| Martin 16 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Martin 16 sailboat 1208.jpg |
| Designer: | Don Martin |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1995 |
| No Built: | 113 |
| Builder: | Martin Yachts Abbott Boats KAPE Boatworks |
| Displacement: | 7300NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 16feet |
| Lwl: | 16feet |
| Beam: | 4.33feet |
| Hull Draft: | 3.33feet with keel down |
| Engine: | none |
| Keel Type: | lifting keel |
| Ballast: | 3300NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rigs: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 100square feet |
The Martin 16 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Don Martin of Vancouver, British Columbia, specifically as a boat for disabled sailors. It was first built in 1995.[1] [2] [3]
The boat was first built in 1995 by Martin Yachts, who completed 58 examples. Production then passed to Abbott Boats in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, who built a further 55 boats. The original molds were destroyed in a fire in 2006, but a new set were built in 2009 and production was restarted by KAPE Boatworks of Mississauga, Ontario. The design remains in production.[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The Martin 16 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a lifting weighted bulb keel. It displaces 7300NaN0 and carries 3300NaN0 of lead ballast. Both the mainsail and the jib are mounted with booms. It can fly a spinnaker of 194square feet.[1] [3] [7]
Martin 16 sailors sit on a seat facing forward and all controls and lines are led to the cockpit to allow sailing without having to leave the seat. The rudder is controlled with a joystick. There is a second seat behind the command seat for a passenger or instructor. With the keel extended the boat cannot be tipped. The boat has a draft of 3.33feet with the keel extended and 1.33feet with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [3] [8]
The boat is sailed like a dinghy and does not have provisions for an outboard motor.[1] [3]
The design has a hull speed of 5.36kn.[3]
A fleet of Martin 16s is operated by Nepean Sailing Club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and used as the training and racing boat for their Able Sail program for disabled sailors.[9]
A similar fleet of Martin 16s has been used by Challenged Sailors San Diego from Harbor Island for their disabled sailor programming.[10]
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