12 Square Meter Sharpie

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• Designed by Krogen Brothers

General Information

Hull Type: Centerboard Dinghy

Rigging Type: Gunter

Construction: Wood

First Built: 1931

Dimensions

Length Overall (LOA): 5.97 m

Length Waterline (LWL): 5.39 m

Beam: 1.43 m

Draft (Max): 0.29 m

Draft (Min): 0.97 m

Weight & Ballast

Displacement: 231 kg

Sail Plan

Sail Area (reported): 12.73 m²

Performance Ratios

On the numbers, 12 Square Meter Sharpie rates as ultralight (D/L 41). Its comfort ratio of 5.5 is in the "lightweight racing" band; its capsize screening value of 2.35 is in the "above the guideline" band. Against its peers, D/L stands out: lower than 99% of the 554 monohulls between 5.4 m and 6.6 m in our catalogue.

Ratios use published displacement (often light ship) and reported sail area; see Sources & methodology.

Hull Speed: 5.64 knots

SA/Displacement (Reported): 34.39

Displacement/Length: 41.06

D/L 41 — ultralight. Lower than 99% of the 554 monohulls between 5.4 m and 6.6 m in our catalogue. Displacement relative to waterline length: low numbers mean a light boat that accelerates and planes easily, high numbers a heavy boat that carries its weight through a seaway.

Comfort Ratio: 5.48

Comfort ratio 5.5 — lightweight racing. Lower than 94% of the 554 monohulls between 5.4 m and 6.6 m in our catalogue. An estimate of motion comfort in waves from displacement, beam and length: higher values suggest a slower, gentler motion.

Capsize Screening: 2.35

Capsize screening 2.35 — above the guideline. Lower than 62% of the 619 monohulls between 5.4 m and 6.6 m in our catalogue. A screening formula from beam and displacement: lower is better, and values under 2.0 are the common guideline for offshore boats.

Immersion: 53 kg/cm

Notes

Selected by Duetscher Segler Vergand in a competition held in 1931. Sailed in the Melborne Olympic Games of 1956. (The gold medal in this event was won by noted Australian sailor, Rolly Tasker). Still raced in a number of fleets around the world (in some cases as variants of the original). In the UK it is the BRITISH SHARPIE or NORFOLK SHARPIE. In Australia called the HEAVYWEIGHT SHARPIE, and beginning in 1960, a modernized version called the AUSTRALIAN LIGHTWEIGHT SHARPIE.