Blue Crab 11

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Blue Crab 11
Development
Designer Harry R. Sindle
Location United States
Year1971
No. built900
Builder(s) Lockley Newport Boats
Mobjack Manufacturing
Role Sailing dinghy
NameBlue Crab 11
Boat
Boat weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Draft 2.75 ft (0.84 m), with daggerboard down
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Fiberglass
LOA 11.08 ft (3.38 m)
LWL 10.25 ft (3.12 m)
Beam 5.17 ft (1.58 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type daggerboard
Rudder(s)transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area65.00 sq ft (6.039 m2)
Jib/genoa area23.00 sq ft (2.137 m2)
Total sail area88.00 sq ft (8.175 m2)
Racing
D-PN 110.8
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The Blue Crab 11, also called the Gloucester 11, is an American utility dinghy that can be rowed, used as a motorboat or as a sailing dinghy. It was designed by Harry R. Sindle and first built in 1971. The design is named for the family of crustaceans. [1] [2] [3]

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Production

The design was built by Lockley Newport Boats and Mobjack Manufacturing in the United States, but it is now out of production. Lockley Newport Boats was originally known as Newport Boats and later known as Gloucester Yachts. A total of 900 examples of then type were completed. [1] [3] [4]

Design

The Blue Crab 11 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a loose-footed mainsail and aluminum spars, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 200 lb (91 kg). [1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the daggerboard extended and 0.25 ft (0.076 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. [1]

The boat has a reinforced transom to allow the fitting of a small outboard motor. [1]

For sailing the design is equipped with transom-mount mainsheet traveler and can be sailed by one person, although a crew of two is used for racing. When sailed three people may be carried and as a motorboat it has a capacity of five people. [3]

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 110.8. [3]

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "Blue Crab is a beginner’s boat. It is dry and easily rigged, and it can be sailed by one person. For its size, it is a light boat and may be car-topped or trailered. Capacity is three adults. The transom is reinforced, so additional brackets are not required for an outboard. Blue Crab may be rowed; when not sailing, it has a capacity of five adults." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Blue Crab 11 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Harry R. Sindle". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 8-9. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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