LION CLASS (ROBB)
Masthead Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1951–1965
Dimensions
- LOA
- 35.5 ft
- LWL
- 25 ft
- Beam
- 8.75 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.5 ft
- Displacement
- 14,200 lbs
- Ballast
- 4,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.45 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 14.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 406
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 28.2%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 513 sq ft
- I
- 38.3 ft
- J
- 12.9 ft
- P
- 34.8 ft
- E
- 15.3 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Teak/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1951
- Last Built
- 1965
- Number Built
- 150
Notes:
One of Arthur Robb's most popular designs and a very successful racer. (A sister ship was winner of the Sidney-Hobart Race in 1959 & 1960).
Cheoy Lee shipyard built at least 20 boats of teak, many which went to the US. By the mid 1960's the same yard had developed a fiberglass version also for export to the US and elsewhere. Rig type and dimensions vary widely. The original drawings show a fractional rig.
Designer
- Arthur Robb (1908–1969)
Builders
- Cheoy Lee Shipyard (1870)
- Stebbings & Sons (UK) (1871–2000)
- Swanson Brothers (AUS) (1950–1985)