Typhoon Senior
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Typhoon Senior
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TYSR.
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|designer = Carl Alberg
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|location = United States
|year = 1984
|no built = 57
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|builder = Cape Dory Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|trapeze =
|draft = {{convert|3.08|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|3300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|hulls =
|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|22.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|loh =
|lwl = {{convert|16.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = long keel
|ballast = {{convert|1700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|26.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|27.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|9.85|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|135.44|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|110.50|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|245.94|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 273
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|previous = Cape Dory 22
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The Typhoon Senior is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a cruiser and first built in 1984.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/typhoon-sr-cape-dory|title= Typhoon Sr (Cape Dory) sailboat |access-date= 7 February 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210207165613/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/typhoon-sr-cape-dory|archive-date= 7 February 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/alberg-carl|title= Carl Alberg 1900 - 1986 |access-date = 7 February 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201021182142/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/alberg-carl|archive-date= 21 October 2020|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 155. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
The boat is a development of the Cape Dory 22, using the same hull mold, but a new deck and rig.
Production
The design was built by Cape Dory Yachts in the United States, with 57 boats completed between 1984 and 1987, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cape-dory-yachts|title = Cape Dory Yachts 1963 - 1991 |access-date = 7 February 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201021182142/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cape-dory-yachts|archive-date= 21 October 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
The Typhoon Senior is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, angled transom; a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces {{convert|3300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.08|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a small, {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The outboard motor is mounted in a transom well, with a hatch cover.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, and two straight settees in the main cabin. There is an ice box underneath the companionway ladder. The head is located under the bow cabin berth. Cabin headroom is {{convert|56|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 273 and a hull speed of {{convert|5.4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/cape-dory-sailboat-owners-association|title= Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association|access-date = 7 February 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210207165929/https://sailboatdata.com/association/cape-dory-sailboat-owners-association|archive-date= 7 February 2021|url-status= live}}
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Best features: She's got that Alberg look, with springy sheer and gracefully drawn ends. And though this boat is close in most dimensions to her comp[etitor]s, she has the feel of a bigger boat, with more space and greater headroom below than her comp[etitor]s. Worst features: Why the quaint little portholes instead of oval or rectangular portlights? Others must have asked the
same question; rectangular ports were substituted on a later version. The outboard well amidships, covered with a full hatch, may look good, but we recall that ventilation in the engine compartment was poor, and to keep the engine from starving from lack of fresh air, the crew would have to prop open the hatch."
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=WZb60vK9WkE Video - sailing a Typhoon Senior]
{{Cape Dory Yachts}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1980s sailboat type designs