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WHIP 17

Sailboat Specifications

both imperial metric

Hull Type:

Centerboard Dinghy

Rigging Type:

Fractional Sloop

LOA:

17.00 ft / 5.18 m

LWL:

17.00 ft / 5.18 m

S.A. (reported):

185.00 ft² / 17.19 m²

Beam:

15.83 ft / 4.82 m

Draft (max):

4.58 ft / 1.40 m

Draft (min):

0.58 ft / 0.18 m

Displacement:

325 lb / 147 kg

Ballast:

S.A./Disp.:

62.69

Bal./Disp.:

Disp./Len.:

29.53

Construction:

FG

Ballast Type:

First Built:

1974

Last Built:

1975

# Built:

120

Builder:

Sail MFG

Designer:

Macalpine-Downie

Website:

Sailboat Calculations

S.A./Disp.:

62.69

Bal./Disp.:

Disp./Len.:

29.53

Comfort Ratio:

0.75

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Designers:

J.R. (Rod) Macalpine-Downie

Dick Gibbs

Builders:

MFG Boat Company (USA)

Associations:

MFG Sailboats

Notes

The WHIP originally came equiped with a furling jib, trapeze, and reacher, but no spinnaker.