5.5 METER
Fractional Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1949
Dimensions
- LOA
- 32.5 ft
- LWL
- 23 ft
- Beam
- 6.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.43 ft
- Displacement
- 4,000 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.64 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 19.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 147
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 310 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1949
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 800
Notes: Dimensions are approximate since this is a development class. (The formula, introduced in 1949, incorporates elements of the square meter and international rules. Adopted as an Olympic class beginning in 1952. Although it was replaced (with the SOLING) in 1968, the class is still active in many parts of Europe.\nAccording to the class web site, about 800 boats have been built to this rule.