LOA 18', BEAM 6' 6", DRAFT 1'/3' 6", SAIL AREA 170 SQUARE FEET, DISPLACEMENT 1445 LBS.
by William F. Crosby
A stemhead sloop.
John T. Hayward, down in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sailor extraordinary, said not long ago, that if it was possible to design a boat suitable for overnight “cruises” yet small and light enough to go on a trailer, it might become an exceedingly popular craft on some of the big man-made lakes in the southwest. Trivia is just such a craft and represents pretty close to the minimum in size and weight for a cruising boat. It seems that down through Texas and Oklahoma, they have quite a few good sized lakes with particular reference to the new Lake Texoma which is about sixty or more miles from anywhere and without any facilities as yet for keeping a boat. The result is that in order to go cruising on this lake, you keep your boat at home and when you want to go for a cruise you load it on a trailer on a Friday afternoon and off you go for a life on the water. Comes Sunday night and you reload on the trailer, and Monday morning you’re back home with the boat tucked away in a safe anchorage in the backyard. Of course Trivia will have lots of other uses and does not necessarily have to be used on Lake Texoma. For instance, it would make a swell little boat for a couple of youngsters to cruise the Hudson River or Long Island Sound. We would hardly recommend her for a trip to Bermuda, but she has a wide application for more or less protected waters and is easy enough to build so that the average amateur could undertake her construction, and with ordinary care, he would have a nice little cruiser.
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