Development | |
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Designer | Melges & Johnson |
Location | United States |
Year | 1956 |
No. built | 2,760 |
Builder(s) | Melges Performance Sailboats Johnson Boat Works |
Role | One-design racer |
Boat | |
Crew | 1-3 |
Displacement | 420 lb (191 kg) |
Draft | 3 ft (0.91 m) with a bilgeboard down |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Fiberglass |
LOA | 16.00 ft (4.88 m) |
Beam | 5.67 ft (1.73 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | twin bilgeboards |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | cat rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Catboat |
Mainsail area | 135.00 sq ft (12.542 m2) |
Total sail area | 135.00 sq ft (12.542 m2) |
The MC Scow is an American sailing dinghy that was designed as a one-design racer and first built in 1956.[1][2]
The boat is a development of the John O. Johnson-designed J Scow of the mid-1950s, significantly re-designed by Melges.[1]