Leisure 29 / Jaguar/ Lynx 29
The Leisure 29 was designed by Frank Pryor and is identical to the Leisure 27, but having two feet added to provide a larger cockpit.
The skeg and rudder also re-designed. They proved tough, roomy, sea going boats
The L29 was underconstruction in 1979 and introduced for the 1980 London Boat Show. After the demise of builder Cobramold, Jaguar Yachts of Canvey Island bought the moulds and produced the Lynx 29.
About thirty were built.
The hull is built in solid GRP with foam ribs and stringers, thus giving exceptional strength and minimum maintenance.
The hull has a moulded skeg and rudder with either twin bilge keels or a fin keel; the majority being fitted with twin keels.
Double lifelines run through stanchions from a butterfly shaped pulpit to the pushpit.
Teak handrails are fitted each side of the coach roof which is fitted with four ventilators for the main saloon, toilet and hanging locker.
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The non-slip, moulded deck is clean and uncluttered with a flat fore-deck for safe anchor handling. A combined stem-head roller and fairlead is fitted. A 25lb CQR anchor is standard and this is stowed in an anchor well with a two-piece hinged hatch.
Black anodised aluminium toerails, incorporating four fairleads, run from stem to stern.
Two deck mounted halyard winches and two speed sheet winches and cleats are standard fittings.
All standing rigging is in 6mm stainless steel wire, with the shroud chain plates anchored to internal steel brackets through-bolted and bonded to the hull.
Halyards are internal to the mast and run direct via deck mounted turning blocks to winches and cleats.
Accommodation
High topsides give an immense amount of room below with full 6 ft 1½ in headroom throughout, making this a really dry boat but without creating excess windage.
The deck is in balsa sandwich for maximum insulation properties.
Tiller steering is standard, although some were fitted with a wheel.
Down below the cabins are fitted out in teak veneers and quality furnishings. Double lined throughout, the interior has long, tinted windows that make the saloon light and airy by day.
A cooker, sink and icebox are fitted to create a full galley, with sea and freshwater pumps as standard.
The basic arrangement is a dinette that will seat five people in comfort with four more on the berth opposite.
A separate toilet compartment and hanging locker are fitted between the main saloon and fore cabin. The companion way steps are easily removed to give access to the engine.
The standard engine 7.5 hp Volvo diesel Saildrive unit fitted to the the L27 was never powerful enough and therefore the larger twin-cylinder 13 hp engine was fitted to most of the boats.
A twin battery installation is standard.
When Cobramold ceased trading in 1980, the L29 moulds were later used by Jaguar Yachts to produce the Lynx 29. Apart from some minor differences in the internal trim, including the use of light-coloured internal mouldings, the Lynx 29
is identical to the Leisure 29.
Specification
Length Overall 8.80 m 29 ft 4 in
Length Waterline 7.62 m 25 ft 5in
Beam 2.81 m 9 ft 2½ in
Headroom 1.87 m 6 ft 1½ in
Draft
Fin 1.49 m 4 ft11 in
Twin 1.19 m 3 ft11 in
Displacement 2.8tonnes 2 ¾tons
Keelmass 1527kg 3360lbs
Total 3068 kg 6750 lbs
Ballast Ratio 49.77%
Mast
Standard 9.9 m 3 2 ft 6 in
Lake Rig 10.6 m 35 ft
Mainsail 11.91 sqm 128 sqft
No.1 Jib 12.73 sqm 137 sqft
Storm Jib 5.39 sqm 58 sqft
No.1 Genoa 25.1 sqm 270 sqft
No.2 Genoa 20.8 sqm 224 sqft
Spinnaker 57 sqm 617 sqft
Performance
Performance
For cruising boats, The RYA has updated the Portsmouth Yardstick scheme with the National Handicap for Cruisers (NHC). More up to date information may be obtainable from the RYA NHC site and the Byron web site.
The only yardstick information we have is a Recorded Number (RN) from 1982 published by the RYA on the basis of limited information.
Keel Engine Propeller Number Year
Twin Inboard Folding RN1060 1982
L29_Flyer.pdfThe company never completed a full brochure for the Leisure 29. There was only a simple 2 page flyer.