FAIREY FALCON
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1957
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5.91 ft
- Max Draft
- 2 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.33 ft
- Displacement
- 650 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.73 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 26.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 125 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood/hot molded veneer
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1957
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
Charles Currey was an olympic silver medalist (1952 in the FINN class) and manager of Fairey Marine after WWII.
It is said that Fairey also built a fixed keel version with a small cuddy/cabin called the FAIREY FAUN.
Builder
- Fairey Marine Ltd (1946)