fox terrier yacht

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• August 6, 2009

launched head to head with the Sonata in the late 1970s,sales of the Tony Dixon designed Terrier suffered as a consequence. With an obtrusive lifting keel box, she lacked the spacious accommodation of her rival and was also not quite as sharp a performer. Butforshoal draught, fast cruising, she is worth a second took.. She has four berths and 5ft 3in headroom but the decor and interior furnishings have struggled to withstand the test of time. Check shroud plates and mast step. Fin and bilge keels were optional. Copland also produced the Copland 28 cruiser, 24ft Foxhound and 20ft Harrier.

LOA 22ft 1in (6.7m) LWL 19ft4in (5.9m) beam 8ft 2in (2.5m) draught 4ft 1in to 1ft(1.2m to 0.3m) displacement 2,6501b (1 ,202kg) Price guide : £5,000 to £8,000.

Review of Fox Terrier 22

Basic specs..

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

The boat equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a genaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

The Fox Terrier 22 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.22 - 1.32 meter (4.00 - 4.30 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Fox Terrier 22 is 2.36, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 5.9 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Fox Terrier 22 is about 98 kg/cm, alternatively 550 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 98 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 550 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

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Fox Terrier 22

Fox Terrier 22 is a 22 ′ 0 ″ / 6.7 m monohull sailboat designed by Tony Dixon and built by Copland Boats starting in 1981.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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Fox terrier 22

The fox terrier 22 is a 22.08ft fractional sloop designed by tony dixon and built in fiberglass by copland boats (uk) since 1981..

The Fox terrier 22 is a light sailboat which is under powered. It is very stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a day-boat.

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• Boat REF#  ·  113530
• Length  ·  6.73m
• Year  ·  1984
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Lifting Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x gasoline 5hp, Yamaha (1984)
• Lying  ·  Portsmouth Harbour

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Sloop rigged Seldon Aluminium spars (1997) with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2008)

High aspect fractional rig. Spinnaker is in good condition, there is a pole plus halyard and sheets. The Genoa is a 2005 Lucas sail.

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 1 batteries charged by:

Construction

Lifting keel with removable windlass, have a look at the photos.

Accommodation

The cooker has been removed and is stored ashore. There is space in the forecabin for a loo, I would suggest a porta-potti might be best.

2 burner Stove

2 halyard winches 2 sheet winches 1 anchors (Danforth) 5.00m of chain 20.00m of rode

Nav Equipment

Tacktick wireless speed and depth - top kit!

Safety Equipment

1 bilge pumps (1 manual / 0 electric)

Broker's Comments

Tony Dixon designed, Uffa Fox inspired, this little boat is bred to race round the cans like dinghy. They slip along is if propelled by witchcraft. A huge sigh of relief has gone round the club now that the owner has put his Foxterrier up for sale – it means someone else can have a crack at winning something! Her sails are not very old, and she is in regular use, so she is pretty much ready to go. Well maintained, there is more headroom in the cabin than I expected, and the big windows make it nice and bright down below. Come along and have a look – just give me a shout and we’ll arrange to meet up at the club.

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• Boat REF#  ·  177212
• Length  ·  6.73m
• Year  ·  1982
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Fin
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x gasoline 4hp, Mariner ()
• Lying  ·  Plymouth

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Merlin Smart battery gauge. 3 x solar panels.

Sloop rigged Proctor Spars & Masts Aluminium spars (1984) with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2013)

Stackpack and Lazyjacks new in 2014. Barton Boom strut. Kevlar Kicker rod. New track for the Blade and Working jib. Custom made full width main sheet traveller giving increased control. Spinnaker tweaker blocks, ratchet blocks, sheets and bow bag.

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 1 batteries charged by: solar panels All LED lighting and Blue Sea switching

Construction

The hull was stipped back to the gelcoat, filled and faired and then two coats of VC Tar with VC Offshore with Teflon antifoul paint. The rudder is of foam/glass with carbon composite profiled to similar lines as a J24 rudder.

Accommodation

2 x tables supplied and full cabin cushions.

1 anchors (Bruce) 4.57m of chain 18.29m of rode There is a custom built stainless steel box section fully adjustable storage cradle which flat packs for transportation.

