of the facts noted above. When a Mobjack capsizes, you simply stand on 

 the centerboard, the boat rights itself and the water flows out of the scup- 

 per holes with no necessity of bailing. Her mast, sealed with flotation ma- 

 terial, has lain parallel with the water. 



Another characteristic of the Mobjack is the so-called "Syncore" type of 

 fiber glass, developed by the boats' sole builders, the Mobjack Manufac- 

 turing Company ( Gloucester, Va. ) . This is said to be of such strength and 

 inflexibility that a much lighter-weight hull can be safely used than would 

 ordinarily be the case for a boat of that size, capable of holding six men. 

 The Mobjack cockpit is carried all the way forward, though a decking 

 along the side makes good seating for the crew on the windward rail. To 

 avoid impeding movement, the top of the centerboard trunk is almost flush 

 with the cockpit floor. 



The Mobjack is a planing boat and an authority writes that it "has been 

 clocked over a measured mile at a speed exceeding 16 knots." About 130 

 Mobjacks are now sailing in twenty-one states and two foreign countries. 

 They are most active, however, on the Western Shore of Chesapeake Bay, 

 on the Potomac River (Washington, D.C.), on Long Island Sound, and 

 on Lake Penn in central Pennsylvania. While the Mobjack Manufacturing 

 Company, as stated, is the sole builder, East Coast Boats (P. O. Box 117, 

 Oyster Bay, N.Y. ) is national distributor. The affairs of the class are handled 

 by the International Mobjack Association, Charles B. Raynor, Secretary 

 (505 S. Davis Ave., Richmond, Va.). 



"You ask me the reason for the class," said a member of the Potomac 

 River Sailing Association, which uses Mobjacks. "I think it is obvious. It 

 was designed, and is built, by a man who likes sailing more than painting. 

 He likes to sail any time of the year, anywhere, and he designed a boat 

 that can do just that. For the truly adventuresome, the Mobjack can be 

 turned into a camper. There is adequate sleeping space for four under a 

 boom tent and two can luxuriate in space. The floor is flat, so that unlike 

 other boats, Mobjack doesn't force you to sleep rolling into the center- 

 board trunk." 



Price is $1850 with working sails; used boats are about $1450. 



VITAL statistics: L;0.A. 17'; waterline i6'of'; beam &&'; draft 

 without centerboard 9", with C.B. 4'; sail area 180 sq. ft. (spinnaker used); 

 weight 460 lbs.; trailable; racing crew usually three men, 400 lbs. mini- 

 mum. 



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