Cape Cod Frosty
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|designer = Thomas Leach
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|year = 1984
|no built = 1,000
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|builder = Homebuilt boat
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The Cape Cod Frosty is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Harwich, Massachusetts harbormaster Thomas Leach as a one-design racer and first built in 1984.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cape-cod-frosty|title = Cape Cod Frosty sailboat|access-date = 2 June 2020|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200603010718/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cape-cod-frosty|archive-date = 3 June 2020|url-status = live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 2-3. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}{{cite web|url = http://www.capecodfrosty.org/|title = World's Smallest Racing Dinghy!|access-date = 2 June 2020|author = Cape Cod Frosty Class Association|work = capecodfrosty.org|year = 2001|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200602173020/http://www.capecodfrosty.org/|archive-date = 2 June 2020|url-status = live}}
The Frosty is the world's smallest racing sailboat class and was designed for lightness and simplicity. It was conceived for after normal season "frostbite racing", when most owners will have already hauled out their larger racing boats for the winter. The initial construction cost was estimated at less than US$300.
Production
The design is usually amateur constructed from plans in the eastern United States and Canada and is supported by the Cape Cod Frosty Class Association. Some production boats were built in the past from fiberglass by Sailpower Corp and Star Marine. Star Marine also provided kits for amateur completion at one point. More than 1,000 boats have been completed in total.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/association/cape-cod-frosty-class-association|title = Cape Cod Frosty Class Association|access-date = 2 June 2020|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200602170555/https://sailboatdata.com/association/cape-cod-frosty-class-association|archive-date = 2 June 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.capecodfrosty.org/build.htm|title = Building or Buying a Frosty|access-date = 2 June 2020|author = Cape Cod Frosty Class Association|work = capecodfrosty.org|year = 2001|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200602173851/http://www.capecodfrosty.org/build.htm%23plans|archive-date = 2 June 2020|url-status = live}}
Design
The Frosty is a racing sailboat, usually built of wood, using two {{convert|4|by|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} sheets of {{convert|0.25|in|mm|abbr=on}} plywood and assembled using an epoxy stitch and glue technique.
The design has a pram hull with no chines or internal framing and has only one bulkhead. It features an unstayed catboat single sail rig, with wooden or aluminum spars, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces {{convert|34|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the daggerboard fully down.
For sailing the design is equipped with flotation bags. To ensure equal competition, the class rules require ballasting to a combined boat and crew weight of {{convert|214|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, using water-filled plastic jugs. A boom vang, Cunningham and mainsheet traveler are optional.
The class association notes, "this is not a boat for juniors, in fact, only experienced sailors need apply".
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "this is the world’s smallest racing class — and all boats are equally slow. But when you put your big boat up for the winter, you may still compete, and perhaps on a more friendly level."
The first class championship regatta was held at the Hyannis Yacht Club in Hyannis, Massachusetts on 28 April 1985, with 21 local sailors competing in the six races. The following year it became a two-day event.{{cite web|url = http://www.capecodfrosty.org/champ.htm|title = Cape Cod Frosty Class Championship|access-date = 2 June 2020|author = Cape Cod Frosty Class Association|work = capecodfrosty.org|year = 2001|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200602175231/http://www.capecodfrosty.org/champ.htm%23history|archive-date = 2 June 2020|url-status = live}}
By 2001 there were 15 fleets racing the design in the eastern United States and Canada, plus an annual North American Championship.{{cite web|url = http://www.capecodfrosty.org/info.htm|title = Fleets|access-date = 2 June 2020|author = Cape Cod Frosty Class Association|work = capecodfrosty.org|year = 2001|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200602174710/http://www.capecodfrosty.org/info.htm%23captains|archive-date = 2 June 2020|url-status = live}}
See also
References
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{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs}}
Category:1980s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Thomas Leach