A-Scow

A-SCOW
Boat
Class symbol
Crew	5-8
Hull
Type	Monohull
Hull weight	839 kg (1,850 lb)
LOA	11.58 m (38 ft 0 in)
Beam	2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Sails
Mainsail area	32.5 m² (350 sq ft)
Jib / Genoa area	13.94 m² (150.0 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	111.5 m² (1,200 sq ft)

In sailing, the A-Scow is a large sailing scow. It is 38 feet long and with reported top speeds of over 25 knots. With its rules of design, also known as scantlings, the A-Scow has a significant history. With a large sail area and little keel ballast, the five to seven crew members must work in unison on the A-Scow to keep the boat sailing fast and upright. The boat is mainly sailed in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

New designs and division of fleet

With the scantlings being much like they were over 100 years earlier, the boat could be built with any shape and rigging as long as it fit within the rules. For many years, Melges Performance Sailboats was the only builder of the A-scow, and so the existing boats all were from the same design. However, the rules left the door open for another builder and in 2002, VictorybyDesign began building A-Scows. Having an optimized boat shape and new rigging, the boat was significantly faster than the older design. There quickly developed a rift between Brad Robinson, the owner of VictoryByDesign, and the majority of the class. After three years of battle on the water, internet and court, the sailors decided to split the fleet. A one-design fleet would exist for the older boats, and a developmental design would exist for the new boat.

Fleet growth

Six new Melges boats will be built in 2006 in Wisconsin. In addition to the new one-design hulls, there will also be at least one new Victory design being built in Minnesota.

Documentary film

In August 2006, a feature-length documentary film about the history of the A Scow entitled The Ultimate Ride was released. It was narrated by ESPN commentator and world-class sailor Gary Jobson, and features A-scows sailing at their best.

External links

National Class A Scow Association
VictoryByDesign Page
IMDB entry for the documentary titled The Ultimate Ride

Sailing Scow classes
A-Scow Butterfly C-Scow E-Scow I-20 Melges 17 M Scow MC Scow Puddle Duck Racer Thames A Class Rater X boat

Sailing dinghy, Sharpie and Skiff classes
Dinghies under 10 ft	Frog Cape Cod Frosty El Toro Fatty Knees Fly Holdfast Trainer Manly Junior Minto Naples Sabot O'pen BIC Optimist P Class Pelican Puddle Duck Racer Sabot Starling Tadpole Topaz Taz Turnabout Zoom 8
Dinghies under 15 ft	10ft Skiff 12 foot dinghy 125 ("One-twenty-five") 12ft Skiff 13ft skiff 29er 29erXX skiff 2000 3000 405 ("Four-oh-five") 420 Access Liberty Adventuress ASC Astus 14.1 Australian Sharpie B14 Banshee Beetle Cat Beneteau Wizz Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Blaze Blue Jay Bonito Bosun British Moth Butterfly Buzz Byte Cadet Cherokee Cherub C-Lark CL 14 Comet Coypu Dabchick Daring Dart Enterprise Escape Europe Envy Extra Farr 3.7 Finn Firefly Flying Ant Flying Eleven Flying Junior Force 5 GP14 Graduate Gull Heron Idle-along IDRA14 International Twelve International 14 Javelin (NZ) Javelin (US) Jet 14 Jollyboat (NZ) Lark Laser Standard Laser 2 Laser 3000 Laser 4.7 Laser 5000 Laser Funboat Laser Pico Laser Radial Laser Vago Laser Vortex Lido 14 Mark Marlin Merlin Rocket MG14 Miracle Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff National 12 NS14 OK Dinghy O'pen BIC Otter Pacer Pegasus Penguin Phantom RS Feva RS Q'Ba RS Tera RS Vareo RS100 RS200 RS300 RS400 RS500 RS600 RS700 RS800 Sabre Scorpion Snark Snowbird (sailboat) Solo Spiral Splash Streaker Sunburst Sunfish Tanzer 14 Tinker Star Traveller Tinker Traveller Tasar Topper Topper Topaz Topaz Magno Topaz Vibe Topaz Xenon Twinkles 10 & 12 Vagabond Vaurien Wanderer Weta Woodpussy Zeddie Zephyr
Dinghies under 20 ft	16ft Skiff 18 foot dinghy 18ft Skiff 470 49er 505 Albacore Beaufort Invitation Buccaneer Caprice 15 CL 16 Comet Contender Corsair Day Sailer Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Scot French National Monotype 1924 Hornet Interlake International Canoe Jacksnipe Javelin (Europe) Jersey Skiff Jollyboat (UK) Jolly Boat JY15 Laser 4000 Laser Bahia Laser Stratos Lelievlet Lightning M 16 Mirror 16 Mutineer 15 O-Jolle Osprey Payne-Mortlock sailing canoe Pirate Precision 15 RS K6 RS Vision RS700 RS800 Salcombe Yawl Sea Bright Sea Scout Standard Boat (BP18) Snipe Spanker Tanzer 16 Texas Tornado 12m² Sharpie Thistle Topaz Omega Vanguard 15 Wayfarer Windmill Windy Winkle Brig X boat Y flyer
Dinghies 20 ft or over	Highlander M 20 Norfolk Punt

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