BARCHETTA CLASS
Cutter • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1952–1998
Dimensions
- LOA
- 19.78 ft
- LWL
- 17.52 ft
- Beam
- 5.25 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.74 ft
- Displacement
- 785 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.28 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 39.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 65
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 208 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Cutter
- Hull Material
- Wood (clinker)
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1952
- Last Built
- 1998
- Number Built
- 40
Notes:
Based on the earlier 'Sopranino' (1950).
(The original Sopranino is on display at the Maritime Museum on the Isle of Wight UK)
Thanks to Jan Dirks for providing updated information. The photo is of his own BARCHETTA which is the last one built.
The designer is said to have sailed an open version of the BARCHETTA which was the only boat he ever owned.
Designer
- Jack Laurent Giles (1901–1969)