DRAGONFLY ONE-DESIGN
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1946
Dimensions
- LOA
- 14 ft
- LWL
- 13 ft
- Beam
- 5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.5 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.67 ft
- Displacement
- 225 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.29 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 54.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 46
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 125 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood (Clinker)
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1946
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 63
Notes:
Based on the Irish Dinghy Racing Association (IDRA) 14 Footer, some 40 Dragonflies were built on the River Deben, for the Waldringfield Sailing Club. Built between 1940’s and 50’s, a number of the original Dragonflies are still actively raced at Waldringfield Sailing Club.
(Displacement is an estimate)
Designer
- George O'Brien Kennedy (1912–1998)