WILDFIRE
Fractional Sloop • Lifting Keel • Built 1968
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16.75 ft
- LWL
- 15 ft
- Beam
- 6.25 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.92 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.92 ft
- Displacement
- 620 lbs
- Ballast
- 250 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.93 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 36.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 82
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 40.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 165 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Lifting Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1968
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: This boat features a hollow daggerboard secured in place by a hatch. Ballast is lowered into the keel using small bags of lead shot. It's unknown how similar to the orginal version the later O'Day model is. Thanks to the folks at CVRDA.com for providing information on the WILDFIRE as well as some other English boats of this era. (Another boat that has a similar feature is the Milne designed VULCAN.)
Designer
- Ian Proctor (1918–1992)
Builders
- Gmach & Co. Ltd. (J. L. Gmach & Co.)
- O'Day Corp. (1958–1989)