Nav Equipment

EchoPilot Trio Bronze Speed, Depth and Log. Magellan Colour Chart Plotter FX 324 MAP Raymarine Wind log and ST1000+ Tiller Pilot which is interfaced with the plotter and the wind instrument so that it will steer to a way-point or to a set course or to the wind direction. ICOM IC-M411 DSC Radio

Safety Equipment

1 bilge pumps (1 manual / 0 electric)

Broker's Comments

This is no ordinary Fox Terrier 22. Probably one of the fastest 22 footers in the Plymouth area. She has been in the current owners hands for 15 years, during which time he has lavished much care and attention on her. Many upgrades, bespoke improvements and an extensive racing and cruising suite of high quality sails make this yacht rather special. An excellent performer in club racing, she would be hard to beat, but she could also be used as a fast cruiser. She is highly competitive in her class and is offered for a quick sale to include all the inventory as shown at a very realistic price, which includes the stainless steel custom made cradle.

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Copland Fox Terrier 22

• Thread starter neilflien
• Start date 5 Jul 2010

I bought a Fox Terrier at the beginning of the year and have just launched after some cosmetic and non cosmetic work. I have a question about the keel housing and top of the keel that I hope you can assist with.. The keel housing has four holes in it, two of which have a small eye fitting - the upper part of the keel where the 'halyard' connection attaches (mine has a hydraulic lift) has a hole in each corner. My first outing experience had water gushing through the top of the keel (once lowered) filling almost 2/3rds of the keel box housing and occasionally sloshing to where the keel housing holes are. - Are any of these holes by design / could I fill them - should the top of the keel be sitting under half a foot of water when down??? This is the first lift keel I have been on and my first boat, advice welcome!  

Hi Budy I have a fox terrier, no worries the box will flood, as for the holes make sure you put 4 rubber bungs in them,,, you have iron balast and this will expand if its not sealed properly,,, where are you? i'm in essex.. you have aquired your self a great boat it will get you every where... anything else please ask,, cheers colin  

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I have a Harrier and the keel sounds similar. It's a bit disconserting watching the keel get covered with water when you wind it down but that's what is supposed to happen. The waterline is about 6" below the top of the keel housing. When the boat heels some of the water runs out of the slot in the bottom of the boat, I hope. Do you have two GRP pieces to hold the keel down with bolts all the way through the keel box? A previous owner modified my boat so that water doesn't come out of the bolt holes when sailing fast. The GRP bits are held by expanding bolts and the holes have been glassed over, it's easier to see how it works than to explain it. No pics unfortunately.  

Answered! This is excellent guys. I have the two boxes labelled A/F, which I have been curious about, now I know! - I have a bag of misc. bits so will look for the bolts. No water has of yet escaped the keel housing, but I'll invest in some bungs just in case. The River Blackwater is leaving a lovely deposit every time we head out, so I'm going to try and find a intuitive way to stop this. Thanks for the pics Colin, I'll upload some to share when I can. We are on a swing mooring at Blackwater Sailing Club (Heybridge).  

Solace Pics 'Work in progress' ... and when is it ever not  

• 19 Aug 2011

I was looking around the web for harrier info and i found this thread. can i ask if the keel comes completely inside the hull. ? mine hangs down about 2 inches when fully up, this is due to the winding system, is thia normal ?any body got pics of their keel set up ? thanks Brian  

• 14 Aug 2012

Help Hi all New to this forum and I have just acquired a Fox Terrier with a lift keel and need all the help I can get with sorting it out. My ballast seems to have expanded a little is this a big job to change also keel bolts can anyone send pics of the keel bolts taken off Thanks Paul  

Hi Paul, hard to say without seeing the keel but an angle grinder may well sort out the problem, along with the boat being on high trestles for maintainance access as previously mentioned. After the work has been done I can recommend Dulux Metalshield paint, it requires the special Metalshield primer first; both primer and topcoat are one-pot paints.  

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• Boat REF#  ·  67074
• Length  ·  6.85m
• Year  ·  1982
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Lifting Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x gasoline 9.9hp, Yamaha 9.9 (1999)
• Lying  ·  Devon

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Sloop rigged Aluminium spars () with Stainless Steel standing rigging ()

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 1 batteries charged by: engine

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Accommodation

2 burner propane Stove

1 halyard winches 2 sheet winches 1 anchors (Danforth) 5.00m of chain 30.00m of rode

Nav Equipment

Lowrance X47

Safety Equipment

2 bilge pumps (1 manual / 1 electric)

Broker's Comments

Sitting in a field under a huge cover is not the right place for a boat of this pedigree! Designd by Uffa Fox, a Fox Terrier is supposed to be racing through the sea. This one needs a good pressure wash, step the mast, adjust the rigging and put her back in the water where she belongs. A huge bonus is the lifting keel and the twin axle Admiral swing beam road trailer which means that moving her on land is simple. The motor, the sails and the rigging all appear to be sound too. These boat details are subject to contract. Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.

