Saturday Night Special

Drawn for the long expedition events, the Texas 200, the Florida 120, the Everglades Challenge, which suit people who cannot keep a specialist boat and use the family boat the rest of the year. The first idea was something built very fast and thrown away at the end, but the proof of concept sailed well enough to be worth keeping, so she was redrawn to build accurately: a swinging centreboard for speed in the shallows, large buoyancy tanks, side decks wide enough to sit on, and a rudder that still steers with the blade kicked up. She can be built at 13 ft 11 in to stay under the Texas registration threshold.

A quick-build 14 ft 8 in sailer drawn for the long expedition events, the Texas 200 and the Florida 120 among them, and alternatively built at 13 ft 11 in to stay under Texas registration rules. Carries 103 sq ft, draws 6 in board up and 3 ft 1 in down.