Javelin dinghy
{{short description|Sailboat class}}
{{about|the sailing dinghy primarily raced in the USA and Japan|the sailing dinghy primarily raced in New Zealand and Australia|Javelin dinghy (Australasia)|the sailing dinghy primarily raced in Europe|Javelin dinghy (Europe)}}
{{other uses of|Javelin}}
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{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Javelin
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|designer = Uffa Fox
|location = United States
|year = 1960
|no built = 5100
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|builder = O'Day Corp.
|role = One-design racer
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|draft = {{convert|3.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard down
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|displacement = {{convert|475|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} hull weight
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|14.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|13.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|5.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = centerboard
|ballast = {{convert|49|lb|kg|abbr=on}} of galvanized steel
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop
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|d-pn = 111.8
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The Javelin, also called the Javelin 14 and O'Day Javelin is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one-design racer and first built in 1960.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/javelin-14-fox|title= Javelin 14 (Fox) sailboat |access-date= 17 July 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190502151138/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/javelin-14-fox|archive-date= 2 May 2019|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/fox-uffa|title= Uffa Fox|access-date= 17 July 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200115162935/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/fox-uffa|archive-date= 15 January 2020|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 38-39. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
Production
The design was built by O'Day Corp. in the United States. The company produced 5100 examples of the design, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/oday-corp|title= O'Day Corp.|access-date= 17 July 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190502151107/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/oday-corp|archive-date= 2 May 2019|url-status= live}}
Design
The Javelin is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. The hull alone displaces {{convert|475|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|49|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of galvanized steel ballast. A fixed keel model was produced in small numbers and carries {{convert|195|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/javelin-14-fox-fk|title= Javelin 14 (Fox) FK sailboat|access-date= 17 July 2020|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200717155327/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/javelin-14-fox-fk|archive-date= 17 July 2020|url-status= live}}
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|6|in|cm|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. The fixed keel model has a draft of {{convert|2.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}.
The boat may be fitted with a small outboard motor up to {{convert|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering.
The design is equipped with a lockable storage compartment in the bow and gear lockers under the seats.
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 111.8.
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the design as, "a beamy, stable small day sailer. Javelin has an unusually large (nine-foot) cockpit, a gear locker under the seats, and a lockable storage compartment under the deck. She is self-bailing and self-rescuing. The transom is reinforced to take outboards up to eight horsepower."
See also
References
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{{O'Day Corp.}}
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs}}
Category:1960s sailboat type designs