BLUE JAY
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1947
Dimensions
- LOA
- 13.5 ft
- LWL
- 11.25 ft
- Beam
- 5.17 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.67 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.5 ft
- Displacement
- 275 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.18 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 34.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 86
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 90 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Plywood or FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1947
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 7200
Notes:
Once seen widely in novice programs and in yacht clubs from Florida to Maine (USA), but also in teen's, men's, and women's events. The BLUE JAY was originally constructed of plywood. The class association voted to allow fiberglass in the early 1960s.
Total Sail Area 90 sqft.
Main 62 sqft.
Jib 28 sqft.
Spinnaker 56 sqft.
Designer
Builders
- Allen Boat Co. (USA) (1960)
- Clark Boat Company (1960–1984)
- Formula Yachts (USA) (1979–1985)
- Lippincott Boat Works (USA) (1946–1986)