Trac 14

{{short description|Sailboat class}}

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|name = Trac 14

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|designer = Richard McFarlane
Jay McFarlane

|location = United States

|year = 1980

|no built = 1500

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|builder = AMF Alcort division of AMF Corp

|role = Sailing dinghy

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|draft = {{convert|0.60|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|195|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Catamaran

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|14.08|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|beam = {{convert|7.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = none

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|rudder type = dual transom-mounted rudders

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|119|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail= {{convert|29|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|148.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|d-pn = 83.5

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The Trac 14 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Australians Richard McFarlane and Jay McFarlane as a one-design racer and first built in 1980.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/trac-14|title= Trac 14 sailboat |access-date= 20 July 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200720192704/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/trac-14|archive-date= 20 July 2020|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 42-43. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}

The design is a licensed version of the 1976 Windrush 14, which was originally known as the Surfcat and built by Windrush Catamarans of Australia. The Trac 14 is {{convert|25|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} heavier than the Windrush 14.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/windrush-14|title= Windrush 14 sailboat |access-date= 20 July 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200720192741/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/windrush-14|archive-date= 20 July 2020|url-status= live}}