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X One-Design (UK)

Fractional Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1909

A strictly one-design Alfred Westmacott classic that has kept fleets racing around the Solent since 1909

Designed by Alfred Westmacott, built by Woodnuts.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.80 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,304 kg of hull, so roughly 1,900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.91 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.67
LightHeavy

258 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 258
EasygoingPowered-up

10.8 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 10.8
TenderStiff

51% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 51%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Narrower than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 123 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
Ballast / displacement
50.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
10.8
Displacement / length
257.6
Comfort ratio
22.9
Capsize screening
1.67
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
361
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Wood (Carvel)
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1909
Designer
Alfred Westmacott
Builder
Woodnuts, David Heritage Racing Yachts

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.

Pearson Yachts Ensign6.86 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA Carl Alberg-designed fractional day sailor and one-design racer built on the proven Electra hull for active club fleets
Cape Dory 257.57 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA George H. Stadel Jr. design featuring the same long-keel hull as the Greenwich 24 but with a unique deck and coachroof
Contessa 267.77 mSame hull family1.5 m longerA David Sadler-designed long-keel masthead sloop, built in both England and Canada with a 25-year production run
Flicka 207.32 mSame hull family1.0 m longerA Bruce Bingham-designed cutter with a long keel, originally offered as amateur plans before becoming a production classic
Jeanneau Cap 5405.40 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA 1986 fractional sloop with a long keel and shallow draft, designed for stable, shoal-water coastal cruising
Bristol Yachts 247.49 mSame hull family1.2 m longerA Paul Coble-designed masthead sloop with a long keel and over 50% ballast ratio for stable coastal cruising

The family

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