X BOAT (USA)
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1932
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16 ft
- LWL
- 14.5 ft
- Beam
- 6.08 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.58 ft
- Displacement
- 470 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.13 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 28.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 69
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 109 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1932
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
John O. Johnson was the founder of Johnson Boat works (1897) and was an early innovator in scow design on the Great Lakes. Also called the CUB.
Most often sailed/raced by younger sailors (under 16).
Main and jib only.
Builders
- Johnson Boat Works (USA) (1896–1998)
- Melges Performance Sailboats (1945)