CAL 20

Description

The CAL 20 is a small sailboat designed by Bill Lapworth. With her light displacement hull, she offers spirited performance. The boat is especially known for its relative speed in heavy air. Class rules limit sails to working jib and mainsail making competitive class racing with minimal crew quite inexpensive. An ideal choice for weekend cruising, day sailing, or club racing.

Construction Details

Designer Bill Lapworth
Length 20.000 ft
LOA 20.000 ft
LWL 18.000 ft
Beam 7.000 ft
Displacement 1950 lb
Max Draft 3.330 ft

The standard boat dimensions

i 22 ft
j 7.33 ft
p 23 ft
e 10 ft
p2 -
e2 -

Sails

Sail Type DRIFTER
Luff * 22.03 ft - (6715 mm)
Foot * 12.39 ft - (3776 mm)
Leech * 19.69 ft - (6002 mm)
Perc LP * 150.07
Length Perp * 11
Deck Angle * 8.96 °
Area * 121.18 ft²
Sail Type GENOA
Luff 21 ft - (6401 mm)
Foot 13.75 ft - (4191 mm)
Leech 21.75 ft - (6629 mm)
Percentage LP * 180.49 %
Length Perpendicular * 13.23 ft - (4033 mm)
Deck Angle * -2.65 °
Area * 138.94 ft²
Sail Type SPINNAKER
Luff 22 ft - (6706 mm)
MidGirth 13.167 ft - (4013 mm)
Foot 13.167 ft - (4013 mm)
Perc LP * 180
Area * 246 ft²
Sail Type MAINSAIL
Luff * 23 ft - (7010 mm)
Foot 10 ft - (3048 mm)
Leech-AftHdBd 24.833 ft - (7569 mm)
Tack Ang * 87.74 °
Diag (clew/head) 24.67 ft - (7519 mm)
Head (inches) 4 in
Area (no Roach) * 116.99 ft²
Comments This is the class mainsail.
Sail Type JIBSAIL
Luff 20.5 ft - (6248 mm)
Foot 9.25 ft - (2819 mm)
Leech 18.187 ft - (5543 mm)
Percentage LP * 113.92 %
Length Perpendicular * 8.35 ft - (2545 mm)
Deck Angle * 7.12 °
Area * 85.54 ft²
Comments This is the working jib defined in the class rules.

Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite.