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posted May 06, 2005 01:53 AM
   
I was so inspired by the pictures by RBedard in another thread of his CL16 flying a spinnaker I can't wait for the chance to get my CL14 out with the chute. I don't have pictures of the CL14, but here are pictures of me and classmates in a spinnaker class on a 30 ft Shields. I am in the black hat
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Eric
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posted May 06, 2005 10:10 AM
Nice shots of a beautiful boat. Sort of has the classic lines of the 8 metre.Eric IP: 130.63.85.93 |
Shortstay
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posted May 06, 2005 10:54 AM
Gosh that is a beauty, but with the foreshortening of the camera angle, it doesn't look 30'. Is that a Herreshoff design?------------------
Kevin
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posted May 06, 2005 12:56 PM
The Shields has an interesting history. In 1962, Cornelius Shields, who was the helmsman of the "Columbia" America Cup boat and was supposedly one of the best helmsman and tacticians of his day, was looking for a new boat to replace one of the racing classes at the NYYC. He had Sparkman and Stevens design and build it to "classic lines." Sheilds was willing to pay for the fleet, but as a good businessman he wanted a tax deduction, so he paid for the first 20 boats and donated them to Universities under the stipulation that in the summer the NYYC could use the fleet for racing. He continued to donate a number of boats and now there are over 200 of them, most of which still belong to colleges and universities. I sailed them at the Orange Coast College School of Sailing in Newport Beach, CAIt is a great boat to sail and is really exciting at 18 to 20 konts of wind. It heels hard and holds the waterline right at the gunnel. Here are the specs General dimensions of the Shields are:
LOA: 30 feet, 2 ½ inches
LWL: 20 feet
Beam: 6 feet 5 ¼ inches
Draft: 4 feet 9 inches
Designed displacement: 4600 pounds
Keel weight: 3000 pound
Sail Area 360 square feet Bob IP: 63.206.242.2 |
whited
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posted May 06, 2005 04:40 PM
Love those beautiful open racers...
see http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/flinn/bluenose/sloop/sloop.html
and http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/flinn/bluenose/sloop/association.html
Probably not practical for a small family who want to cruise....but they sure are pretty.
A former co worker and crew on the Mirage 33 bought one a couple of years ago.
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Darcy
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posted May 06, 2005 11:49 PM
The Shields were popular in Toronto for a while. It looked like they might replace the Dragon. It's too bad there are not more of them around now. They make a beautiful day sailor.
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Eric
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posted May 07, 2005 11:11 PM
Wow, I would suspect you can fly lots of sail, with that ballast/displacement ratio. Must be a solid ride.
Thanks for sharing the info 
I love learning about classic sailboats. Quite the story of their development.
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