Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1963
A lightweight 1963 fractional sloop or cat-rigged dinghy designed by Ray Greene for versatile, all-purpose sailing
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 1.37 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 102 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 102 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 0.06 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater
At 2.96 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 2.96
EasygoingPowered-up
34.6 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 34.6
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
Heavier than ~86% of boats her size on file
Compared with 149 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
34.6
Capsize screening
2.96
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1963
Designer
Ray Greene
Builder
Ray Greene, Co
Boats like this, on the water
Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
O'day 123.76 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA lightweight cat-rigged dinghy featuring a simple unstayed mast and daggerboard, sharing her hull with the Widgeon
Fairey Marine Firefly3.66 mSame hull family0.6 m longerThe 1948 Olympic single-handed class, this Uffa Fox design was the first sailboat ever produced by Fairey Marine
RS Feva3.64 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA Paul Handley-designed fractional dinghy with a high power-to-weight ratio, widely raced in its XL configuration
McDougall Waszp3.35 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA one-design foiling dinghy featuring wings and an unstayed rig, built in the thousands for high-performance racing
Europe (International)3.35 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA former Olympic women's single-hander that evolved from the Moth development rule into a nimble one-design dinghy
