LARCHMONT O CLASS
Gaffhead Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1917
Dimensions
- LOA
- 59.83 ft
- LWL
- 38.5 ft
- Beam
- 12 ft
- Max Draft
- 7.83 ft
- Displacement
- 35,500 lbs
- Ballast
- 18,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.46 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 25.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 278
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 50.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1700 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Gaffhead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1917
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 6
Notes: Designed to the Universal rule though this was a one-design class commissioned by members of the Larchmont Y.C. (East Coast USA) \nNot actually raced as a class until the end of WW1 (1918)\nA marconi sloop rig was adopted around 1928 (also designed by Gardner).\nLast reported fleet racing took place in 1938.\nBoats were seen into the late 1950's.
Designer
- William Gardner (1859–1934)