Bombardier Invitation
The Bombardier Invitation, is a one-design class of small sailing dinghy, similar to the Laser. It was manufactured by Bombardier in the 1970s.
| Boat | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 1 or 2 |
| Draft | 3 ft (910 mm) |
| Hull | |
| Hull weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| LOA | 15 ft 7 in (4,700 mm) |
| Beam | 5 ft (1,500 mm) |
| Rig | |
| Mast length | 22 ft (6,700 mm) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 90 sq ft (8.4 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 99.4[1] |
| RYA PN | [2] |
| PHRF | 266 |
History
The Invitation was briefly mentioned in Popular Science[3][4] and Popular Mechanics[5] in 1974 and 1975. Bombardier filed for a Canadian trademark in December 1973, and it was registered in November 1974. It was later inactivated in January 1990.[6]
Design
The hull of the Invitation is 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) long, with a hull weight of 82 kg (180 lb). It is cat rigged with only a loose-footed sleeved batten-less mainsail that slips over the two-piece mast. The batten-less design allows the mainsail to wrapped around the mast when not in use. It has a beam of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in).
In 1974 the Invitation was developed into the Bombardier 3.8, a smaller and lighter sailboat.[7]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/technical/Web%20Documents/Portsmouth%20Yardstick%20General/2009%20Part%207%20PN%20List%20BOOK.xls%5B%5D
- "Popular Science".
- "Popular Science".
- "Popular Mechanics".
- "Canadian trade-mark data".
- Browning, Randy (2019). "Bombardier 3.8 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
Bibliography
- Sherwood, Richard M. (1994), A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America (2nd ed.), Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, ISBN 0-395-65239-1.