Dart 15 Sailboat Review, Specs, and Listings
Builder drawing- Hull Type
- Catamaran · multihull
- Rig
- Fractional Sloop
- LOA
- 15' · 4.57 m
- Disp.
- 220 lbs · 100 kg
- First year
- 1979
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Measurements
Dimensions 01
- Length Overall
- 15 ft
- Length on deck
- —
- Waterline Length
- 14 ft
- Beam
- 7 ft
- Draft
- 0.23 ft
- Maximum Headroom
- —
- Air Draft
- —
Construction & hull 02
- Construction
- Fiberglass
- Hull Type
- Catamaran
- Keel Type
- Multihull
- Ballast
- —
- Displacement
- 220 lbs
- Water Capacity
- —
- Fuel Capacity
- —
Rig & sails 03
- Rigging Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Mainsail luff
- —
- Mainsail foot
- —
- Foretriangle height
- —
- Foretriangle base
- —
- Forestay Length (estimated)
- —
- Sail Area
- 132 sqft
Calculations 04
- Sail Area to Displacement Ratio
- 57.95
- Ballast to Displacement Ratio
- —
- Displacement to Length Ratio
- 35.79
- Comfort Ratio
- 1.78
- Capsize Screening Ratio
- 4.64
- Hull Speed
- 5.01 kn
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