DC-14 Phantom

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|designer = MacLear & Harris

|location = United States

|year = 1964

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|builder = Duncan Sutphen Inc.

|role = Sailing dinghy

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|draft = {{convert|2.18|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the daggerboards down

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|construction = Fiberglass

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|keel type = dual daggerboards

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|rudder type = dual transom-mounted rudders

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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop

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The DC‐14 Phantom is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by MacLear & Harris and first built in 1964.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/dc-14-phantom|title= DC-14 Phantom sailboat|access-date= 25 July 2020|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200725200704/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/dc-14-phantom|archive-date= 25 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/harris-robert-b|title= Robert B. Harris|access-date= 25 July 2020|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200725200654/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/harris-robert-b|archive-date= 25 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/16/archives/dc4-phantom-catamaran-built-with-rotating-mast.html|title= DC-4 [sic] Phantom Catamaran Built With Rotating Mast|access-date= 25 July 2020|work= The New York Times|date= 16 January 1964|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200725200655/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/16/archives/dc4-phantom-catamaran-built-with-rotating-mast.html|archive-date= 25 July 2020|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by Duncan Sutphen Inc. in the United States, but it is now out of production.

Design

The DC‐14 Phantom is a recreational sailboat, with its hulls built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with a rotating mast. The hulls have raked stems, vertical transoms, dual transom-hung, kick-up rudders controlled by a tiller and retractable daggerboards. The boat displaces {{convert|350|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and has a central trampoline, stretched over a frame that mounts the hulls.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.18|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the daggerboards extended and {{convert|6|in|cm|abbr=on}} with them retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. For transport or storage the hulls can be detached from the trampoline frame.

See also

Similar sailboats

References