Pert Lowell Town
Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1932
A high-performance fractional centerboard dinghy designed in 1932, later offered in fiberglass starting in 1971
- 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 1.76 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 318 kg of hull, so roughly 900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 318 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 0.18 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 7Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.61Bluewater
LightD/L 129Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 30.9Powered-up
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file
- Draws less than ~89% of boats her size on file
Compared with 317 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
30.9
Displacement / length
129.3
Comfort ratio
7.3
Capsize screening
2.61
Hull speed
4.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
278
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Wood lapstrake/FG
Production
Years built
First built 1932
Units built
2500
Designer
Pert M. Lowell
Builder
Pert Lowell, Co, Inc
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