Spindrift 13

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The Spindrift 13, on the water

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 1.58 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 93 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 93 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 0.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 3.52 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.52

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.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

46.1

Capsize screening

3.52

Hull

Hull type

Centerboard Dinghy

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1965

Units built

800

Designer

Hubert Vandestadt

Builder

Vandestadt, McGruer

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