Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1928
A 1928 development class centerboard dinghy designed for racing with a trapeze and no spinnaker
Designed by L. E Ted Geary, built by Blanchard Boat Co.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.66 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 238 kg of hull, so roughly 850 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 238 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 0.59 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater
At 2.71 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 2.71
EasygoingPowered-up
49.2 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 49.2
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
Heavier than ~81% of boats her size on file
Compared with 265 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
49.2
Capsize screening
2.71
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1928
Units built
1500
Designer
L. E Ted Geary
Builder
Blanchard Boat 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.
RS Venture4.98 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA 4.98-metre fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, designed for agile, modern dinghy sailing
O'Day Daysailer5.11 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA 1956 centreboard dinghy with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio that remains in production today
CL Sailboats 164.88 mSame hull family0.7 m shorterA fibreglass centreboard dinghy featuring the classic Wayfarer hull shape and sail plan, updated with a modified cockpit
Aubin (Chantier Aubin) Snipe4.72 mSame hull family0.8 m shorterA legendary William F. Crosby-designed fractional dinghy that remains one of the world's most active racing classes
Small Craft Ltd. Wayfarer4.82 mSame hull family0.7 m shorterAn Ian Proctor-designed centreboard dinghy with a high sail-to-displacement ratio, built since 1957 in wood and fibreglass
