Bombardier Invitation

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Bombardier Invitation

|class_image = File:Bombardier Invitation sail badge.png

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|image boat = File:Bombardier Invitation sailboat 5044.jpg

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|location = Canada

|year = 1973

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|design = Bombardier Research

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|builder = Bombardier Limited

|role = One-design racer

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|trapeze =

|draft = {{convert|2.99|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the daggerboard down

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|displacement = {{convert|181|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fibreglass

|loa = {{convert|15.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|beam = {{convert|4.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = daggerboard

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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Cat rig

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|sailplan = Catboat

|sailarea main = {{convert|90.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|90.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|d-pn = 99.3

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|successor = Bombardier 3.8

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The Bombardier Invitation is a Canadian sailing dinghy that was designed by Bombardier Research to compete in the same market with the Laser, as a one-design racer. It was first built in 1973.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bombardier-invitation|title= Bombardier Invitation sailboat|access-date= 23 August 2020|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200823202109/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bombardier-invitation|archive-date= 23 August 2020|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 58-59. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}

The design was developed into the Bombardier 3.8 in 1974.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bombardier-38|title = Bombardier 3.8 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 23 August 2020|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190720185844/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bombardier-38|archive-date =20 July 2019|url-status= live}}