Precision 13

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Stephen Seaton

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|location = United States

|year = 1985

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|builder = Precision Boat Works

|role = Racer

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|crew = one

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|draft = {{convert|2.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|140|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|construction = fiberglass

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|keel type = daggerboard

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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Cat rig

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The Precision 13 is an American single-handed sailing dinghy that was designed by Stephen Seaton as a racer and first built in 1985.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/precision-13|title= Precision 13 sailboat |access-date= 9 November 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211109211541/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/precision-13|archive-date= 9 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/seaton-stephen|title= Stephen Seaton|access-date = 9 November 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200913234658/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/seaton-stephen|archive-date= 13 September 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/precision/13|title= Precision 13|access-date= 18 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418190641/https://sailboat.guide/precision/13|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by Precision Boat Works in Palmetto, Florida, United States, starting in 1985, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/precision-boat-works|title = Precision Boat Works|access-date = 9 November 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200913193940/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/precision-boat-works|archive-date= 13 September 2020|url-status= live}}

Design

The Precision 13 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with aluminum spars. It has a catboat rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces {{convert|140|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.67|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the daggerboard extended and {{convert|0.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car rooftop.

See also

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