Shark 24

Shark 24
Development
Designer	George Hinterhoeller
Location	Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Year	1959
No. built	over 2500
Design	One-Design
Builder(s)	Hinterhoeller Limited; C&C Yachts; Halman Manufacturing Co.; Bodo Guenther Marinedepot* (*current builder)
Role	racer, recreational sailing
Name	Shark 24
Boat
Crew	2 to 3
Displacement	2,100 lb (950 kg)
Draft	3 ft 2 in (0.97 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	Fibre-reinforced plastic
LOA	24 ft (7.3 m)
LWL	20 ft (6.1 m)
Beam	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Engine type	3–6 hp (2.2–4.5 kW)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fixed fin
Ballast	iron 675 lb (306 kg)
Rudder(s)	transom hung spade
Rig
Rig type	bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	20 ft (6.1 m)
J foretriangle base	7.3 ft (2.2 m)
P mainsail luff	23 ft (7.0 m)
E mainsail foot	10.2 ft (3.1 m)
Sails
Sailplan	fractional sloop
Mainsail area	117.3 sq ft (10.90 m2)
Jib/genoa area	73 sq ft (6.8 m2)
Upwind sail area	190 sq ft (18 m2)
Class is a member of World Sailing
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The Shark 24 is a Canadian-designed 24 ft sailing yacht which has earned itself a reputation of extraordinary reliability and longevity among sailors both in North America and Central Europe. Having been designed by George Hinterhoeller back in 1959 to cope well even with the harshest conditions found in the Great Lakes region, the vessel has proven to be well suited for extended leisure trips as well as for tough racing.^[1]

The Shark 24 was awarded International status by World Sailing in 2000.^[2]

History[edit]

George Hinterhoeller grew up in Austria where he sailed the light displacement fin keel sailboats that were common there. By 1959 he had emigrated to Canada and was working for a boat builder in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Hinterhoeller decided to design and build a sailboat for himself that was similar to what he had sailed in his youth in Austria. The result was a 22 ft (6.7 m) plywood boat he named Teeter Totter. Other sailors saw the resulting boat, and how fast it sailed compared to the heavy displacement boats common on the Great Lakes at the time and asked Hinterhoeller to build similar boats for them. Hinterhoeller modified the design, stretching it out to 24 ft (7.3 m) and started production of what he then called the Shark. The customer who commissioned the fifth hull requested it be built in fibreglass and offered to help Hinterhoeller build it using this new material. The resulting boat was a success and all subsequent Shark produced were built in fibreglass as this resulted in a lighter boat that took far less time to build so was less expensive and required much less ongoing maintenance.^[1]^[3]

Design[edit]

The shark is a light displacement cruising and racing sailboat. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, a small cabin and a self-bailing cockpit. The iron fin keel, combined with a transom hung spade rudder, and a flat run aft allows the hull to ride up on its bow wave and plane under the right conditions, giving the Shark more speed than a displacement hull of the same waterline length. It had a displacement-length ratio of 123, extraordinarily low for its time.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The Shark has a V-berth, two quarter berths, and a small galley with sink, stove and icebox. It has sitting headroom under the small deckhouse.^[3]

Events[edit]

World Championship[edit]

A World Championship Regatta for the Shark 24 class has been continuously contested for over 50 years. The regatta follows a three-year rotation where for two consecutive years the regatta is hosted by the Canadian Shark Class Association in Canada, and the third year it is held in Europe in Austria, Germany, or Switzerland.^[6]

