Rocket 22

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}

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|designer = Gary Mull and Don Martin

|location = Canada

|year = 2002

|no built = 15

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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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|beam = {{convert|8.48|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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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}}

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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}}.

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