Rocket 22
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Rocket 22
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R22
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|designer = Gary Mull and Don Martin
|location = Canada
|year = 2002
|no built = 15
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|builder = Rocket Boats
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|displacement = {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fibreglass
|loa = {{convert|22.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|21.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|8.48|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|hull draft = {{convert|5.67|ft|m|abbr=on}} maximum with keel down
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|keel type = retractable bulb fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop
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|I = {{convert|28.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|30.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea main = {{convert|183.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|129.74|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total ={{convert|312.74|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 108 (average)
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The Rocket 22 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by American Gary Mull and Canadian Don Martin as a racer and first built in 2002.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/rocket-22|title = Rocket 22 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101141008/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/rocket-22|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4336/rocket-22|title = Sailboat Specifications for Rocket 22 |accessdate = 10 October 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161011142718/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4336/rocket-22|archive-date= 11 October 2016|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date= 18 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/martin-don|title= Don Martin|access-date = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101141029/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/martin-don|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/rocket/22|title= Rocket 22|access-date= 1 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101142156/https://sailboat.guide/rocket/22|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}
The Rocket 22 is a development of Mull's 1983 Laminex Pocket Rocket design.
Production
The boat was built by Rocket Boats in Canada, with 15 boats completed. The design is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/rocket-boats|title= Rocket Boats|access-date = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101141047/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/rocket-boats|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Rocket 22 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, an transom-hung rudder and a retractable bulb fin keel. It displaces {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.67|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the bulb keel down and {{convert|1.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel retracted. It also features a retractable bowsprit for the large asymmetrical spinnaker.
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 108 with a high of 138 and low of 93. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.21|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
See also
References
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{{Gary Mull sailboat designs}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:2000s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Gary Mull