| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Jim Taylor |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 2001 |
| Builder(s) | Precision Boat Works |
| Role | Day sailer |
| Name | Precision 185 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 880 lb (399 kg) |
| Draft | 3.50 ft (1.07 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 18.42 ft (5.61 m) |
| LWL | 16.67 ft (5.08 m) |
| Beam | 7.33 ft (2.23 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 375 lb (170 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 18.70 ft (5.70 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 6.10 ft (1.86 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 21.50 ft (6.55 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 9.00 ft (2.74 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 96.75 sq ft (8.988 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 57.04 sq ft (5.299 m2) |
| Total sail area | 96.75 sq ft (8.988 m2) |
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The Precision 185, also called the Precision 185K (for keel), is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jim Taylor as a day sailer and first built in 2001.[1][2][3][4]
There is also a centerboard sailing dinghy derivative of the design, the Precision 185 CB, which was named Sailing World's 2003 Boat of the Year.[1][3][5]
The design was built by Precision Boat Works in Palmetto, Florida, United States, between 2001 and 2018, but it is now out of production.[1][4][6][7][8][9][10]
The Precision 185 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, an open plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 880 lb (399 kg) and carries 375 lb (170 kg) of ballast.[1][4]
The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the standard keel.[1][4]
The design has a hull speed of 5.47 kn (10.13 km/h).[4]