Precision 185 CB

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Use American English|date=November 2021}}

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|name = Precision 185 CB

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|designer = Jim Taylor

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|location = United States

|year = 2001

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|builder = Precision Boat Works

|role = Day sailer

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|trapeze =

|draft = {{convert|4.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down

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|displacement = {{convert|590|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|hulls =

|hull type = monohull

|construction = fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|18.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|loh =

|lwl = {{convert|16.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|7.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = centerboard

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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|18.70|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|6.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|21.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|96.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|57.04|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|96.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|previous = Precision 185

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The Precision 185 CB is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Jim Taylor as a day sailer and first built in 2001.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/precision-185-cb|title= Precision 185 CB sailboat|access-date= 11 November 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211111142513/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/precision-185-cb|archive-date= 11 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/taylor-jim|title= Jim Taylor|access-date = 11 November 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211102132538/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/taylor-jim|archive-date= 2 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://tayloryachtdesigns.com/designs/precision-small-fast-and-fun/|title= Precision: Small, Fast, and Fun|access-date= 11 November 2021|last= Taylor|first= Jim|work= tayloryachtdesigns.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211110005936/https://tayloryachtdesigns.com/designs/precision-small-fast-and-fun/|archive-date= 10 November 2021|url-status= live}}

The design was named 2003 Sailing World's Boat of the Year.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/precision-185-well-done-daysailing-performer/|title= Precision 185, Well-Done Daysailing Performer|access-date= 11 November 2021|last= Andrews|first= Alan|work= Sailing World|date= 6 November 2002|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170619103706/https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/precision-185-well-done-daysailing-performer/|archive-date= 19 June 2017|url-status= live}}

There is also a keel version of the design, the Precision 185.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/precision-185|title= Precision 185 sailboat |access-date= 11 November 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211111141706/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/precision-185|archive-date= 11 November 2021|url-status= live}}