Com-Pac 16

{{short description|Sailboat class}}

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|name = Com-Pac 16

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|designer = Clark Mills

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|location = United States

|year = 1972

|no built = over 2,800

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|builder = Com-Pac Yachts

|role = Cruiser

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|crew = two

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|draft = {{convert|1.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|1100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|hulls =

|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|16.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|14.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Outboard motor

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|12.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|16.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|8.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = 7/8 Fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|65|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|55|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea spin = {{convert|117|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|120|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|phrf = 326

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|successor = Com-Pac Legacy

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The Com-Pac 16 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Clark Mills as a small cruiser and first built in 1972.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/com-pac-16|title = Com-Pac 16 sailboat|access-date = 25 September 2020|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200925140802/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/com-pac-16|archive-date = 25 September 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mills-clark|title = Clark Mills|access-date = 25 September 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200820173129/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mills-clark|archive-date= 20 August 2020 |url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 80-81. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}

The design was superseded in production by the Com-Pac Legacy in 2006.Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 69. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}

Production

The design was built by Com-Pac Yachts in the United States, starting in 1972. Over 2,800 boats were completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/com-pac-yachts-hutchins-co|title = Com-Pac Yachts/ Hutchins Co.|access-date = 25 September 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200925140703/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/com-pac-yachts-hutchins-co|archive-date= 25 September 2020 |url-status= live}}

Design

The Com-Pac 16 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars and a bowsprit. The hull has a spooned plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin, shoal-draft keel.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|18|in|cm|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The design has sleeping accommodation for two people in two {{convert|96|in|cm|abbr=on}} berths. The head is a portable type. Ventilation is provided by a single foredeck hatch. Stowage space includes a lazarette.

For sailing the design may be equipped with either a working jib or a genoa. It has jiffy reefing, navigation lights, a stainless steel pulpit, a boarding ladder and a self-bailing cockpit.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 326. It is normally raced with a crew of two sailors.

Variants

;Com-Pac 16

:This model was introduced in 1971. It has a length overall of {{convert|16.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, a waterline length of {{convert|14.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, displaces {{convert|1100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

;Com-Pac 16 Mark II

:This model was introduced in 1975. It has a length overall of {{convert|16.92|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, a waterline length of {{convert|14.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, displaces {{convert|1100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/com-pac-16-mk-2|title = Com-Pac 16 Mk 2 sailboat |access-date = 25 September 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200925140920/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/com-pac-16-mk-2|archive-date= 25 September 2020 |url-status= live}}

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the design as, "a small, trailerable cruiser with a fixed, shoal draft keel."

See also

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