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Fox Terrier 22 Sailing Yacht

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Engine Make: Suzuki

Selling for a friend, tidy example of these popular cruiser racers. She comes with a full cruising inventory including a comprehensive sail wardrobe, a 4hp Suzuki outboard, trailer, gps, echo sounder, warps and fenders, anchor, sea toilet and galley. She is nicely upholstered internally and has been fastidiously maintained by her owner. Ready to go for the new season, she would make an ideal pocket cruiser or club racer. There is also a virtually brand new Tohatsu outboard which could be made available by separate negotiation.

Please call 0phone for further information or to view. Delivery negotiable - please check before bidding. Also listed elsewhere so I reserve the right to terminate the auction if she sells through a current channel. However, I will consider her sold at the end of the auction and would respectfully ask potential purchasers to get in touch with any queries or requests to view before placing a bid. 10% Deposit to be paid at end of auction, balance on handover of yacht within 7 days unless agreed prior.

She is ready to sail and a bargain for the start of the season!

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If you’re driving west across Russia from the Pacific Ocean, the first thing that you notice upon entering the city of Tyumen is the McDonalds. Tyumen has long been one of the only Siberian cities with a McDonalds restaurant. Although the fast-food giant has plans to open locations in nearby Novosibirsk and other regional cities, Siberia still contains one of the longest distances on earth outside of Africa where you can remain on a major highway and not see a McDonalds. Until you reach Tyumen, that is.

A stop in Tyumen provides an interesting glimpse into how modern Russia’s oil revenue has influenced Siberia’s oldest Russian city. Tyumen is a great stopover point on the Trans-Siberian Railroad and a short ride from Yekaterinburg (five hours) or Tobolsk (four hours).

In the 16th century, Russia started expanding eastward into parts of Central Asia ruled by the Tatars, an Islamic people who still live thoughout Russia. A band of Cossacks wrested control of Tyumen from the Tatars in 1580. Six years later, Russians established a fort in Tyumen on the Tura River.

For centuries, Tyumen vied with the nearby city of Tobolsk—once the official capital of Siberia—for the prestige of the region’s most important city. Tyumen won in the end, when the Trans-Siberian Railroad bypassed Tobolsk and was routed through this now oil-rich city.

Tyumen played an important role in Russian history during times of war. At the beginning of the Russian Civil War, the Bolshevik Red Army slowly pushed the White Army, commanded by Admiral Alexander Kolchak, into Siberia. Kolchak and his anti-Bolshevik forces holed up in Tyumen until the Red Army overtook them in January of 1918.

During the Second World War, many Russian industries were moved away from the front to Siberian cities. Tyumen had already become an industrial capital during the early Soviet era, and the city became an ideal spot to relocate Russia’s western factories. As Nazi forces approached Russia in 1941, the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin was sent from the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square by train to the Tyumen State Agricultural Academy for safekeeping. In 1945, Lenin’s body was shipped back to Moscow.

Some of the factories relocated to Tyumen during wartime remained in the city. The discovery of oil in the region catapulted Siberia’s oldest Russian settlement to further prosperity. Modern Tyumen is a vibrant city with a number of universities and a revamped center well-suited for exploration by foot.

Start your walking tour around central Tyumen on Ulitsa Respubliki. The city’s main drag has fine pedestrian walkways and leads wanderers past an impressive collection of tsarist-era buildings that recall Tyumen’s importance in the beginning of Russia’s colonization of Siberia.

From the southeastern end of Ul. Respubliki, head north toward the Tura River and take a brief side trip onto Ul. Ordzhonikidze to visit the Fine Arts Museum (47 Ul. Ordzhonikidze) which houses exhibits of classical Russian and Soviet art as well as traditional bone carving and works produced by the native people who live in the far north of Tyumen Oblast.

Back on Ul. Respubliki, you’ll soon see the city’s requisite Lenin statue by the local government buildings. A block away, opposite Lenin, is Tyumen’s city park, a delightful place to walk or hop on one of its amusement rides.

Most Siberian cities developed under the watchful eyes of the atheist Soviet regime and churches are usually not Siberia’s strongpoint. But this isn’t true in four-centuries-old Tyumen. Strolling up Ul. Respubliki, you’ll soon come to the Church of the Saviour (41 Ul. Lenina) and the Znamensky Cathedral (13 Ul. Semakova). Each of these stunning Baroque-influenced churches are located right off Ul. Respubliki and were built in the late 18th century.

