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The Rebel is a one design class sailboat. All Rebel hulls are produced from the same mold. Rebels are built to the class rules and cannot be changed or modified by the boat builder unless authorized by the Class. This is the basic definition of all one design class sail boats.

Nickels Boat Works builds the Rebel and several other one design class sail boats. They are known world wide for quality and strict attention to class rules. The Rebel is built to last a life time with some over 50 years old and still sailing.

The Rebel Sailing brochure shows photos with the typical crew of two, but the Rebel can also be day sailed with six passengers in the roomy cockpit. With its large steel center board, it is extremely stable and always comfortable to sail.

Rebel specifications;

Overall length - 16' 1 4"
Beam - 6' 7 1/2"
Draft - 3' 6"
Sail area - 166 Sq Ft

Complete details

WHAT'S NEW

20 July 10 - Rebel Junior scholarship application is on the Class Information page.

7 July 10 - East Coast Districts on Greenwood Lake have been added to the E vents page. The July Rabble is now available on the Newsletters page. Date of the Des Plaines regatta are now Aug 7 & 8.

8 May 10 - Our Rabble editor, Bruce Nowak has posted a new Sailing News below.

21 Apr 10 - Bruce has sent the latest sailing news. See below. The April 2010 Rabble is now available on the Newsletter page. There are new ads on the Buy/Sell page.

Used sails are always wanted. Members can advertize for free in the Rabble and the on the web site.

Registration forms for junior and senior Nationals are available here. This is a list of places to stay in Grand Rapids for the Nationals

1 Apr 10 - A history of Rebel versions has been added to the Articles page, Thanks to Mark Quiniff.

28 Mar 10 - Added patches and decals to the Buy/Sell page. Take a look, they are great.

18 Mar 10 - New ads on the Buy/Sell page. Check out the new North Sails ad.

7 Mar 10 - Bruce has news from the Spring Meeting below.

Latest E-News you can use from Bruce 8May10

Sailing News _ Enjoy Mother’s Day

Now that there are five committed (committable) Rebels headed for Rock Hall for the River Run and then the Regatta, we only need more of our friends to join us. At the club’s web address http://www.rockhallyachtclub.org you too may register for this Eastern Shore event and then discover whose who of our assembly before June 11th.

Less than a month after that trailer series event, all of us will again gather in the Midwest for our Urban National Fest on Reeds Lake at the heart of East Grand Rapids, Michigan. Junior racing starts July 9^th as does the Senior series. Regatta information is available at http://www.rebelsailor.com as well as your April Rabble. And for the record Jack Bartlett let me know that many of the early Nationals were weekend events before evolving into 10 day vacations. I guess that means weekend regattas are a retro thing? Also, should we prime our Mint Bucket for the National competitors with a hospitality sail to Rock Hall? I wonder if that’s enough for Quiet Time to travel.

Another way to broaden our reach may be to revise our Association’s scholarship requirements. Perhaps we provide a stipend to a college or high-school scholar-sailor for three (3) different sea stories about their sailing experiences in the upcoming 12 months from the date of the award. Part of the content may be used directly on the web such as a photo essay with the balance gracing the Rabble. Do you think a five hundred dollar award allocated in 100 increments would entice some competition for the stipend?

US SAILING, the National Governing Body of our sport, has also generated something new for 2011. US SAILING has announced the date and place for the first-ever US SAILING Yacht Club Summit. The summit will take place on April 2-3, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, Ill. According to the US SAILING website, flag officers, general managers, and committee chairpersons of yacht clubs and community sailing organizations of all sizes from around the country are invited to participate.

The two day summit, moderated by US SAILING President Gary Jobson and a host of industry leaders, features a number of informative workshops and seminars, and an impressive list of expert panelists including special guest speaker and sailing icon, Ted Turner. Please save the date for the inaugural US SAILING Yacht Club Summit. Stay tuned for more updates this summer regarding registration details, schedule of events, and list of panelists and guest speakers at http://home.ussailing.org/ycsummit.htm.

Of course we also do not want to forget the One-Design Symposium scheduled for November in San Diego either. US SAILING’s One-Design Sailing Symposium sponsored by the Gowrie Group will be held at Balboa Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, Calif. on Nov. 13-14. More than 30 workshops are scheduled with intriguing topics, such as innovative fleet building, the state of one-design sailing in the U.S., youth sailing, class database management, insurance, measurement, regatta management, sponsorship, public relations, e-marketing and much more. http://racing.ussailing.org/Categories/One_Design/One-Design/One-Design_Symposiums/2010_ODSS.htm

Bruce LJJ Nowak, Editor Rebel Rabble, NRCA

Des Plaines August 2009