The C Scow is a recreational sailboat, with the early examples built predominantly of wood and later ones from fiberglass. It has a catboat rig with wooden or aluminum spars. The hull has a scow hull with a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller, twin retractable centerboards and polystyrene foam flotation for safety. It ...

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Aug 19, 2009 · I recently picked up a 1965 wooden C-Scow and ran it aground and it snapped off the steel shaft on the rudder. I wasn't crazy about the rudder design because I had to walk the boat out into waist deep water to put the rudder on from underneath.

Nov 2, 2004 · However, in an effort to get C boaters to convert to the D fleets, the IYLA allowed a single rudder in the D scow scantlings. According to Hodgson's book a number of sailors sailed their C's as both C's and D's just by switching the mast and boom.

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Dec 21, 2010 · Every C scow I've seen has a single rudder, mounted at the stern on centerline. They have dual bilge boards, however. The bilge boards are used one at a time, like leeboards. (On a scow, you don't say, "Ready about," you say, "Board down.") Other scows, like the E, A, and M16 have dual rudders that are down all the time.

The Melges C Scow is recognized as one of the first scows ever built and is well known for its versatility and performance. It is a 20 foot boat carrying a single 216 sq ft mainsail and a single large rudder.

The boat is flat, has one sail, two side boards, and a single rudder. On a reach it is exceedingly fast. Unlike typical mono-hulled sailboats, the flat bottomed C Scow was designed to sail at more of an angle.

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