CALKINS 50
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1960
Dimensions
- LOA
- 50 ft
- LWL
- 43 ft
- Beam
- 12 ft
- Max Draft
- 7.5 ft
- Displacement
- 27,500 lbs
- Ballast
- 7,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.59 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 154
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 25.5%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1038 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood (strip. planked mahogany)
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1960
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Ford
- Power
- 120 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 300 gal
- Fuel
- 250 gal
Notes: An article about this boat, (and it's designer) appeared in 'Sports Illustrated',(3/1963). At that time, 5 boats had already been delivered.
Designer
- Wendell H. Calkins (1912–1977)