OSPREY
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1952
Dimensions
- LOA
- 17.5 ft
- LWL
- 17 ft
- Beam
- 5.83 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.83 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.5 ft
- Displacement
- 295 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.50 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 54.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 27
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 150 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood or FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1952
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 900
Notes: Designed for the 1952 Olympic 2 man dinghy selection Trials. Though the FLYING DUTCHMAN was selected, the significantly smaller OSPREY proved faster in the first round.