Tanzer 10.5
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Tanzer 10.5
|image boat = File:Tanzer 10.5 sailboat Harmonia 5063.jpg
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|crew = Two
|type = Masthead sloop
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|construction = Fibreglass
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|keel = fixed conventional fin keel or swing keel
|trapeze =
|loa = {{convert|34.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|27.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|draft = {{convert|6.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} swing keel down
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|phrf = 162 (fixed keel version)
|year = 1983
|designer = Dick Carter/Johann Tanzer
|location = Canada
|builder = Tanzer Industries
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The Tanzer 10.5 is a Canadian sailboat, that was first built in 1983. The boat was developed from the 1980 Dick Carter designed Tanzer 10, with contributions from Johann Tanzer.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tanzer-105|title = Tanzer 10.5 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 10 July 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220303020642/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tanzer-105|archive-date= 3 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1714|title = Tanzer 10.5 LK sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 10 July 2016|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160816181107/http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1714|archivedate = 16 August 2016}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1543/tanzer-10-5|title = Sailboat Specifications for Tanzer 10.5 |accessdate = 10 July 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190125073535/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1543/tanzer-10-5|archive-date= 25 January 2019|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1544/tanzer-10-5-lk|title = Sailboat Specifications for Tanzer 10.5 LK |accessdate = 10 July 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183208/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1544/tanzer-10-5-lk|archive-date= 25 January 2019|url-status= dead}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 268-269. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
Production
The boat was built by Tanzer Industries Limited in Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in 1986 and production had ended by then.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tanzer-industries-ltd|title= Tanzer Industries Ltd. 1966 - 1986|access-date = 28 February 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200908184852/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tanzer-industries-ltd|archive-date= 8 September 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
File:Tanzer 10.5 sailboat Harmonia 1949.jpg
The Tanzer 10.5 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom and skeg-hung rudder, wheel steering and a fixed fin keel or optionally a swing keel as the Tanzer 10 LK. The boat displaces {{convert|13000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat is powered by a Japanese-made Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|30|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. It has a pilothouse and inside steering. The pilothouse is access ed from the cockpit down a short ladder. The pilothouse has wrap-around windows and a helm position to starboard, with a chart table located outboard. Aft of the pilothouse is the head with a shower. Next to that is the galley, with a three-burner propane stove and oven. The main cabin is two steps down from the pilothouse and features a dinette table with seating for eight people. The table can be converted to a double berth. In the bow are two separate berths, with the starboard one above the port one. There are seven deck hatches and three opening ports for ventilation.
Sails include a self-tending jib, 110% and 150% genoas, as well as a poleless spinnaker of {{convert|1300|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} intended only for cruising use.
It has a hull speed of {{convert|7.03|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
File:Tanzer 10.5 sailboat Harmonia 2005.jpg
In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "The Tanzer 10.5 (a 34 footer) was designed with a number of very interesting and innovative features. It has a retractable ballasted keel. Unlike many boats with a swing keel arrangement, the Tanzer 10.5's keel fills-in the entire keel house opening when it is in its lowered position. This means its performance should come very close to that of a true fixed keel. (While conceived as a boat with a retractable keel, it was possible to order it with a standard fin keel or fixed shoal draft keel.) Although the Tanzer 10.5 looks very much like a sleek sailboat, it actually has a pilot house with an interior steering station. Likewise, although the Tanzer 10.5 looks like it is an aft-cockpit boat, it is really a quasi mid-cockpit sailboat. It has a cabin located aft of the cockpit, which is connected to the main cabin by a small passage way. The innovative design of the Tanzer 10.5 does have a few drawbacks. For example, it has a small cockpit for a 34 footer, and because of the complexities of the keel lifting mechanism, this part of the boat is prone to problems."{{cite web|url = http://sailquest.com/market/models/taz105.htm|title =Tanzer 10.5 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|last=McGoldrick |first=Michael |work = Sail Quest|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220303020628/http://sailquest.com/market/models/taz105.htm|archive-date= 3 March 2022|url-status= live}}
Variants
;Tanzer 10.5
:Standard keel version with a draft of {{convert|5.92|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 162.
;Tanzer 10.5 LK
:Lifting Keel version, with a draft of {{convert|6.50|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} with the keel down and {{convert|2.08|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} with the keel retracted. The keel is hydraulically raised and its housing is located inside both the main cabin and the pilothouse. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 153 with a high of 153 and low of 156.
See also
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