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)
Not actually raced as a class until the end of WW1 (1918)
A marconi sloop rig was adopted around 1928 (also designed by Gardner).
Last reported fleet racing took place in 1938.
Boats were seen into the late 1950's.
Designer
- William Gardner (1859–1934)