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X Boat

Sailboat class

Field	Value
name	X Boat
insignia	File:X Boat class badge.png
insignia size	75px
image boat	File:Xboat.gif
designer	John O. Johnson
location	United States
year	1932
builder	Johnson Boat Works
Melges Performance Sailboats
role	One-design racer
crew	two
draft	2.58 ft with centerboard down
displacement	470 lb
hull type	Monohull
construction	Wood or fiberglass
loa	16.00 ft
lwl	14.50 ft
beam	6.08 ft
keel type	centerboard
rudder type	transom-mounted rudder
rig type	Bermuda rig
sailplan	Fractional rigged sloop
sailarea main	85.00 sqft
sailarea headsail	24.75 sqft
sailarea total	109.75 sqft
d-pn	97.7

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sailing dinghy known as X Boat

Melges Performance Sailboats

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The X Boat, also called the Cub, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by John O. Johnson as a one-design racer and first built in 1932.

Production

The design was built by Johnson Boat Works starting in 1932 and later by Melges Performance Sailboats in the United States. Johnson Boat Works went out of business in 1998, but the boat remains in production by Melges.

Design

The X Boat is a simple, sail training and racing sailboat, intended for junior sailors under 16 years of age. Originally constructed of wood, it is now built predominantly of fiberglass, with wooden trim. It has a fractional sloop with aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a rounded, transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller fitted with a tiller extension and it has a retractable centerboard. It displaces 470 lb.

The boat has a draft of 2.58 ft with the centerboard extended. The boat can be transported on a trailer.

For sailing the design is equipped with a boom vang, a stern-mounted mainsheet traveler and two sets of hiking straps.

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 97.7 and is normally raced with a crew of two sailors.

Operational history

The class is supported by the Inland Lake Yachting Association, which organizes racing regattas. The annual association championship for the class often attracts over 100 boats to compete.

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "The X Boat was designed as a low-performance training boat for junior programs. With the exception of the boom vang, sail control is minimal so as to emphasize handling skills ... Since 1984 the Portsmouth Number has dropped dramatically."

References

McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "X Boat (USA) sailboat". sailboatdata.com.
Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 72-73. [[Houghton Mifflin Company]], 1994. {{ISBN. 0-395-65239-1
McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "Melges Performance Sailboats". sailboatdata.com.
McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "Johnson Boat Works (USA) 1896 - 1998". sailboatdata.com.
[[Melges Performance Sailboats]]. (2020). "The Melges X Boat". melges.com.
McArthur, Bruce. (2020). "Inland Lake Yachting Association". sailboatdata.com.

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