Raven (sailboat)

Short description: Sailboat class

RavenDevelopment

Designer| Roger McAleer
Location| United States
Year| 1949
No. built| 400
Builder(s)| Sound Marine Construction
Cape Cod Shipbuilding
O'Day Corp.
Nevins Inc.
Boat
Crew| three
Boat weight| 1,170 lb (531 kg)
Draft| 5.33 ft (1.62 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type| Monohull
Construction| Cold molded plywood or fiberglass
LOA| 24.25 ft (7.39 m)
LWL| 21.58 ft (6.58 m)
Beam| 7.00 ft (2.13 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type| centerboard
Ballast| none
Rudder(s)| internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type| Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan| Fractional rigged sloop
Total sail area| 300 sq ft (28 m2)
Racing
D-PN| 82.6

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The Raven is an American trailerable, planing sailboat that was designed by Roger McAleer and first built in 1949.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 Operational history
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Production

In the past the design has been built by Sound Marine Construction, the O'Day Corp. and Nevins Inc., all in the United States . Today it is built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding and remains in production. A total of 400 boats have been built.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

## Design

The Raven is a recreational sailboat, originally built of cold molded plywood. In 1951 it was converted to be constructed of fiberglass, with teak wood trim, including the cockpit coaming. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, including a double-spreader mast, supported by stainless steel standing rigging. The hull has a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, an internally mounted, fiberglass, spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable fiberglass centerboard. It displaces 1,170 lb (531 kg) and carries no ballast.[1][2][6]

The boat has a draft of 5.33 ft (1.62 m) with the centreboard extended and 7 in (18 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1]

For sailing the design has roller reefing for the mainsail, dual self-bailers and a 6:1 mechanical advantage outhaul. A spinnaker is optional.[2][6]

Class rule changes instituted in 1970 allowed for a one-piece aluminum centerboard, a trapeze, a full width mainsheet traveler mounted on the aft deck and hiking straps.[2]

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 82.6 and is normally raced by a crew of three sailors.[2]

## Operational history

When the Raven was first built of fiberglass, starting in 1951, the initial eight production boats were purchased by the United States Coast Guard Academy for cadet training.[2]

## See also

* List of sailing boat types

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Raven (USA) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/raven-usa.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 124-125. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Cape Cod Shipbuilding". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cape-cod-shipbuilding.
4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "O'Day Corp. 1958 - 1989". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/oday-corp.
5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Nevins Inc. 1907 - 1959". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/nevins-inc.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cape Cod Shipbuilding (2020). "Raven". capecodshipbuilding.com. http://www.capecodshipbuilding.com/fleet/index.php?boat=raven.

## External links

* Official website

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