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Inland 20 Scow

Fractional Sloop · Scow Twin Cbrd. · First built 1996

A Melges-designed scow updated with a carbon spar and a sprit-flown asymmetrical spinnaker for high-performance racing

Designed by Melges, built by Windward Boat Works.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Scow Twin Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.73 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 270 kg of hull, so roughly 850 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 270 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 1.12 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 2.70 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.70
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 39.9

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

  • Lighter than ~96% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~80% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file

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

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
39.9
Capsize screening
2.70
Hull
Hull type
Scow Twin Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1996
Designer
Melges
Builder
Windward Boat Works

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

M-20 ScowA classic 1963 twin-board scow featuring a lightweight 270kg hull and a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for agile racingMelges 20A 6.1-meter sportboat featuring a fin keel with bulb and a high-performance fractional rig for rapid planingM-16 ScowA high-performance fractional sloop with a rotating spar, sharing the modern MC Scow hull design since 1999Mc ScowA high-performance cat-rigged scow with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, evolved from 1950s J Scow rootsMarieholm Boats MS-20A 1971 fractional sloop with a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder, serving as the original platform for the Marieholm 20-foot seriesE ScowA 1924 Arnold Meyer Sr

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