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Clc Northeaster Dory

Fractional Sloop · Daggerboard · First built 2008

A John C. Harris-designed fractional sloop weighing just 45 kilograms, built for light-air performance since 2008

Designed by John C. Harris, built by Chesapeake Light Craft.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Daggerboard

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.42 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 45 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 45 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 0.13 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 1 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 1
CoastalBluewater

At 4.03 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 4.03
LightHeavy

17 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 17
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 50.5

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~98% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~96% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 306 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
50.5
Displacement / length
17.4
Comfort ratio
1.4
Capsize screening
4.03
Hull speed
5.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
229
Hull
Hull type
Daggerboard
Construction
Wood (Stitch and glue plywood)
Production
Years built
First built 2008
Units built
1200
Designer
John C. Harris
Builder
Chesapeake Light Craft, Various (Kit Built)

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