Blue Crab 11

Short description: Sailboat class

Blue Crab 11Development

Designer| Harry R. Sindle
Location| United States
Year| 1971
No. built| 900
Builder(s)| Lockley Newport Boats
Mobjack Manufacturing
Role| Sailing dinghy
Boat
Boat weight| 200 lb (91 kg)
Draft| 2.75 ft (0.84 m), with daggerboard down
Hull
Type| Monohull
Construction| Fiberglass
LOA| 11.08 ft (3.38 m)
LWL| 10.25 ft (3.12 m)
Beam| 5.17 ft (1.58 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type| daggerboard
Rudder(s)| transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type| Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan| Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area| 65.00 sq ft (6.039 m2)
Jib/genoa area| 23.00 sq ft (2.137 m2)
Total sail area| 88.00 sq ft (8.175 m2)
Racing
D-PN| 110.8

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The Blue Crab 11, also called the Gloucester 11, is an American utility dinghy that can be rowed, used as a motorboat or as a sailing dinghy. It was designed by Harry R. Sindle and first built in 1971. The design is named for the family of crustaceans.[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 Operational history
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Production

The design was built by Lockley Newport Boats and Mobjack Manufacturing in the United States , but it is now out of production. Lockley Newport Boats was originally known as Newport Boats and later known as Gloucester Yachts. A total of 900 examples of then type were completed.[1][3][4]

## Design

The Blue Crab 11 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a loose-footed mainsail and aluminum spars, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 200 lb (91 kg).[1][3]

The boat has a draft of 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the daggerboard extended and 0.25 ft (0.076 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack.[1]

The boat has a reinforced transom to allow the fitting of a small outboard motor.[1]

For sailing the design is equipped with transom-mount mainsheet traveler and can be sailed by one person, although a crew of two is used for racing. When sailed three people may be carried and as a motorboat it has a capacity of five people.[3]

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 110.8.[3]

## Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "Blue Crab is a beginner’s boat. It is dry and easily rigged, and it can be sailed by one person. For its size, it is a light boat and may be car-topped or trailered. Capacity is three adults. The transom is reinforced, so additional brackets are not required for an outboard. Blue Crab may be rowed; when not sailing, it has a capacity of five adults."[3]

## See also

* List of sailing boat types

Similar boats

* Echo 12
* Puffer (dinghy)
* Shrimp (dinghy)
* Skunk 11

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Blue Crab 11 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/blue-crab-11.
2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Harry R. Sindle". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sindle-harry-r.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 8-9. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA)". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lockley-newport-boats-usa.

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