| Metcalf | |
| Designer: | Bill Lapworth |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1960 |
| No Built: | 450 |
| Builder: | W. D. Schock Corp |
| Role: | Racer |
| Draft: | 3feet with daggerboard down |
| Displacement: | 1300NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 13feet |
| Lwl: | 12feet |
| Beam: | 4.49feet |
| Keel Type: | daggerboard |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | catboat |
| Sailarea Main: | 93square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 93square feet |
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]
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]
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 1300NaN0.[1] [2] [8]
The boat has a draft of 3feet with the daggerboard extended and 6inches 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 4.64kn.[2]