SEAVIEW MERMAID
Fractional Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1921
Dimensions
- LOA
- 24.5 ft
- LWL
- 17.25 ft
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.5 ft
- Displacement
- 3,307 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.61 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 288
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 250 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1921
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
There has been a SEAVIEW class racing on the Solent (Isle of Wight) since 1909.
Boats have been replaced several times:
This version is loosely based on the one designed by Alfred Westmacot in 1922.
Class history:
1909: Design-G.U. Laws, Builder- Arthur Taylor, gaffhead sloop with bowsprit,wood (individually owned)
1922: New design. A. Westmacott - Woodnutts, bermudian/marconi sloop, wood (club ownership arrangement established)
1962: cold-molded plywood replacement, updated by Arthur Robb.
late-1990’s: Fiberglass replacement overseen by David Thomas.
Designers
- Arthur Robb (1908–1969)
- David Thomas (1932–2014)
- Alfred Westmacott (1868–1936)