What Is a Scow Bow?
For a Given Overall Beam and Keel Weight, a Scow Bow Gives More Volume Away from the Centreline as Well as More Volume Ahead of the Centre of Gravity. Instead...
For a given overall beam and keel weight, a scow bow gives more volume away from the centreline as well as more volume ahead of the centre of gravity. Instead of only having outboard volume from the middle of the boat to the transom as on a pointy boat, with a scow you have it all the way along.
What is a scow hull?
A scow is a type of flat-bottomed barge. Some scows are rigged as sailing scows. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scows carried cargo in coastal waters and inland waterways, having an advantage for navigating shallow water or small harbours.
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How big is a scow?
At 38.00 ft (11.58 m) length overall, the design is the largest scow raced today and is one of the largest dinghies produced. The A Scow is a racing sailboat, with the early versions built from wood and the more recent ones built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop with a masthead spinnaker.
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