MERLIN-ROCKET
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1946
Dimensions
- LOA
- 14 ft
- LWL
- 13.5 ft
- Beam
- 7.16 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.5 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.6 ft
- Displacement
- 210 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 4.82 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 47.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 38
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 105 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1946
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: Popular and very competitive 'development class' dinghy sailed in the UK with a long history of innovations. Actual dimensions vary but must conform to the class rules available on the class web site.