| Hilbre One Design | |
| Image Boat: | File:Hie and Hilarity in the Meanai Straits Regattas.jpg |
| Image Caption: | Hilbres racing in the Menai Strait Regattas |
| Designer: | Alan Buchanan |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 1958 |
| No Built: | 55 |
| Builder: | amateur |
| Role: | One-design racer |
| Draft: | 4.42feet with centreboard down |
| Displacement: | 20000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | wood clinker |
| Loa: | 19.75feet |
| Beam: | 5.9feet |
| Keel Type: | keel with centreboard |
| Ballast: | 5000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop masthead sloop |
The Hilbre One Design is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Alan Buchanan as a one design racer, specifically for the West Kirby Sailing Club in northwest England and first built in 1958.[1] [2] [3]
The design has been built in the United Kingdom since 1958, with 55 boats completed.[1] [3]
The Hilbre One Design is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of wood with clinker construction. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 20000NaN0 and carries 5000NaN0 of iron ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 4.42feet with the centerboard extended and 1.56feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [3]
For downwind sailing the design is equipped with a spinnaker.[1] [3]
