FLYING TERN
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1955
Dimensions
- LOA
- 13.94 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5.09 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.12 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.49 ft
- Displacement
- 287 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.09 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 44.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 120 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1955
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
One of the earliest and most popular (to this day) European production GRP sailing dinghy.
Spinnaker and trapeze permitted for racing. See class association for more details.
VDS design #56.