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MC Scow

Sailboat class

Summary

Sailboat class

FieldValue
insigniaFile:MC Scow (class symbol).jpg
insignia size41px
designerMelges & Johnson
locationUnited States
year1956
no built2,760
builderMelges Performance Sailboats
Johnson Boat Works
roleOne-design racer
crew1-3
draft3 ft with a bilgeboard down
displacement420 lb
hull typeMonohull
constructionFiberglass
loa16.00 ft
lwl
beam5.67 ft
keel typetwin bilgeboards
rudder typetransom-mounted rudder
rig typecat rig
sailplanCatboat
sailarea main135.00 sqft
sailarea total135.00 sqft

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The MC Scow is an American sailing dinghy that was designed as a one-design racer and first built in 1956.

The boat is a development of the John O. Johnson-designed J Scow of the mid-1950s, significantly re-designed by Melges.

Production

The design has been built by Melges Performance Sailboats and Johnson Boat Works in the United States since 1956, with a total of 2,760 boats completed. Johnson went out of business in 1998, but the boat remains in production by Melges.

Design

The MC Scow is a recreational sailboat, with the reverse sheer scow hull built predominantly of fiberglass, with mahogany wood trim. It has a catboat rig with anodized aluminum spars, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and dual retractable bilgeboards. It displaces 420 lb.

The boat has a draft of 3 ft with a bilgeboard extended and can be transported on a trailer.

For sailing the design is equipped with hiking straps and has a mainsail window to improve visibility. It also has a 2:1 mechanical advantage, four-part mainsheet traveler, a Cunningham, a 12:1 boom vang and a 3:1 outhaul.

It is normally raced by a crew of one to three sailors.

Operational history

By 1994 the boat was being raced in 21 fleets in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. By 2020 it was being raced in over 100 fleets across the United States.

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "single-hander? Catboat? Scow? Well, it has bilgeboards. The MC can be sailed single-handed, but it is a big boat and will easily carry more ... The MC is perhaps not quite as athletic as most single-handers."

References

References

  1. McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "MC Scow sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com.
  2. Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 70-71. [[Houghton Mifflin Company]], 1994. {{ISBN. 0-395-65239-1
  3. McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "Melges Performance Sailboats". sailboatdata.com.
  4. McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "Johnson Boat Works (USA) 1896 - 1998". sailboatdata.com.
  5. Melges Performance Sailboats. (2020). "The Melges MC Scow". melges.com.
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