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Designer
  
Joubert-Nivelt

Year
  
1986

Crew
  
Two

Location
  
Canada

Builder(s)
  
Tanzer Industries

Tanzer 29

Draft
  
5.25 ft (1.60 m) (standard keel) 4.5 ft (1.4 m) (shoal-draft keel)

The Tanzer 29 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by the French company of Joubert-Nivelt and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.

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Production

Production of the boat was commenced in 1986 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in May of that same year and production ended.

Design

The Tanzer 29 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel or optionally, a shoal-draft keel.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 174 with a high of 177 and low of 171. It has a hull speed of 6.6 kn (12.22 km/h).

Variants

Tanzer 29
With the standard keel it has a draft of 5.25 ft (1.60 m), displaces 6,900 lb (3,130 kg) and carries 2,425 lb (1,100 kg) of ballast.
Tanzer 29 SD
With the shoal-keel it has a draft of 4.5 ft (1.37 m), displaces 7,150 lb (3,243 kg) and carries 2,645 lb (1,200 kg) of ballast.

References

Tanzer 29 Wikipedia
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