Thunderbird 26

The Thunderbird class sailboat was designed in 1958 by Seattle Washington naval architect Ben Seaborn, in response to a request from the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (now APA - The Engineered Wood Association) of Tacoma, Washington for design proposals for a sailboat that would "... ^[1]

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1. 3 relations: Genoa (sail), Monohull, Spinnaker.

2. 1950s sailboat type designs

Genoa (sail)

A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating it.

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Monohull

right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.

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Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind).

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See also

1950s sailboat type designs

• 505 (dinghy)
• Amphibi-Con 25
• Arco 33
• Bermuda 40
• Beverly Dinghy
• Block Island 40
• Cal 24
• Cape Cod Gemini
• Dart (dinghy)
• Dolphin 24
• Enterprise (dinghy)
• Fairey Atalanta
• Flying Dutchman (dinghy)
• Flying Scot (dinghy)
• Gladiator 24
• Hartley TS16
• Herreshoff Goldeneye
• Herreshoff Rozinante
• Hilbre One Design
• International FJ
• Jet 14
• L 6 (keelboat)
• Lapworth 24
• Lehman 12
• Lehman Interclub
• Lido 14
• M Scow
• MC Scow
• Marlin 23
• Mercer 44
• Minisail (dinghy)
• Mobjack (dinghy)
• New Horizons 26
• OK (dinghy)
• Pearson Triton
• Picnic 17
• Rhodes 19
• Sea Sprite 23
• Shark 24
• Silhouette (boat)
• Stella (yacht)
• Sunfish (sailboat)
• Swiftsure 33
• Thunderbird 26
• Vaurien
• Windmill (sailing dinghy)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_26

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