RAVEN 



Designed by Roger McAleer and starting as a 24-foot plywood, center- 

 board sloop, the boat is now made of fiber glass by the Cape Cod Ship- 

 building Company (Wareham, Mass.). The boat proved fast and turned 

 in very good performances in Yachtings One-of-a-Kind Regattas, finishing 

 third, boat for boat, in 1954, eighth in 1959. There are now about three 

 hundred Ravens, with their principal sailing areas at Miami, Detroit, Mar- 

 blehead, and St. Louis. There is also a fleet on Long Island Sound. Robert 

 Kerr, Jr. (6081 12th St., Detroit, Mich.) is Secretary of the Raven Class 

 Association. Price is $3500 new, $2000 to $2500 old. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 24V; watcrline 21'/''; beam /; draft 

 without centerboard Y\ with C.B. $'4''; sail area 300 sq. ft. (spinnaker 

 used); weight 1000 lbs.; trailable; racing crew allowed, four. 



REBEL 



The 16-foot Rebel-class centerboard sloop was designed by Ray Greene 

 and is built by his company (508 S. Byrne St., Toledo, Ohio). Yachtings 

 Boat Owners Buyers Guide reports 368 registered owners in various parts 

 of the country, but Ray Greene says there are sixteen hundred boats in the 

 United States and three hundred more in the world. So it is one of the 

 larger classes of its type. The American boats are principally on the Great 

 Lakes, in Florida, and scattered along the East Coast. The Secretary-Treas- 

 urer of the National Rebel Class Association is Thomas F. Ehman ( 1205 

 Cascade Lane, Ypsilanti, Mich. ) . This would appear to be one of a number 

 of similar boats, attractive, and a good sailer. 



Her principal feature is foam flotation underneath a cockpit floor which 

 is an integral part of the fiber-glass hull and self-bailing. To reduce main- 

 tenance costs, all wood has been eliminated from the cockpit and else- 

 where. The Rebel also has foam flotation material inside the aluminum 

 mast. All these features, of course, add to safety. The boats are raced ac- 

 tively and are also used for camp training and, extensively, for military 

 recreation. Price is $1669. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. i6'; beam 5'6"; draft without center- 

 board 6", with C.B. 3'; sail area 166 sq. ft. (no spinnaker); weight 700 

 lbs. minimum; trailable. 



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