Capri 16
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2021}}
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|image caption = 1995 Capri 16
|designer = Frank W. Butler
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|location = United States
|year = 1987
|no built = 500
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|builder = Catalina Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|2.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|1350|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|16.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|15.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|6.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = wing keel
|ballast = {{convert|425|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|19.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|5.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|19.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|8.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|86.45|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|51.49|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Capri 16, also called the Catalina 16, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Frank W. Butler as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1987.{{cite web|url= https://www.shortypen.com/?boat=24&d=-Capri-16---Catalina-16|title= Capri 16 / Catalina 16 |access-date= 8 February 2021|last= Routh| first= David |work= shortypen.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190729135012/http://shortypen.com/?boat=24&d=-Capri-16---Catalina-16|archive-date= 29 July 2019|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 24. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}{{cite web|url= http://www.catalina.net:80/cp16.htm|title= Capri 16|access-date= 8 February 2021|author= Catalina Yachts|author-link= Catalina Yachts|work= catalina.net|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000614231652/http://www.catalina.net/cp16.htm|archive-date= 14 June 2000|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/capri-16-catalina|title= Capri 16 (Catalina) sailboat|access-date= 9 January 2021|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210209222835/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/capri-16-catalina|archive-date= 9 February 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/butler-frank-w|title= Frank W. Butler 1928 - 2020|access-date= 9 January 2021|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210209223807/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/butler-frank-w|archive-date= 9 February 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Catalina Yachts in the United States from 1987 to 2005 with 500 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://www.catalinayachts.com/|title= Catalina Yachts (2005)|access-date= 8 February 2021|author= Catalina Yachts|author-link= Catalina Yachts|work= catalina.net|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050722085306/https://www.catalinayachts.com/|archive-date= 22 July 2005|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://www.catalinayachts.com/|title= Catalina Yachts (2006)|access-date= 8 February 2021|author= Catalina Yachts|author-link= Catalina Yachts|work= catalina.net|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060529185714/http://www.catalinayachts.com/|archive-date= 29 May 2006|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/catalina-yachts|title= Catalina Yachts|access-date= 9 January 2021|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210209224049/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/catalina-yachts|archive-date= 9 February 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Capri 16 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed wing keel. It displaces {{convert|1350|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|425|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.42|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard wing keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with two long, straight settees in the main cabin. There is a space for an ice box and stowage in the forepeak. The head is a portable type, located just aft of the companionway ladder. Cabin headroom is {{convert|42|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.3|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "as sailboats of this size go, the cockpit is larger and the cabin is smaller than average. The 425-pound wing keel is intended to combine shallow (2' 5") draft for gunkholing with reasonable windward performance—although this puts draft near the upper limit for convenient trailering. This might make a good first boat for a young couple. Best features: ... Construction is simple but neat, and adequate for this size and type of craft. The boat seems well designed and the sailplan looks manageable and efficient, though perhaps on the small side for really spritely performance. Worst features: Compared with her competitors, the Capri 16 has less headroom (though her storage space below is about at the average of her competitors). On the other hand, after all, she’s only intended to be a weekender; and her two berths are long enough for the tallest sailors."
See also
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20210209013510/https://www.sailingtexas.com/Pics5/piccapri16102a.jpg Photo of a Capri 16]
- [https://archive.today/20210209013433/https://www.sailingtexas.com/Pics5/piccapri16102b.jpg Photo of a Capri 16 on its trailer]
- [https://archive.today/20210209013601/https://www.sailingtexas.com/Pics5/piccapri16102c.jpg Photo of a Capri 16 interior]
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