Beta Marine

Beta Marine

Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Fin Keel
Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop
LOA: 38.00 ft / 11.58 m
LWL: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
S.A. (reported): 416.00 ft² / 38.65 m²
Beam: 6.25 ft / 1.91 m
Displacement: 6,300.00 lb / 2,858 kg
Ballast: 2,100.00 lb / 953 kg
Max Draft: 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
Construction: Wood (hot molded plywood)
Ballast Type: Lead
First Built: 1935
# Built: 15
Builder: Luders Marine Construction Co.(USA)
Designer: A. E. Luders Sr./A. E. Luders Jr.

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 19.57
Bal. / Displ.: 33.33
Disp: / Len: 203.45
Comfort Ratio: 30.04
Capsize Screening Formula: 1.36
S#: 2.95
Hull Speed: 6.56 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 535.97 pounds/inch

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Rig and Sail Particulars

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I: 29.10 ft / 8.87 m
J: 9.50 ft / 2.90 m
P: 36.50 ft / 11.13 m
E: 15.20 ft / 4.63 m
S.A. Fore: 138.23 ft² / 12.84 m²
S.A. Main: 277.40 ft² / 25.77 m²
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): 415.63 ft² / 38.61 m²
S.A./Displ. (calc.): 19.56
Est. Forestay Length: 30.61 ft / 9.33 m

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Designers: Alfred E. Luders
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Notes

Originally commissioned by Fishers Island Yacht Club as a new one-design class. Many of the original 15 boats were destroyed in a Hurricane of 1938 but at least one surviving boat is known to have been impeccably restored. (2009)
Photo to be added.
(All dimension are estimates from various sources and not from original plans.)