WATCH HILL 15

Sailboat Specifications

both US imperial metric

Hull Type:

Keel/Cbrd.

Rigging Type:

Fractional Sloop

LOA:

24.50 ft / 7.47 m

LWL:

15.00 ft / 4.57 m

Beam:

6.75 ft / 2.06 m

S.A. (reported):

340.00 ft² / 31.59 m²

Draft (max):

5.50 ft / 1.68 m

Draft (min):

2.50 ft / 0.76 m

Displacement:

2,800 lb / 1,270 kg

Ballast:

1,000 lb / 454 kg

S.A./Disp.:

27.45

Bal./Disp.:

35.71

Disp./Len.:

370.37

Construction:

Wood/FG

First Built:

1922

Builder:

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (USA)

Designer:

Nathaniel Herreshoff/Sidney Herreshoff

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions

S.A./Disp.:

27.45

Bal./Disp.:

35.71

Disp./Len.:

370.37

Comfort Ratio:

19.04

Capsize Screening Formula:

1.92

Sailboat Links

Designers:

Nathaniel G. Herreshoff

A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff

Builders:

Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

Associations:

Herreshoff Marine Museum

Related Sailboats:

BUZZARDS BAY 15

Download Boat Record:

PDF

Notes

Based on the BUZZARDS BAY 15 (1899).
Beginning in 1969, the Frank Hall Boat Yard in Avondale, RI built 25 Watch Hill 15s of fiberglass to the original 1922 design. These have been actively raced at the Watch Hill Yacht Club, RI, USA.

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