Tropic Bird
Description
The Tropic Bird is a 19-foot camp-cruising surf dory (double-ended centerboarder) designed by Ed Davis of Tremont, Maine. It was featured in WoodenBoat magazine #163 (November/December 2001) as a simple, beachable open boat for adventurous single- or double-handed coastal exploring, rowing/sailing, and overnighting. The design draws inspiration from traditional North Shore surf dories, with a bold sheer, lovely lines, and a focus on simplicity, seaworthiness, and ease of construction for amateur builders. It is not a production boat but a plans-based or one-off wooden design. Several examples and adaptations exist, including the well-known Sparrow (a ketch-rigged version built by Kees Prins in Port Townsend, Washington, adapted from Tropic Bird) and other home-built boats like Avocet.
Construction Details
| Designer | Ed Davis |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 19.000 ft |
| LOA | 19.000 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
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Blueprints
Sails
Tropic Bird - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 13.5 ft - (4115 mm) |
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| Foot | 9 ft - (2743 mm) |
| Leech | * 14.79 ft - (4508 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 80.94 ° |
| Diagonal | 15 ft - (4572 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 4 in - (102 mm) |
| Area | * 61.92 ft² |
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Tropic Bird - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 10 ft - (3048 mm) |
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| Foot | 6.33 ft - (1929 mm) |
| Leech | 9.5 ft - (2896 mm) |
| Area | * 29.1 ft² |
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Tropic Bird - MIZZEN
| Luff | 8.92 ft - (2719 mm) |
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| Foot | 5.9 ft - (1798 mm) |
| Leech-AftHdBd | 9.36 ft - (2853 mm) |
| Tack Ang | * 74.11 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | 9.25 ft - (2819 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 3.5 in - (89 mm) |
| Area (no Roach) | * 26.57 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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