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]