A SCOW
Fractional Sloop • Scow Twin Cbrd. • Built 1901
Dimensions
- LOA
- 38 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 8 ft
- Max Draft
- 4 ft
- Min Draft
- 1 ft
- Displacement
- 1,850 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.61 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 58.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 550 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Scow Twin Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood or FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1901
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: The largest of the inland racing scows sailed in mid-western USA. Nominally a one-design class, today's 'A' Class Scow is the result of a long evolutionary path with origins that can be traced to a prototype that appeared in 1896. (Designed and built by John O. Johnson, original founder of Johnson Boat Works, a major builder of scows for many years).\n\nMain: 350 sq.ft.\nJib: 150 sq.ft.\nSpinnaker: 1200 sq.ft.
Builders
- Johnson Boat Works (USA) (1896–1998)
- Melges Performance Sailboats (1945)