Pico
Sailboat specifications
The Pico is a 11’6” (3.5m) dinghy designed by Jo Richards (United Kingdom). She is built since 1995 by Laser Performance (United States).
Pico's main features
- Model
- Pico
- Hull type
- Monohull
- Category
- Dinghy
- Sailboat builder
- Sailboat designer
- Country
- United States
- Construction
- Hull and deck: rotomolded
- Number of hulls built
- About 11000
- First built hull
- 1995
- Last built hull
- Still in production
- Appendages
- Centerboard : daggerboard
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Unsinkable
- No
- Trailerable
- Yes
- EC design categoryiThe CE design category indicates the ability to cope with certain weather conditions (the sailboat is designed for these conditions)
A: Wind < force 9, Waves < 10m
B: Wind < force 8, Waves < 8m
C: Wind < force 6, Waves < 4m
D: Wind < force 4, Waves < 0,5m - D
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About2 650 €(2020)
Pico's main dimensions
- Hull length
- 11’ 6”3.5 m
- Beam (width)
- 4’ 8”1.43 m
- Draft
- 2’ 8”0.82 m
- Light displacement (MLC)
- 154 lb70 kg
- Maximum displacement (MLDC)
- 540 lb245 kg
Pico's rig and sails
- Upwind sail area
- 67 ft²6.19 m²
- Mainsail area
- 55 ft²5.1 m²
- Jib area
- 12 ft²1.09 m²
- Rigging type
- Cat boat Marconi (in-mast furling mainsail) fractional
- Mast configuration
- Mast foot integrated on deck
- Rotating spars
- No
- Spreaders angle
- No spreader
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
Pico's performances
- Crew
- 1-2
- PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) ratingiPortsmouth Yardstick is an empirical rating system allowing small sailboats (dinghies included), of different sizes and designs, to race each other fairly. Therefore, by comparing these values, we can have an indication of the relative speed of 2 boats.
- 1260
- D-PN ratingiDPN is a variation of Portsmouth Yardstick used in the United States.
- 104.6
- Upwind sail area to displacementiThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.
The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat. - 392 ft²/T36.44 m²/T
Pico's auxiliary engine
- Engine(s)
- No engine
Pico's accommodations and layout
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
Laser Performance Pico - - 1/6
Picture extracted from the commercial documentation © Laser Performance
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Laser Performance Pico - - 2/6
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Laser Performance Pico - - 3/6
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Laser Performance Pico - - 4/6
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Laser Performance Pico sailplan - - 5/6
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Laser Performance Pico detail - - 6/6
Picture extracted from the commercial documentation © Laser Performance
Picture extracted from the commercial documentation © Laser Performance
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