C Scow

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The C Scow, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.13 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 295 kg of hull, so roughly 900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 295 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 0.06 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 3.23 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.23

EasygoingPowered-up

46.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 46.1

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Lighter than ~94% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~91% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 538 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The C Scow, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The C SCOW is a 6.1-meter racing dinghy with a Cat (Marconi) rig and a scow twin centerboard hull, designed by J.O. Johnson and built by Johnson Boatworks since 1905. It displaces 294 kg and has a 2.1-meter beam and 1.0-meter draft. The C SCOW is a small, beach-launched boat.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cat (Marconi)

Ratios

SA / displacement

46.1

Capsize screening

3.23

Hull

Hull type

Scow Twin Cbrd.

Construction

Wood

Production

Years built

First built 1905

Designer

J.O. Johnson

Builder

Johnson Boatworks

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The family

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