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Blog to track where Classic International 14 sailing dinghies are now located in North America. I am also interested in archival material (photos, videos, correspondence) on Classic International 14's. You can view the images posted on this blog using Google > Images by typing these words in the search box: "Classic International 14 cbifda blogspot"
I've looked back through some material I have on Sandy Douglas and he doesn't give much information on who was first to develop the planing hull, but he appears to take credit, starting with the 1933 International Cup Challenge. The implication is that he went straight to the 17 foot design that became his Thistle. But the I-14 and the Thistle are so similar, it's hard to imagine they didn't come from the same pen.
ReplyDeleteI got my first glimpse of an old I-14 a couple months back, in Portland, Oregon. It was apparently built in the mid to late 40's and is hot molded. The uninformed would have to see the Thistle and the I-14 side by side to see the difference.
The boat shown here is more distinctive. All those frames!
US 112 was originally "Puff" and owned by Cal Kinnear in Seattle. This is a Sandy Douglass boat. His "signature" is a rosewood strake, second down from the gunn'l.
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ReplyDeleteWhat causes a boat to plane? Is it the transitional point where the V front becomes a round bottom and there creates an air pocket? It is said that the first designs of that nature and the boats were said to create a Planing effect were the LSSA 14s dated from the late 1800s.
ReplyDeleteHere's who I think what was the first small sailing boat to plane.
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