Com-Pac 16
{{short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Com-Pac 16
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|image boat = File:Com-pac 16 Sailboat on Lake Superior.JPG
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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
|trapeze =
|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}}
|loh =
|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
|rigs =
|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
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Com-Pac Yachts}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1970s sailboat type designs