| Mobjack | |
| Insignia: | File:Mobjack sail badge.png |
| Insignia Size: | 100px |
| Designer: | Roger Moorman |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1956 |
| No Built: | 537 |
| Builder: | Mobjack Manufacturing Lockley Newport Boats |
| Role: | One-design racer |
| Crew: | two |
| Draft: | 4feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 4500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 17feet |
| Lwl: | 16.75feet |
| Beam: | 6.5feet |
| Keel Type: | centerboard |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Spin: | 240square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 180square feet |
The Mobjack is an American sailboat that was designed by Roger Moorman as a one design racer and first built in 1956.[1]
The boat is named for Mobjack Bay, Virginia.[2]
The design was built by Mobjack Manufacturing in Gloucester, Virginia and Newport Boats in Newport, California, United States, among other builders. Production started in 1956 and ended in 2003 with 537 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4]
The Mobjack is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a plumb stem and transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a folding centerboard. It displaces 4500NaN0.[1]
The boat has a draft of 4feet with the centerboard extended and 9inches with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1]
For sailing the design may be equipped with a spinnaker of 240square feet. A single trapeze is normally used by the crew.[1]
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the International Mobjack Association.[1] [5]