EXPLORER 15 (HOLT)
Gunter • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1961
Dimensions
- LOA
- 14.75 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5.67 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.5 ft
- Displacement
- 290 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.43 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 40.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 110 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Gunter
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1961
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
Commissioned by 'Yachting World' magazine and originally the YACHTING WORLD EXPLORER.
The intent was that the amateur builder could purchase the bare glass hull and complete the rest. By most accounts, it never caught on though how many were built is unknown (to us.)
One innovation is the not strictly gunter rig where the mainsail is raised independently of topmast.
Designer
- Jack Holt (1912–1995)