Tyumen is also famous for its historic wooden houses. Heading further up Ul. Respubliki, stop to wander around some of the side streets and snap photos of these ornate wooden structures which provide a glimpse back in time. Near the Tura River, you’ll pass a civil war monument in remembrance of the Tyumen natives who died fighting the White Army and the Tyumen State Agricultural Academy (7 Ul. Respubliki) an impressive building in its own right where Lenin was stored during the Second World War.

Near the end of Ul. Respubliki, take a walk over the Tura River on the Lover’s Bridge, a suspension bridge open to foot traffic only that has become one of Tyumen’s iconic sights. The other side of the river is a great place to see more of Tyumen’s signature wooden houses as well as take in the churches scattered around the city center.

Save the best for last and visit the Trinity Monastery (10 Ul. Kommunisticheskaya) at the end of Ul. Respubliki. A white wall surrounds the monastery, giving it the appearance of a mini-kremlin, and the golden onion domes of the 18th century churches within should not be missed.

Although navigating Tyumen is straightforward enough, the St. Petersburg-based travel company OSTWEST can arrange a city tour in Tyumen and the surrounding countryside.

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Tyumen, the first Russian settlement in Siberia, lies 2,500km (1,600 mi) east of Moscow and behind the Ural Mountains. The Tyumen Oblast (region) has seen significant economic growth over the past twenty years, fuelled by the discovery and exploitation of significant oil fields.

Tyumen is also an educational centre, with more than forty thousand students.

Originally Tyumen was called Chimgi-Tura and its origins probably lay with the merchants from the ancient trade centres of Samarkand and Bukhara, who needed Siberian rivers to transport their goods to northern markets. For a long time Chimgi-Tura was the capital of Tyumen Khanate, which was a part of the Mongol Golden Horde Empire. With time Chimgi-Tura was renamed Tyumen, a Mongol word meaning “Ten thousand people.”

Russian Tyumen was established in 1586, when the first military mission sponsored by the Tsar and led by Ermak, mainly to respond frequent attacks of Khan Kuchum, seized the town. It then remained a quiet provincial Siberian city up until the 1960s. Most of its inhabitants lived in wooden houses along the Tura and Tyumenka rivers, for which it became known as the “capital of villages.”

Being a major transportation point to Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, Tyumen has experienced all major historical events in Russia. It has seen the Decembrists on their way to exile in Irkutsk, Tsar Nicholas II and his family to their final destination of Ekaterinburg, Revolution turmoil, Civil War, bloody uprisings against the new Bolshevik food policy ( prodrazverstka ), Gulag prisoners, and more. Many famous people were born or studied in Tyumen. Among them is the famous writer M. M. Prishvin. His essays about nature are filled with harmony and the art of words.

One resident was the most controversial figure in Russian history – Grigory Rasputin. His house can be visited in the village of Pokrovskoe, near Tyumen. It is believed that “the devil monk” was born sometime between 1864 and 1872.

Rasputin was an impoverished, drunken, dirty and foul-mouthed man. Even so, people claim that he had great powers. Many said that he was a healer and also a prophet. During his twenties, Rasputin supposedly became a holy man after a long religious conversation with one of his superiors. He lived off the charity of people who admired his asceticism. It is said that one time Rasputin accurately predicted a three month drought. This Siberian mystic arrived in St Petersburg in 1911 and within a few years had become one of the most influential men in government circles.

Tyumen is a city for walking, a city of contrasts. There are two main streets in the centre: Republics and Lenin. Amongst wooden houses and old churches you will see the modern glass buildings of the World Trade Centre and the Law Department of Tyumen State University as well as Soviet style neighbourhoods with multi-storey apartment buildings.

Optional Sightseeing

The historic city of Tobolsk, Siberia’s former capital, displays considerable charm to reward a short detour from Tyumen. The sights include the white-walled 18th-century Kremlin, incorporating the 17th century St Sofia Cathedral, and a weatherbeaten old town described by some as ‘wonderfully dilapidated’.

Winter in Tyumen

The winters are cold in Tyumen and outlying regions. However, they have one attraction that helps to cope with the winter, being open air hot springs. Thousands of people gather there, both locals and visitors from as far as Yekaterinburg and Moscow. this is truly a way to experience the contrast of the cold Siberian winter (-20℃ plus or minus) with the hot spring water (55℃).

It can be fun to change to your swimwear in the car and then dash to the water (100 m) from the parking area. Just taking a few steps out of the water means the water residue on your body turns into solid ice instantly. Good therapeutic skin pore treatment, we are told.

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