OTTER
Gunter • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1965–1988
Dimensions
- LOA
- 11.92 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 4.83 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.5 ft
- Displacement
- 165 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.52 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 39.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 75 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Gunter
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1965
- Last Built
- 1988
- Number Built
- 1173
Notes:
Originally called the BUBBLE. John Baker who first built them of GRP initially renamed the boat GLASS BUBBLE. The name OTTER was finally adopted; coming from the river of the same name, close by, in East Devon.
The original design consisted of a single skin glass fibre hull and a Gunter rig (without spinnaker). Later models were rigged as Bermudian sloops (with optional spinnaker), and a double skinned hull with integrated buoyancy tanks. Hull weight and sail area vary depending on the version.
Spinnaker: 70 sq. ft.
Designer
- George O'Brien Kennedy (1912–1998)
Builder
- John Baker Ltd. (1962–1981)