design Crew Capacity woo Lbs. is further simplified with color coded main and jib lines Draft 4 Board Up and centerboard control lines.
The 14.6 also offers a tabernacle mast system which allows for quick and easy 42 Board Down stepping of the 23 pound mast by one person.
Our advanced rudder system can be raised or lowered from inside the cockpit and is designed to kick up or spring down as needed.
The centerboard will also kick up and is fully retractable so the boat can be sailed up onto a beach.
The main and jib sails contain 112 square feet of sail area which combined with the wide beam, hard chine, flat bottom hull, create lots of fun sailing performance in light breezes or a stiff wind.
This special hull design leads to flat sailing and hiking out is not required.
The American 14.6 is constructed of hand-laid fiberglass with closed cell foam flotation, anodized aluminum spars, Harken blocks and cleats, and cockpit nonskid.
The 1,000 lb. rated galvanized trailer can easily be pulled behind todays smaller cars.
The trailer comes standard with a mast stanchion for mast transport and hub grease fittings for easy maintenance.
The boat is professionally styled in off-white hull color using Valspar High-Flex quality gelcoat with purple/green/yellow accent striping.
Sails are Dacron and offered with traditional all white or purple/green striped mainsail.
Optional features include roller furling jib, spinnaker package, motor mount, front storage hatch door, rudder bag, storage cover, boom cover, and mooring cover.
Specs
- Designers
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- Builder
- American Sail Inc,
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- 1200
- Hull
- Monohull Dinghy
- Keel
- Centerboard
- Rudder
- ?
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 14′ 6″ / 4.4 m
- Waterline Length
- 12′ 11″ / 4 m
- Beam
- 6′ 2″ / 1.9 m
- Draft
- 0′ 3″ / 0.1 m — 3′ 6″ / 1.1 m
- Displacement
- 340 lb / 154 kg
- Ballast
- ?
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- ?
- Total Sail Area
- ?
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- ?
- P
- ?
- E
- ?
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- ?
- I
- ?
- J
- ?
- Forestay Length
- ?
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
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8.0 kn
Classic: 4.83 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
- ?
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
- ?
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
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69.1
<100: Ultralight
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
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3.4
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
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3.5
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
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