Hinckley

Shields

Monohull

1962 — status pending

Length
9.21 m
Beam
1.96 m
Draft
1.45 m
Sail area
33.45 m²

Specifications

27 specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
Length overall
9.21 m
Waterline length
6.1 m
Beam
1.96 m
Draft
1.45 m
Displacement
2,087 kg
Ballast
1,397 kg
Sails & rig9
Rig type
Sloop, fractional rig
Sail area
33.45 m²
Mainsail area
20.75 m²
Foresail area
12.95 m²
Foretriangle height (I)
9.11 m
Foretriangle base (J)
2.84 m
Mainsail luff (P)
10.17 m
Mainsail foot (E)
4.08 m
Forestay length
9.54 m
Hull & construction3
Hull material
Fibreglass
Keel type
Fin keel
Ballast material
Lead
Production & design3
Production started
1962
Hulls built
220
Designer
Sparkman & Stephens
Performance ratios6
Sail area / displacement
20.88
Displacement / length
256.7
Ballast / displacement
67 %
Comfort ratio
25.88
Capsize screening
1.55
Hull speed
5.99 kn

Yacht photography

2

Years, generations and variants

Shields1 generation

01

1962 — status pending

SHIELDS

Status pending