| Javelin | |
| Class Image: | File:Javelin1.png |
| Designer: | Uffa Fox |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1960 |
| No Built: | 5100 |
| Builder: | O'Day Corp. |
| Role: | One-design racer |
| Draft: | 3.83feet with the centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 4750NaN0 hull weight |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 14feet |
| Lwl: | 13.17feet |
| Beam: | 5.67feet |
| Keel Type: | centerboard |
| Ballast: | 49lb of galvanized steel |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Spin: | 90square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 125square feet |
| D-Pn: | 111.8 |
The Javelin, also called the Javelin 14 and O'Day Javelin is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one-design racer and first built in 1960.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by O'Day Corp. in the United States. The company produced 5100 examples of the design, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4]
The Javelin is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. The hull alone displaces 4750NaN0 and carries 490NaN0 of galvanized steel ballast. A fixed keel model was produced in small numbers and carries 1950NaN0 of iron ballast.[1] [3] [5]
The boat has a draft of 3.83feet with the centerboard extended and 6inches with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. The fixed keel model has a draft of 2feet.[1] [5]
The boat may be fitted with a small outboard motor up to 80NaN0 for docking and maneuvering.[3]
The design is equipped with a lockable storage compartment in the bow and gear lockers under the seats.[3]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 111.8.[3]
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the design as, "a beamy, stable small day sailer. Javelin has an unusually large (nine-foot) cockpit, a gear locker under the seats, and a lockable storage compartment under the deck. She is self-bailing and self-rescuing. The transom is reinforced to take outboards up to eight horsepower."[3]
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