TRAPEZ
Fractional Sloop • Dbrd. Dinghy • Built 1965–1973
Dimensions
- LOA
- 15.94 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5.58 ft
- Max Draft
- — ft
- Displacement
- 280 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.41 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 62.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 168 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Dbrd. Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1965
- Last Built
- 1973
- Number Built
- 450
Notes: First conceived as a cat rigged single-hander, Paul Elvstrom soon changed the design to become a 2 man sloop and it had a brief production run as such. \nThe photo (above) shows Elvstrom sailing the first TRAPEZ at the IYRU trails (for a new single-handed dinghy) held at Weymouth (UK) in 1965. Though clearly the fastest of the new boats in the fleet, it failed to gain support, partly because of its complexity. (The fact that Elvstrom sailed the boat himself may have actually hurt the boats prospects since many believed that anything sailed by him would end up a winner on the race course.)
Designer
- Paul Elvström (1928–2016)