El Toro (dinghy)
The El Toro is an American pram sailboat that was designed by Charles McGregor as a sail training dinghy and yacht tender, first built in 1939. It is now often sailed as a singlehanded one-design racer.
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Charles McGregor |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1939 |
| No. built | 11,000 |
| Builder(s) | Moore Sailboats W. D. Schock Corp |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Name | El Toro |
| Boat | |
| Crew | One |
| Displacement | 80 lb (36 kg) |
| Draft | 1.50 ft (0.46 m) with daggerboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | wood or fiberglass |
| LOA | 7.92 ft (2.41 m) |
| Beam | 3.93 ft (1.20 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | daggerboard |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | catboat |
| Mainsail area | 49.00 sq ft (4.552 m2) |
| Total sail area | 49.00 sq ft (4.552 m2) |
← Sabot (dinghy)
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The boat is a development of McGregor's Sabot design, the plans for which were published in The Rudder magazine in 1939. The design has been widely adapted and other derivations include the Naples Sabot, US Sabot, Wind'ard Sabot and the Australian Holdfast Trainer.
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