A Scow

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 839 kg of hull, so roughly 1,450 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 839 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.30 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 2.61 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.61

EasygoingPowered-up

58.5 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 58.5

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Lighter than ~100% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~100% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file

Compared with 274 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

58.5

Capsize screening

2.61

Hull

Hull type

Scow Twin Cbrd.

Construction

Wood

Production

Years built

First built 1901

Designer

John O. Johnson

Builder

Melges Boat Works, Johnson Boat Works

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