Sidewinder
Description
Sidewinder (often called the Sidewinder 16 or MFG Sidewinder) is a popular American 16-foot (LOA 15'6"–16') fiberglass daysailer/dinghy designed in the late 1960s by British designers Rod MacAlpine-Downie (J. R. Macalpine-Downie) and Dick Gibbs. It was built primarily by MFG Boats (Moulded Fiberglass Goods) in the USA, becoming the company's most successful model with well over 2,000 boats produced. Many are still actively sailed today as affordable, trailerable club racers or fun family day sailors, often found in good condition on the used market for a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars (complete with trailer and sails).
Construction Details
| Designer | Macal-pine-Downie and Gibbs |
|---|---|
| Builder | MFG Boat Company |
| Length | 15.500 ft |
| LOA | 15.500 ft |
| LWL | 14.330 ft |
| Beam | 4.500 ft |
| Displacement | 175 lb |
| Max Draft | 3.000 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.420 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 12.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 4.75 ft |
| p | 16 ft |
| e | 8.33 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.50 ft | 4.75 ft | 16 ft | 8.33 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
Sidewinder - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 16 ft - (4877 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 8.33 ft - (2539 mm) |
| Leech | * 16.99 ft - (5179 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 83.74 ° |
| Diagonal | 17.214 ft - (5247 mm) |
| Head (inches) | 4.5 in - (114 mm) |
| Area | * 68.81 ft² |
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Sidewinder - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 12.5 ft - (3810 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 6.83 ft - (2082 mm) |
| Leech | 11 ft - (3353 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 126.11 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 5.99 ft - (1826 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 7.86 ° |
| Area | * 37.46 ft² |
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Sidewinder - SPINNAKER
| Stays | 13 ft - (3962 mm) |
|---|---|
| MidGirth | 8.75 ft - (2667 mm) |
| Foot | 8.75 ft - (2667 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 180 % |
| Area | * 97 ft² |
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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. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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