GEMINI 



The i6'i" sloop Gemini, designed by Sidney De W. Herreshoff, came on 

 the market early in 1962 when it was shown at the New York Motor Boat 

 Show. Built by the Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company (Wareham, Mass.), 

 with a modern round-bottom planing hull and rig, its unusual feature is 

 twin boards instead of one centerboard. While this has been a feature of 

 the Inland Lake Scows, it is seldom seen on other single-hulled craft. The 

 builder calls attention to the following points: 



"In our testing, the boat with two boards was much faster than the same 

 model with one centerboard. The experts will surely agree that a board 

 kept perpendicular, when heeling, offers more efficient lateral resistance, 

 consequently, a much smaller board is used with less wetted surface, re- 

 sulting in a faster boat. Thus our reasoning for installing the boards at 

 the angle of average heel rather than vertical. The Gem does have a board 

 for each tack where it is most efficient. She sails best with leeboard down 

 and weatherboard up. However, she will sail well with both boards down 

 and, of course, downwind with both up. She is easy to sail. Neither skipper 

 nor crew need any particular training to handle her twin boards." 



The centerboard box is completely enclosed. There is an outboard-motor 

 well molded as an integral part of the deck and draining through the tran- 

 som. This looks like a most interesting boat and should go fast. Construction 

 is of fiber glass. Price is $1500. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. i6'i"; waterline 14V'; beam $'j"; draft 

 without centerboard 7'^ with C.B. 3'4"; sail area 140 sq. ft. (spinnaker al- 

 lowed); weight 440 lbs.; trailable. 



G.P. 14 



This is a 14-foot, hard-chine sloop-rigged dinghy designed for the Yacht- 

 ing World in England by Jack Holt. There are now about four thousand in 

 the world, chiefly in England. The class Secretary in America is W. D. M. 

 Mitchell (Box 1043, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada). 



Builders or importers are John Wright, Jr. (328 W. Queen Lane, Phila- 

 delphia 44, Pa.), and the J. N. T. Marine Company (17 Gray Terrace, 

 Bedford, Mass.). Construction is mahogany plywood. The boat is consid- 



RACING CLASSES 95 



