Echo 12
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2020}}
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|location = Canada
|year = 1979
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|builder = C&L Boatworks
Skene Boats
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|crew = Two
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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop
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The Echo 12 is a Canadian rowboat, motorboat and sailing dinghy that was first built in 1979.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/echo-12|title = Echo 12 sailboat |access-date = 29 June 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200629210157/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/echo-12|archivedate = 29 June 2020 |url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 14-15. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
The Echo 12 is a development of the West German Koralle Junior.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/koralle-jr-kolibri |title = Koralle Jr. (Kolibri)|access-date = 29 June 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200629212002/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/koralle-jr-kolibri|archivedate = 29 June 2020|url-status= live}}
Production
The design is built by C&L Boatworks in Belleville, Ontario and was at one time also built by Skene Boats of Gloucester, Ontario, both located in Canada. The design remains in production by C&L.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cl-boatworks |title = C&L Boatworks |access-date = 29 June 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200319024524/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cl-boatworks|archivedate = 19 March 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/skene-boats-ltd-can |title = Skene Boats Ltd.|access-date = 29 June 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200629211914/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/skene-boats-ltd-can |archivedate = 29 June 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= http://www.clboatworks.com/clecho12.htm|title= Echo 12|access-date= 15 May 2021|author= C&L Boatworks|work= clboatworks.com|year= 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210515123234/http://www.clboatworks.com/clecho12.htm|archive-date= 15 May 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Echo 12 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. For sailing it has a fractional sloop rig, with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder made from mahogany, controlled by a tiller and a retractable mahogany daggerboard. It displaces {{convert|140|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, has a bow storage compartment and may be fitted with a whisker pole. The mainsheet is mounted mid-boom to a block on the cockpit deck.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|1.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the daggerboard extended and {{convert|0.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. The mast is a two-piece design to allow it to be disassembled for car-top transport.
The boat has a motor-mount pad and can be fitted with an outboard motor of up to {{convert|5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. It also was factory-delivered with an athwartships seat and oarlocks for rowing.
Operational history
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210515123556/http://www.clboatworks.com/clecho12.htm Official website archives] on Archive.org
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs}}
Category:1970s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat types built in Canada