# Jet 14

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Jet 14 Development Designer Howard Siddons Location United States Year 1952 No. built 1,150 Builder(s) Siddons & Sindle, Allen Boat Company Role One-design racer Name Jet 14 Boat Displacement 285 lb (129 kg) Draft 4.17 ft (1.27 m) with centerboard down Hull Type Monohull Construction Fiberglass LOA 14.00 ft (4.27 m) LWL 13.92 ft (4.24 m) Beam 4.67 ft (1.42 m) Hull appendages Keel/board type centerboard daggerboard Rudder transom-mounted rudder Rig Rig type Bermuda rig J foretriangle base 16.58 ft (5.05 m) E mainsail foot 8.37 ft (2.55 m) Sails Sailplan Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop Mainsail area 75 sq ft (7.0 m2) Jib/genoa area 38 sq ft (3.5 m2) Spinnaker area 150 sq ft (14 m2) Total sail area 113 sq ft (10.5 m2) Racing D-PN 97.6 ← International 14 [edit on Wikidata]

The **Jet 14** is an American [sailing dinghy](/source/Sailing_dinghy) that was designed by [Howard Siddons](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard_Siddons&action=edit&redlink=1) as a [one-design](/source/One-design) [racer](/source/Sailing_(sport)) and first built in 1952.[1][2]

The Jet 14 is a development of [Uffa Fox](/source/Uffa_Fox)'s [International 14](/source/International_14).[1][3]

## Production

Siddons used a set of early International 14 molds that he had acquired to create the Jet 14 hull shape, with a partial foredeck added. It was initially intended to be sailed as a [catboat](/source/Catboat) with just a [mainsail](/source/Mainsail) or as a [sloop](/source/Sloop), with a [jib](/source/Jib), but these days is only sailed as a sloop.[1]

The design was initially built by [Siddons & Sindle](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siddons_%26_Sindle&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Island Heights, New Jersey](/source/Island_Heights%2C_New_Jersey), [United States](/source/United_States), but the company went out of business and production was assumed by the [Allen Boat Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allen_Boat_Company&action=edit&redlink=1) of [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York), who still produce it. Over 1,150 boats have been built.[1][2][4][5]

## Design

The Jet 14 is a recreational [sailboat](/source/Sailboat), with the early boats built predominantly of wood and later boats constructed of [fiberglass](/source/Fiberglass), with wood trim. It has a [fractional](/source/Fractional_rig) sloop rig with wooden or [aluminum](/source/Aluminum) spars. The hull has a [plumb stem](/source/Plumb_stem), a vertical [transom](/source/Transom_(nautical)), a transom-hung [rudder](/source/Rudder) controlled by a [tiller](/source/Tiller) and a retractable [centerboard](/source/Centerboard). It displaces 285 lb (129 kg).[1][2]

The boat has a [draft](/source/Draft_(hull)) of 4.17 ft (1.27 m) with the centerboard extended and 4 in (10 cm) with it retracted, allowing [beaching](/source/Beaching_(nautical)) or ground transportation on a [trailer](/source/Boat_trailer) or car [roof rack](/source/Roof_rack).[1]

For sailing the design is equipped with either a [mainsheet traveler](/source/Mainsheet_traveler) or a headknocker cleat mounted on the [boom](/source/Boom_(sailing)). The class rules were amended to allow [spinnakers](/source/Spinnaker) in 1971 and many boats have cutouts in the foredeck for spinnaker stowage, either a single cutout near the bow of one on each side of the mast. The boat's class rules restrict the cutout sizes. The design is often sailed with the spinnaker and jib hoisted unless in very light winds.[2]

The class rules permit a lever-style [boom vang](/source/Boom_vang) and a jib window for visibility. The rules require buoyancy to be added to the wooden boats, while the fiberglass ones have built-in buoyancy tanks that make them unsinkable.[2]

The design has a [Portsmouth Yardstick](/source/Portsmouth_Yardstick) racing average handicap of 97.6 and is normally raced with a crew of two [sailors](/source/Sailor).[2]

## Operational history

There are fleets sailed in [New York state](/source/New_York_state), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), [Maryland](/source/Maryland), [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) and [Ohio](/source/Ohio).[2]

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "The Jet 14 ... is fast, going well to windward. The long flat run of the hull and the light weight allow her to plane."[2]

## See also

- [List of sailing boat types](/source/List_of_sailing_boat_types)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Data_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Data_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Data_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Data_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Data_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Data_1-5) McArthur, Bruce (2020). ["Jet 14 sailboat"](https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/jet-14). *sailboatdata.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200711221207/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/jet-14) from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Sherwood_2-7) Sherwood, Richard M.: *A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition*, pages 40-41. [Houghton Mifflin Company](/source/Houghton_Mifflin_Company), 1994. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-395-65239-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-395-65239-1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McArthur, Bruce (2020). ["Uffa Fox"](https://sailboatdata.com/designer/fox-uffa). *sailboatdata.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200115162935/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/fox-uffa) from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** McArthur, Bruce (2020). ["Siddons & Sindle (USA)"](https://sailboatdata.com/builder/siddons-sindle-usa). *sailboatdata.com*. Retrieved 9 July 2020.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** McArthur, Bruce (2020). ["Allen Boat Co. (USA)"](https://sailboatdata.com/builder/allen-boat-co-usa). *sailboatdata.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200711215759/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/allen-boat-co-usa) from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

## External links

- [Allen Boat Company](http://www.allenboatco.com)

- [Jet-14 Class Association](http://www.jet14.com)

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