Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1955
An early, high-performance E.G. van de Stadt GRP dinghy designed for spinnaker and trapeze racing
Designed by E. G. van de Stadt, built by Grampian Marine.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.55 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 130 kg of hull, so roughly 750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 130 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 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater
At 3.09 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 3.09
EasygoingPowered-up
44.2 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 44.2
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
44.2
Capsize screening
3.09
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1955
Designer
E.G. van de Stadt, E. G. Van de Stadt
Builder
Grampian Marine
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