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Victory (Cowes)

Fractional Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1934

A long-keeled fractional sloop based on a 1904 design, maintaining an active one-design racing fleet at Cowes since 1934

Designed by A. Westmacott, S. Graham & Alfred Westmacott, built by Nicholson.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.78 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 680 kg of hull, so roughly 1,300 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 680 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 0.76 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

2.04 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.04
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 23.9
TenderStiff

67% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 67%

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

  • Lighter than ~90% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~83% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 125 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
66.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
23.9
Capsize screening
2.04
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Wood(clinker)/FG
Production
Years built
First built 1934
Units built
80
Designer
A. Westmacott, S. Graham, Alfred Westmacott
Builder
Nicholson, David Heritage Racing Yachts

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The family

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