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Houdini (sailboat)
The Houdini is a New Zealand sailing dinghy that was designed by John Welsford as a cruiser and first built in 2011.[1][2][3][4] The boat's designer intended it as an "escape machine" and so named it in honour of Harry Houdini.[3][4] ProductionThe design is supplied in the form of plans. It has been built by amateur builders and also by some professional builders on a custom basis.[1] Design The boat was designed for camping on-shore and provides stowage space to take a large amount of camping gear. It can accommodate four people for camping-cruising or up to seven people for day sailing. The design has sleeping accommodation for two adults under a boom tent.[3][4] The Houdini is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of wood, with a plywood hull and wooden spars and trim. The prototype used bamboo spars. It has a lug sail rig and can be fitted with a mizzen mast and sail as a yawl. It has a pronounced sheer, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centreboard. It displaces 187 lb (85 kg). A cuddy cabin is optional.[1][3][4] The boat may be optionally fitted with an outboard engine for docking and maneuvering.[3][4] Boats have also been completed with gaff rigs and sloop rigs.[3] See alsoSimilar sailboats References
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