| Echo 12 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Echo 12 sailboat 5427.jpg |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Builder: | C&L Boatworks Skene Boats |
| Role: | Dinghy |
| Crew: | Two |
| Draft: | 1.5feet with daggerboard down |
| Displacement: | 1400NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fibreglass |
| Loa: | 11.83feet |
| Beam: | 4.92feet |
| Keel Type: | daggerboard |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 92square feet |
The Echo 12 is a Canadian rowboat, motorboat and sailing dinghy that was first built in 1979.[1] [2]
The Echo 12 is a development of the West German Koralle Junior.[1] [3]
The design is built by C&L Boatworks in Belleville, Ontario and was at one time also built by Skene Boats of Gloucester, Ontario, both located in Canada. The design remains in production by C&L.<ref name="Data"/>[2] [4] [5] [6]
The Echo 12 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. For sailing it has a fractional sloop rig, with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder made from mahogany, controlled by a tiller and a retractable mahogany daggerboard. It displaces 1400NaN0, has a bow storage compartment and may be fitted with a whisker pole. The mainsheet is mounted mid-boom to a block on the cockpit deck.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 1.5feet with the daggerboard extended and 0.33feet with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. The mast is a two-piece design to allow it to be disassembled for car-top transport.[1] [2]
The boat has a motor-mount pad and can be fitted with an outboard motor of up to 50NaN0. It also was factory-delivered with an athwartships seat and oarlocks for rowing.[1]
For racing the design is usually crewed by two sailors.[2]
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "a straightforward beginner's boat, the Echo has been designed for versatility and may also be rowed or powered (with a maximum of five-horsepower outboard). Oarlock sockets are built in, and there is a pad for the motor. A rowing seat runs athwartship."[2]
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