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Camden Class

Gaffhead Sloop · Fin Keel · First built 1915

A 1915 gaff-rigged racer with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio and a narrow beam for light-air performance

Designed by Crowninshield, R. N. Burbank & B. B. Crowninshield, built by Hodgdon Brothers.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Fin Keel

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.06 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,134 kg of hull, so roughly 1,750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 15
CoastalBluewater

1.99 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.99
LightHeavy

227 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 227
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 30.5

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

  • Lighter than ~95% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2176 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
Gaffhead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.5
Displacement / length
227.2
Comfort ratio
14.9
Capsize screening
1.99
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
410
Hull
Hull type
Fin Keel
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1915
Units built
4
Designer
Crowninshield, R. N. Burbank, B. B. Crowninshield
Builder
Hodgdon Brothers

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The family

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Dark Harbor 12 1/2A 1915 gaff-rigged sloop with a narrow 1.62-metre beam, designed by R. N. Burbank for the Crowninshield firmNortheast Harbor A ClassCommissioned as the Eastern YC 17, this lightweight gaff-rigged racer features a high sail-area-to-displacement ratioDark Harbor 17 1/2A 1908 gaff-rigged fin-keeler originally commissioned as the Manchester 17 for Massachusetts club racingCambridge CadetA heavy-displacement fractional sloop with a long keel, representing Winthrop Warner's most prolific designControversy 36A 1960 masthead yawl featuring a fin keel and a slender 3.07-metre beam for balanced, performance-oriented cruising

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