Boats / Douglass Thistle

Douglass Thistle

Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · 1945–present

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

47.6

Displacement / length

46.8

Comfort ratio

4.3

Capsize screening

3.00

Hull speed

5.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

364

Hull

Hull type

Centerboard Dinghy

Construction

Molded Ply/FG

Production

Years built

1945–present

Units built

4000

Designer

Sandy Douglass, Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass

Builder

Douglass, McCloud, Clark Boat Company

Design & history

Notable features

Spinnaker area: 220 sq ft

Production

Other builders include Northwest One Design, Great Midwest Yacht Company, and Doug Laber (Sunbury, OH).

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