Tanzer 10.5

Tanzer 10.5
Development
Designer Richard Carter/Johann Tanzer
Location Canada
Year 1983
Builder(s) Tanzer Industries
Boat
Crew Two
Draft 6.50 ft (1.98 m) swing keel down
Hull
Type Masthead sloop
Construction Fiberglass
LOA 34.42 ft (10.49 m)
LWL 27.50 ft (8.38 m)
Beam 11.50 ft (3.51 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type fixed conventional fin keel or swing keel
Racing
PHRF 162 (fixed keel version)

The Tanzer 10.5 is a Canadian sailboat, that was first built in 1983. The boat was developed from the 1980 Richard Carter designed Tanzer 10, with contributions from Johann Tanzer.[1][2][3][4]

Production

The boat was built by Tanzer Industries Limited in Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in 1986 and production had ended by then.[1][5]

Design

The Tanzer 10.5 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder, wheel steering and a fixed fin keel or optionally a swing keel as the Tanzer 10 LK. The boat displaces 13,000 lb (5,897 kg) and carries 5,700 lb (2,585 kg) of ballast.[1]

The boat is powered by a Japanese-made Yanmar diesel engine of 30 hp (22 kW). It has a pilothouse and inside steering.[1]

It has a hull speed of 7.03 kn (13.02 km/h).[3]

Operational history

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."[6]

Variants

Tanzer 10
Standard keel version with a draft of 5.92 ft (1.80 m).[1] The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 162.[3]
Tanzer 10 LK
Lifting Keel version, with a draft of 6.50 ft (1.98 m) with the keel down and 2.08 ft (0.63 m) with the keel retracted.[1][2] The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 153 with a high of 153 and low of 156.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Browning, Randy (2016). "Tanzer 10.5 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 Browning, Randy (2016). "Tanzer 10.5 LK sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 InterVisionSoft LLC (2016). "Sailboat Specifications for Tanzer 10.5". Sailing Joy. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 InterVisionSoft LLC (2016). "Sailboat Specifications for Tanzer 10.5 LK". Sailing Joy. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Browning, Randy (2016). "Tanzer Industries Ltd, 1966-1986". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  6. ↑ McGoldrick, Michael (2018). "Tanzer 10.5". Sail Quest. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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