Fractional Sloop · Centerboard (Trunk) · First built 2010
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
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Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Centerboard (Trunk)
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.36 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 850 kg of hull, so roughly 1,450 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 850 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.30 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater
At 2.51 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 2.51
EasygoingPowered-up
27.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 27.4
TenderStiff
59% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.
Ballast 59%
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
58.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
27.4
Capsize screening
2.51
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard (Trunk)
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2010
Builder
Swallow Yachts
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.
Dufour Yachts T66.15 mSame hull family0.8 m shorterA lightweight 800kg fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance in light air
Melges 247.32 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA 7.32-metre sportboat with a lifting keel and a 32.09 sail-area-to-displacement ratio built for rapid planing
O'day 226.61 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA prolific production success with over 3,000 hulls built, offering a nimble fractional rig for coastal daysailing
Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling5.54 mSame hull family1.4 m shorterA gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing
