The Metcalf is an American sailboat that was designed by Bill Lapworth as a racer and first built in 1960.
[1][2][3][4] The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, starting in 1960, with 450 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
[1][2][5][6][7] The Metcalf is a racing, planing, sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard.
[1][2][8] The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the daggerboard extended and 6 in (15 cm) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof top.