SS CLASS
Gaffhead Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1909
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16.47 ft
- LWL
- 14 ft
- Beam
- 4.75 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 1.25 ft
- Displacement
- 900 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.97 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 22.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 146
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 133 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Gaffhead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1909
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 150
Notes:
Native to the Long Island South Shore,(US East Coast) the first dozen boats were built by the designer. Later boats came from a number of other builders. Presumably the name came from the designer, but no one seems to know what it stands for. A relatively large number of these boats are still sailing making this one of oldest existing classes in America.
Source: magicsloop.blogspot.com