Metcalf (dinghy)

Metcalf

Development
Designer	Bill Lapworth
Location	United States
Year	1960
No. built	450
Builder(s)	W. D. Schock Corp
Role	Racer
Name	Metcalf
Boat
Displacement	130 lb (59 kg)
Draft	3.00 ft (0.91 m) with daggerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	13.00 ft (3.96 m)
LWL	12.00 ft (3.66 m)
Beam	4.49 ft (1.37 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	daggerboard
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	catboat
Mainsail area	93.00 sq ft (8.640 m^2)
Total sail area	93.00 sq ft (8.640 m^2)

The Metcalf is an American sailboat that was designed by Bill Lapworth as a racer and first built in 1960. The boat is named for Darby Metcalf who built the first example.^[1][2][3][4]

Production

The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, starting in 1960, with 450 boats completed, but it is now out of production.^{[1][2][5][6][7]}

Design

The Metcalf is a racing, planing, sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cat rig with an anodized aluminum mast and stainless steel standing rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 130 lb (59 kg).^[1][2][8]

The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the daggerboard extended and 6 in (15 cm) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof top.^[1][2]

The design has a hull speed of 4.64 kn (8.59 km/h).^[2]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Metcalf sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
2. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Metcalf". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
3. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "C. William Lapworth 1919 - 2006". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
4. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "C. William Lapworth". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Schock W.D." sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
6. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Schock W.D." sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
7. W. D. Schock Corp (2022). "About Us". wdschockcorp.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
8. "W.D. Schock". Motorboating. January 1962. Retrieved 29 July 2022.