SPEARHEAD (SOUTH AFRICAN)
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1957
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16 ft
- LWL
- 16 ft
- Beam
- 4.5 ft
- Max Draft
- — ft
- Displacement
- 226 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.96 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 56.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 25
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 130 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1957
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
A development of the Goodricke type dinghy sailed in South Africa, designed by Frank Spears and built by Johnny and Hilary Spears.
A high performance dinghy with trapeze.
It became a one-design class in 1963 and raced as such into the mid-1980's. It is possible that more than 200 were built.
Data from original plans
Early boats built of moulded plywood.