Shields (keelboat)
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1962 |
| No. built | 259 hulls have been built to date |
| Builder(s) | Cape Cod Shipbuilding Hinckley Yachts Chris-Craft Industries |
| Name | Shields |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 4,600 lb (2,087 kg) |
| Draft | 4.75 ft (1.45 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 30.21 ft (9.21 m) |
| LWL | 20.00 ft (6.10 m) |
| Beam | 6.42 ft (1.96 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | modified long keel |
| Ballast | 3,080 lb (1,397 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 29.88 ft (9.11 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 9.33 ft (2.84 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 33.38 ft (10.17 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 13.38 ft (4.08 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 223.31 sq ft (20.746 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 139.39 sq ft (12.950 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | 360 sq ft (33 m2) |
| Total sail area | 362.70 sq ft (33.696 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 83.8 (suspect) |
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The Shields, also called the Shields 30 and the Shields One-Design, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens as a one design racer and first built in 1962.