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M Scow

Index M Scow

The M Scow, also called the M-Scow and the M-16 Scow, is a Canadian/American sailing dinghy that was designed by Johnson Boat Works and Melges Boat Works as a one-design racer and first built in 1950. [1]

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  1. 39 relations: Aluminium, Bermuda rig, Bilgeboard, Boat trailer, Boom (sailing), Boom vang, Canada, Cunningham (sailing), Dinghy sailing, Draft (hull), Fiberglass, Fractional rig, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jib, Johnson Boat Works, List of sailing boat types, Mainsail, MC Scow, Melges 17, Melges Performance Sailboats, Middleton, Wisconsin, Monohull, One-design racing, Portsmouth Yardstick, Rudder, Running rigging, Sailboat, Sailing (sport), Sailor, Scow, Sheer (ship), Sheet (sailing), Sloop, Tanzer Industries, Tiller, Traveller (nautical fitting), United States, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Zenda, Wisconsin.

  2. 1950s sailboat type designs
  3. Sailboat type designs by Johnson Boat Works
  4. Sailboat type designs by Melges Boat Works
  5. Sailboat types built by Melges Performance Sailboats
  6. Sailboat types built by Tanzer Industries
  7. Sailboat types built by Windward Boatworks
  8. Scows

Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.

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Bilgeboard

A bilgeboard is a lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard.

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Boat trailer

A boat trailer is designed to launch, retrieve, carry and sometimes store boats.

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Boom (sailing)

In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole), along the of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail.

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Boom vang

A boom vang (US) or kicking strap (UK) (often shortened to "vang" or "kicker") is a line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Cunningham (sailing)

In sailing, a cunningham or cunningham's eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail.

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Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls. M Scow and Dinghy sailing are dinghies.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fractional rig

A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.

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Jib

A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel.

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Johnson Boat Works

Johnson Boat Works was a builder and developer of racing sailboats of the scow design in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

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List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

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Mainsail

A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel.

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MC Scow

The MC Scow is an American sailing dinghy that was designed as a one-design racer and first built in 1956. M Scow and MC Scow are 1950s sailboat type designs, dinghies, sailboat types built by Melges Performance Sailboats, scows and two-person sailboats.

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Melges 17

The Melges 17 is an American scow-hulled sailing dinghy that was designed by Reichel/Pugh as a one-design racer and first built in 2005. M Scow and Melges 17 are dinghies and sailboat types built by Melges Performance Sailboats.

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Melges Performance Sailboats

Melges Performance Sailboats, is an American sailboat manufacturer founded by Harry Melges, father of former Olympic sailor Buddy Melges.

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Middleton, Wisconsin

Middleton is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Monohull

right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.

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One-design racing

One-design racing is a racing method which may be adopted in sports using complex equipment, whereby all vehicles have identical or very similar designs or models, avoiding the need for a handicap system.

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Portsmouth Yardstick

The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing.

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Running rigging

Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit.

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sailing (sport)

The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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Sailor

A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.

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Scow

A scow is a smaller type of barge. M Scow and scow are dinghies and scows.

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Sheer (ship)

The sheer is a measure of longitudinal main deck curvature in naval architecture.

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Sheet (sailing)

In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Tanzer Industries

Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec.

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Tiller

A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle.

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Traveller (nautical fitting)

A traveller is a part of the rigging of a boat or ship that provides a moving attachment point for a rope, sail or yard to a fixed part of the vessel.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vaudreuil-Dorion

Vaudreuil-Dorion is a suburb of Greater Montreal, in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada.

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Zenda, Wisconsin

Zenda is an unincorporated community in the Town of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

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See also

1950s sailboat type designs

Sailboat type designs by Johnson Boat Works

Sailboat type designs by Melges Boat Works

Sailboat types built by Melges Performance Sailboats

Sailboat types built by Tanzer Industries

Sailboat types built by Windward Boatworks

Scows

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Scow

Also known as M-16 Scow, M-Scow.