K-BOAT
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1934–1978
Dimensions
- LOA
- 15.5 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Max Draft
- 4 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.75 ft
- Displacement
- 535 lbs
- Ballast
- 110 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.96 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 35.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 20.6%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 145 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- Steel centerboard
Production
- First Built
- 1934
- Last Built
- 1978
- Number Built
- 350
Notes:
Originally called KOHINOOR.
Sailed primarily on the Finger Lakes, NY, (USA).
110-pound steel centerboard.
A short run of fiberglass versions were built by East Suburban Plastics of Syracuse, NY (1975).
The Wright-Built Boat Company was located at Dundee, NY.
Dimensions are approximate.