 Class symbol | |
 | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Johnson/Melges Boat Works |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1950 |
| Builder(s) | Tanzer Industries Melges Performance Sailboats Windward Boatworks |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Name | M Scow |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 440 lb (200 kg) |
| Draft | 2.67 ft (0.81 m), with a bilgeboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| LOA | 16.00 ft (4.88 m) |
| Beam | 5.80 ft (1.77 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | twin bilgeboards |
| Rudder(s) | dual internally-mounted rudders |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 108.00 sq ft (10.034 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 39.00 sq ft (3.623 m2) |
| Total sail area | 147.00 sq ft (13.657 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 89.3 |
The M Scow, also called the M-Scow and the M-16 Scow, is a Canadian/American sailing dinghy that was designed by Johnson Boat Works and Melges Boat Works as a one-design racer and first built in 1950.[1][2]
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "M-16 Scow sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 70-71. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1