Beta Marine

Beta Marine

Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Centerboard Dinghy
Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop
LOA: 14.00 ft
LWL: 14.00 ft
S.A. (reported): 125.00 ft²
Beam: 5.33 ft
Displacement: 210.00 lb
Max Draft: 4.25 ft
Min Draft: 0.50 ft
Construction: Wood/FG
First Built: 1959
Last Built: 1964
Builder: Fairey Marine Ltd. (UK)
Designer: Uffa Fox

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 56.65
Disp: / Len: 34.17
Comfort Ratio: 2.49
Capsize Screening Formula: 3.59
Hull Speed: 5.01 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 266.63 pounds/inch

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Sailboat Links

Designers: Uffa Fox
Builders: Fairey Marine Ltd
O'Day Corp.
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Notes

The GANNET is a decked over version of an INTERNATIONAL 14 (Uffa Fox Mark IV), originally built of molded plywood by Fairey Marine, (FAIREY 14), imported to the US by George O'Day, who then had a fiberglass version built (by Marscot Plastics Inc. USA).
Sold primarily as a trainer for colleges, sailing clubs etc. (The first 30 built were sold to the US Naval Academy.)
Photographs of this boat were featured prominently in a number of American 'learn to sail' books in the mid-1960's though the GANNET wasn't a big seller compared to other O'Day models.
A fixed keel version called the MAVERICK was built for the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club as a trainer.