Metcalf (dinghy)

The Metcalf is an American sailboat that was designed by Bill Lapworth as a racer and first built in 1960. The boat is named for Darby Metcalf who built the first example.

The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, starting in 1960, with 450 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

The Metcalf is a racing, planing, sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cat rig with an anodized aluminum mast and stainless steel standing rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 130 lb (59 kg).

The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the daggerboard extended and 6 in (15 cm) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof top.

The design has a hull speed of 4.64 kn (8.59 km/h).