SEABIRD HALF RATER
Gaffhead Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1899
Dimensions
- LOA
- 20 ft
- LWL
- 16.33 ft
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.5 ft
- Min Draft
- 1.25 ft
- Displacement
- 1,973 lbs
- Ballast
- 540 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.91 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 202
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 27.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 182 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Gaffhead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood (clinker)
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1899
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 100
Notes:
The oldest one-design Class still racing in the UK (according to the 'Guiness Book of Yachting').
More than 40 boats were built before WWI.
Despite the fact the original plans were drawn on a cigarette pack, a thorough accounting exists for all boats built since 1899. Boat #2, built in 1899, is still sailing.(New boats can still be ordered).
The present day fleet is based at Trearddur Bay, Cardington Bay, and Abersoch and on the Mersey at Wallasey (Wales).
(Trearddur Bay Sailing Club and South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club)
An article on the SEABIRD HALF RATER can be found on Wikipedia.