Engineering:Shrimp (dinghy)
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Hubert Vandestadt and Fraser McGruer |
| Location | Canada |
| Year | 1972 |
| No. built | 340 |
| Builder(s) | Vandestadt and McGruer Limited |
| Role | Sailing dinghy |
| Boat | |
| Crew | two for racing |
| Boat weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
| Draft | 2.50 ft (0.76 m) centreboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fibreglass |
| LOA | 9.58 ft (2.92 m) |
| Beam | 4.83 ft (1.47 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | centreboard |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Gunter rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Catboat |
| Mainsail area | 50.00 sq ft (4.645 m2) |
| Total sail area | 50.00 sq ft (4.645 m2) |
The Shrimp is a Canadian dinghy that was designed by Hubert Vandestadt and Fraser McGruer and first built in 1972. The boat was designed to employed as a powered yacht tender, a rowboat or as a sailing dinghy.[1][2]
Production
The design was built by Vandestadt and McGruer Limited in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada . The company completed 340 examples of the type, but the boat went out of production when the company closed in 1987.[1][2][3]
Design
The Shrimp is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It is a catboat, with a gunter rig, aluminum spars and a loose-footed mainsail. The mast is 15.00 ft (4.57 m) tall from the waterline. The hull design features a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces 120 lb (54 kg) and has foam-filled buoyancy tanks to make it unsinkable.[1][2]
The boat has a draft of 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with the centreboard extended and 0.50 ft (0.15 m) with it retracted. The centreboard and rudder both "kick-up", allowing beaching. The Gunter rig results in three short spars which facilities storage, as well as transportation on a trailer or car roof rack.[1]
When used as a powered tender, the boat is fitted with a small outboard motor. To allow it to be towed a bow eye is fitted.[1]
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "a tender, rowboat, outboard, and small training dinghy, the Shrimp has an unusual gunter rig that helps in trailering or car-topping because the spars are short."[2]
See also
Similar sailboats
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Shrimp sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/shrimp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 4-5. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN:0-395-65239-1
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Vandestadt and McGruer Ltd. (CAN)". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/vandestadt-and-mcgruer-ltd-can.
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