FORCE
5 ®  
| Your Ticket to Daysailing Fun!
If you are looking for a high performance speedy little daysailer, the
Force 5 is the boat for you. With its large comfortable cockpit and
91 square feet of sail, it can easily accommodate one or two sailors.
When the wind pipes up you’ll be in for the ride of your life. The
boat is aesthetically pleasing, with a hard chine aft for stability and
a beautiful sharp bow that cuts through the waves. It is easy to
transport, weighing only 145 pounds. It can be cartopped or trailered
and is easy to set up at the local beach or off your lake home dock.
The boat is perfect for everyone from
beginner to expert and is very easy to rig. It has a three
piece tapered mast, a high performance boom, and complete sail
controls that are easily reached and adjusted from the sailing
position. Fast and fun, the Force 5 is eager to help you find
adventure on your lake or bay.
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Your Racing Machine!
If you are looking for a racing one design that is up to date and a
little more advanced and sophisticated than the typical club racer, the
Force 5 is for you. Completely outfitted with the best gear on today’s
market as standard equipment, you won’t believe the value in the Force
5 as a racer. Raced actively all over the nation, the Force 5 has
seen some very talented sailors grace its ranks. Over 12,000 boats
exist, making it one of the largest one design classes in the world.
A full regatta schedule awaits you if you are feeling competitive.
Fast and sleek, with full sail controls, the Force 5 almost has a big
boat feel; yet as a single hander, you’re in charge. Go on and push
it to the edge!
"This is the small boat I sail, and I love it!"
Tom Cramer
Bo'sun Supplies
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History
of the Force 5
The Force 5 was designed in 1972 by Fred Scott
and Jack Evans of AMF Alcort fame. By 1974 it was their second best
selling boat and one of the fastest growing one design fleets in the nation.
It was designed to be a sleek, fast hull that was a step up from AMF’s
simpler boats. The Force 5 had sophisticated sail controls and a
high performance hull and rig. The dream of its designers came true.
Over 12,000 boats were built up until 1989 when AMF Alcort changed hands
several times in a short period of time.
In the autumn of 1993, a company located on Long
Island’s famed Great South Bay began building new Force 5’s again.
Weeks Yacht Yard, boatbuilders since 1898, became the new builders of Force
5 sailboats. Lucky for us they have preserved and continue to manufacture
a beautiful boat!
Specifications
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Length Over All (LOA) |
13’10” |
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Beam |
4’10” |
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Displacement (hull only) |
145 |
pounds |
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Sail Area (Standard Rig) |
91 |
square feet |
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(Junior Rig) |
62 |
square feet |
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Draft |
3” |
board up |
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3’2” |
board down |
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Standard
Equipment
The Force 5 is an outstanding value, that stands
out from the production boats of today. Each boat is handcrafted
to the highest standards. And the builders are all sailors themselves...
they know what you want!
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Hand Laid Fiberglass Construction
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Beautiful Mahogany Brightwork
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3 Piece Aluminum Tapered Mast
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High Performance Aluminum Boom
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Complete Harken Block Package
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Harken Traveler System
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Comfortable Fabricraft Hiking Strap
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Ronstan X-10 Tiller Extension
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High Performance Foils
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Kick Up Rudder System
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Cockpit Bailer
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Top Quality Line Package
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Cam and Clamcleat Adjustment Points
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Sail by Shore Sails New Jersey
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Instruction Book
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1 Year Warranty
Complete, sail-away standard package for only $3,950.00! 
Click here for more info on buying a NEW
Force 5.
Special
Equipment
Other options are available to customize your new boat, or to add to
your existing boat. These include but not limited to:
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Metal-Flake Paint Job (new only)
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Traditional Mahogany Blades
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High Performance Foils
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Special/Personalized Graphics
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Colored Sails
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Zipper Main & Halyard
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Junior Sailor Rig
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RACE TECH Go-Fast Up Grades
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Boat Covers & Dollies
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Compasses
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Inspection Ports
Or, you can buy just a new hull!
Click here for customizing a NEW Force
5, or here customize your EXISTING
Force 5.
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Here
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- Bunks
should be used to properly support a Force 5 on a trailer. Trailer Bunk Templates are available on line. Click Here.
- Use one 5-foot 2" x 12", or two 5-foot x 1-foot
pieces of 3/4" exterior plywood secured together (epoxied is
ideal) for each bunk board.
- Cut tracing with scissors,
place on bunk board and trace.
- Cut out using saber or band
saw out. Fair edges.
- "Cut-outs" marked on aft
bunk are for clearance for stop lights and better vision. If your
lights don’t need this, there is no need to cut out.
- Locate on trailer frame in
locations as shown above. Attach to trailer frame and pad with
carpeting as shown to
right.
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