| Bombardier 7.6 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Bombardier 7.6 sailboat Silverback 5194.jpg |
| Designer: | Ron Holland |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1980 |
| No Built: | about 163 |
| Builder: | Bombardier Limited |
| Role: | Racer |
| Draft: | 4.5feet |
| Displacement: | 33000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fibreglass |
| Loa: | 25.33feet |
| Lwl: | 22.5feet |
| Beam: | 8.5feet |
| Engine: | Outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 9850NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 27.4feet |
| J: | 8.6feet |
| P: | 30.2feet |
| E: | 12feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 181.2square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 117.82square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 299.02square feet |
| Phrf: | 165 (average) |
The Bombardier 7.6 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Ron Holland as a racer and first built in 1980.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by Bombardier Limited in Canada between 1980 and 1983, with about 163 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [4] [5]
The Bombardier 7.6 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 33000NaN0 and carries 9850NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [4]
The boat has a draft of 4.5feet with the standard keel fitted. The design is normally fitted with a small outboard motor of 3to for docking and maneuvering.[1] [4]
Several different port configurations were used during production, including a single and double side portlight.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an dinette table in the main cabin that converts to a double berth and an aft starboard quarter berth. Cabin headroom is 54inches.[4]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 165, with a low of 159 and a high of 171.[6]
In 2009 a Bombardier 7.6, named Gizmo, sailed by Marc Doedens and his father, Ric Doedens, won the overall Lake Ontario 300 competition.[7]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: She is quick and agile, and with her Ron Holland pedigree, she is apt to make the average around-the-buoys racer happy, while still serving the typical young sailing family as an overnight cruiser. Worst features: Her iron keel and thin hull may need more than the usual amount of maintenance to keep in first-class condition."[4]
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