Phantom Dinghy

The Phantom sailing dinghy is a high performance racer suitable for heavyweights, i.e., people weighing around 100 kgs (220 lbs). The Phantom is a strict one design class of boat for one person that can be built from a variety of materials. All of the early ones were made from wood, and they had metal masts and Dacron sails. Today, production Phantoms are made from epoxy GRP and they have carbon masts and Kevlar sails. Despite lighter and stronger materials than wood being used in the construction of Phantoms, wooden boats remain competitive, as was demonstrated by Len and Simon Smith’s ‘woody’ coming second overall in the National Championships.


The Phantom East Coast Championship was held at Burnham-on-Crouch over the August Bank Holiday weekend, and as I watched some of the action I was able to take photos at the same time.



Statistics


LOA 4.42 m -14' 6" Beam 1.64 m - 5' 6" Mast Height 6.1 m - 20'

Sail Area 9.75 sq m - 105 sq ft Weight 61 kg - 134.2 lb Rig Una

Crew One



Links


International Phantom

http://www.phantomsailing.clara.net/


Phantom Dinghy

http://www.go-sail.co.uk/phantom.asp


VanderCraft – Builders of the GRP version of the Phantom

http://www.vandercraft.co.uk


Wooden Phantom Construction Photos

http://www.phantomsailing.clara.net/homebuilt_woodboat.html


A good article here about Phantoms

http://www.dee-sc.co.uk/fleets.php


Another Article

http://www.blithfield.org.uk/fleets/phantom.htm


Wooden Phantom for Sale

http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/PAA12720