BoatsSignet (Proctor)

Signet (Proctor)

Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1961

An Ian Proctor-designed centreboard dinghy created for home builders to specifications set by the Sunday Times

Designed by Ian Proctor, built by Fyne Boat Kits.

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.

Ramp-launchableAbout 73 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 0.13 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

47 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 47
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 47.8

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Beamier than ~100% of boats her size on file

Compared with 300 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
47.8
Displacement / length
47.0
Hull speed
4.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
534
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Plywood
Production
Years built
First built 1961
Designer
Ian Proctor
Builder
Fyne Boat Kits

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