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966 Ottawa	Canada Sid Dakin
1967 Montreal	Canada Sid Dakin
1968 Niagara-on-the-Lake	Canada Sid Dakin
1969 Toronto	Canada Sid Dakin		Canada Roy Brown
1970 Ottawa	Canada Sid Dakin
1971 Mississauga	Canada Jim Jackson
1972 Kingston	West Germany Horst Shaunbacher
1973 Montreal	Canada John Fitzpatrick
1974 Sandhamn	West Germany Horst Shaunbacher
1975 Fort Erie	Canada John Fitzpatrick
1976	Sweden Eric Schauman
1977 Travemünde	West Germany Helmut Jungbut
1978 Mississauga	Canada Clare Norris
1979 Toronto	Canada Don Walton
1980	West Germany Rudi Magg
1981 Mississauga	Canada Ralph Gilbert
1982 Hamilton	Canada Paul Davis
1983 Attersee	Austria Anton Stader
1984 Fort Erie	Canada Hal Ebert Mike Entwistle Sandy Ebert
1985 Toronto	Canada Dana Richardson Peter Eagar Mo Regnier
1986 Konstanz	Austria Flossi Felsecker
1987 Niagara-on-the-Lake	Canada Hal Ebert Mike Entwistle Sandy Ebert
1988 Fort Erie	Canada Hal Ebert Mike Entwistle Sandy Ebert
1989 Attersee	Austria Flossi Felsecker
1990 Kingston	Canada Peter Schell
1991 Toronto	Canada Peter Vickery David Starck Jamie Day
1992 Kreuzlingen	Austria Flossi Felsecker
1993 Oakville	Canada Greg Cockburn Peter Eagar Christine Forsyth
1994 Niagara-on-the-Lake	Canada Don Ruddy
1995 Friedrichshaven	Canada Don Ruddy
1996 Kingston	Canada Jeff Mitchell Peter Aker Robert McCooey	Canada Graham Jones Tof Nicoll-Griffith Luis Carrasco	Canada Jack Mitchell Chris Daniels Ken Mitchell
1997 Fort Erie	Canada Don Ruddy	Canada Jack Mitchell Chris Daniels Ken Mitchell	Canada Jeff Mitchell Peter Aker Robert McCooey
1998 Breitenbrunn	Canada Don Ruddy John Clark Kathy Ruddy	Austria Flossi Felsecker Franz Lackerbauer Johannes Tinsobin	Austria Franz Flasch Franz Gratzel Doris Potsch
1999 Toronto	Canada Sid Dakin John Dakin Julian Aziz	Canada Jack Mitchell Chris Daniels Ken Mitchell	Canada Mark Wiggins
2000 Parry Sound	Canada Don Ruddy John Clark Martin Shaw	Canada Sid Dakin John Dakin Julian Aziz	Canada Jeff Mitchell Andrew Shaw Peter Aker
2001 Kreuzlingen	Canada Don Ruddy John Clark	Austria Flossi Felsecker	Canada Rodney Smith
2002 Toronto	Canada Greg Cockburn Peter Eagar Christine Forsyth	Canada Steve Elwood	Canada Michael Lee
2003 Ottawa	Canada Greg Cockburn Peter Eagar Christine Forsyth	Canada Sid Dakin John Dakin Julian Aziz	Canada Don Ruddy John Clark
2004 Müritz	Canada John Clark John Fraser Ethier Annie Claude	Germany Jürgen Ahlfeldt Jürgen Borgwardt Dieter Dülffer	Austria Michael Schahpar Elfriede Schahpar Peter Feichtinger
2005 Windsor	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee	Canada Sid Dakin John Dakin Kyle Dakin	Canada Paul Davis Peter van Rossem Nathan Baron
2006 Toronto	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee	Canada Stephen Jones Lisa Katz Jones Kathryn Fuller	Canada Jeremy Lucas Chris Dorrington Graham Eisenhauer
2007 Traunsee	Germany Horst Rudorffer Anita Correll Thomas Molz	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee	Austria Michael Schahpar Florian Leitner Elfriede Schahpar
2008 Hamilton	Canada David Foy Jamie Foy David O'Sullivan	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee	Canada John Dakin Kyle Dakin Morgan Dakin
2009 Niagara-on-the-Lake	Canada David Foy Jamie Foy David O'Sullivan	Canada Josh Wiwcharyk Chris Clarke Martha Rafuse	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee
2010 Kreuzlingen	Canada Greg Cockburn Hal Ebert Peter Aker	Canada David Foy Jamie Foy David O'Sullivan	Austria Ernst Felsecker Klaus Kratochwill Franz Gratzel
2011 Montreal	Canada David Foy Jamie Foy David O'Sullivan	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee	Canada George Stedman Etienne Portelance Robert Levy
2012 Kingston	Canada Robert Davis Paul Davis Brandon Tattersall	Canada Peter Aker Howard Moscrop David Giles	Canada Johan Koppernaes Doug Brown Michael Lee
2013 Muritz	Canada Keven Piper Tom Nelson Jordin Clark	Austria Michael Schahpar Bernhard Hynie Nancy Harvey Douglas Mc Farlane	Canada Greg Cockburn Hal Ebert Peter Aker
2014 Toronto	Canada Keven Piper Tom Nelson Jordin Clark	Canada Peter Van Rossem Peter Van Rossem Jr Stan Wallace	Canada Andrew Morgan Daina Morgan Martin Shaw
2015 Ottawa	Canada Dave Foy Jamie Foy David O'Sullivan	Canada John Dakin Morgan Dakin Trevor Dakin	Canada Peter Van Rossem Stan Wallace Peter Jr. Van Rossem
2016 Ebensee	Austria Michael Schahpar Klaus Kratochwill Ben Hynie	Canada Keven Piper Tom Nelson Jordin Clark	Austria Christan Binder Thomas Czajka Harald Hynie
2017 Toronto	Canada Richard Robarts Colin Clark Cameron Mason	Canada Greg Cockburn & crew	Canada Jeffrey Gillmeister & crew
2018 Kingston	Canada Stephen Jones Geoff Moore Breck McFarlane	Canada Martin Shaw Andrew Morgan Daina Morgan	Canada Peter Van Rossem Stan Wallace Matt Fair
2019 Muritz	Austria Christian Binder Harald Hynie Thomas Czajka	Canada Peter Van Rossem Matthew Fair James Fair	Austria Michael Schahpar Ben Hynie Klaus Kratochwill
2020 Montreal

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The Shark". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
^ "World Sailing - Shark 24". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shark". Canadian Yachting. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "George Hinterhoeller". Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "Royal Canadian Yacht Club Models - Panel 11, Shark 1960". Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "Shark 24 Racing". Retrieved 8 December 2018.

External links[edit]

Media related to Shark 24, Sailboat at Wikimedia Commons

[Shark-1] "The Shark". Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[World-2] "World Sailing - Shark 24". Retrieved 8 December 2018.

[CYS-3] "Shark". Canadian Yachting. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[PS-4] "George Hinterhoeller". Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[RCYCModels-5] "Royal Canadian Yacht Club Models - Panel 11, Shark 1960". Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[Racing-6] "Shark 24 Racing". Retrieved 8 December 2018.

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