Little overnighter from Hutchins
16' 8 17' 4 15' 0 1' 2 4' 6 22' 3 Hutchins Company Hutchins Company 1999-present 150 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 16' 8 17' 4 15' 0 1' 2 4' 6 22' 3 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Hutchins Company Hutchins Company 1999-present 150 sq. ft. portable portable The Sun Cat was designed as a shoal-draft daysailer and overnighter that could be rigged, launched, and sailed easily. She features a stainless steel centerboard and trunk,...
Early minicruiser from J H McGlasson
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 10 20' 10 18' 0 3' 4 28' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Wayfarer Yacht Corporation of Costa Mesa, CA, produced the Islander line including the Islander 21 shown here , the Bahama 24 page 316 , and others. The company was started by Buster Hammond, owned for a while by Cosmodyne and by Radion, and after a struggle to save it, went bankrupt in 1987. We have no accommodations plan to show here, but her pro motional...
A worthy competitor to the Marshall
17' 0 18' 6 16' 6 1' 8 4' 6 23' 0 Andrew Menger Menger Boatworks 1976-1990 250 sq. ft. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 17' 0 18' 6 16' 6 1' 8 4' 6 23' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Andrew Menger Menger Boatworks 1976-1990 250 sq. ft. This design started as the hull lines from an old catboat designed in 1905 by William Goeller. She is an easily trail-erable, readily cruisable boat loaded with character. Best features She responds to her helm nicely in all...
One of a dozen Alberg small sloops in this guide
22' o 16' 0 3' 1 29' 0 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' o 16' 0 3' 1 29' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Approx. trailering wgt. This shippy little craft is almost indistinguishable from a number of similar Alberg designs. For example, the South Coast 23, a foot longer on deck but pretty much the same in her proportions, comes to mind. We owned a South Coast 23 for nine years see page 255 for details. There are a dozen Alberg designs represented in this...
Is this boat really a footer
22' 6 24' 9 21' 4 2' 6 5' 0 34' 0 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' 6 24' 9 21' 4 2' 6 5' 0 34' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage The Menger Cat 23 is a very close relative of a design by Francis Sweiguth 1882-1970 built on Long Island, NY, in fiberglass in the late 1960s and early 1970s and called the Americat 22. Bill Menger and his son, Andrew, took the lines off the Americat, and may even have acquired the molds. If so, they never publicized it, though...
Rock solid pocket cruiser from California
24' 2 27' 3 21' 5 3' 10 34' 0 William Crealock Pacific Seacraft 1985-1999 361 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 2 27' 3 21' 5 3' 10 34' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage William Crealock Pacific Seacraft 1985-1999 361 sq. ft. portable portable Approx. trailering wgt. 11,900 lbs. This boat was designed to be a diminutive offshore pas-sagemaker, to safely carry a single-hander or small family across a bay or an ocean. The solid...
Small boat from the board of Alan Payne
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 21' 10 24' 9 20' 0 1' 11 28' 2 3 to 6 hp 35 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Alan Payne Columbia Yacht 1973-1978 218 sq. ft. portable 6 gal. Here's another boat with a reverse transom in which the marketer has added in the rump to come up with boat length which should be LOD, but is given as hull length. And so once again we cut this boat down to size, in this case 21' 10 instead of the claimed 22' 7. The Columbia T23 is said...
Racing replacement for the Catalina
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 21' 6 22' io 19' 4 1' 875' 0 28' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage The Catalina sales brochure says In response to Catalina 22 owners' requests for a production boat that more accurately reflects the original dimensions and weight of this popular one-design boat, Catalina Yachts is now building the Catalina 22 Sport. Catalina Yachts aims to encourage more family racing with the thousands of first generation 22s by offering an...
A classic micro yacht
18' 9 19' 9 16' 9 0' 6 3' 7 27' 0 Herb Stewart International Marine 1976-present 135 sq. ft. portable 2 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 18' 9 19' 9 16' 9 0' 6 3' 7 27' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Herb Stewart International Marine 1976-present 135 sq. ft. portable 2 gal. The history of this boat, like her little sister the WWP 15, goes way back. An earlier version, the HMS 18, was introduced in 1970. That version had slightly different dimensions...
First production glass catboat is still popular
18' 2 20' 7 17' 8 1' 7 4' 4 32' 0 Breck Marshall Marshall Marine 1963-present 253 sq. ft. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 18' 2 20' 7 17' 8 1' 7 4' 4 32' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Breck Marshall Marshall Marine 1963-present 253 sq. ft. This salty-looking vessel is one of the longest running fiberglass designs around. It is still selling well after almost 50 years on the market. Best features The basic design is virtually unchanged from the earliest...
Ultralight from Santa Cruz
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' 9 23' 9 21' 9 4' 1 30' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage George Olson, Ron Moore Moore Sailboats 1972-1988 247 sq. ft. portable portable The concept of the Moore 24 was originally conceived by George Olson later the creator of the Santa Cruz 27, Olson 25, 29, and 30, and other superfast vessels . In the late sixties, Olson decided to create a boat to win a Trans-Pacific race being organized for boats under 30 feet....
Longrunning design by Carl Alberg m
22' 6 22' 6 16' 3 3' 0 32' 3 Carl Alberg Sailstar, Ryder, et al. 1958-1986 247 sq. ft. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' 6 22' 6 16' 3 3' 0 32' 3 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Carl Alberg Sailstar, Ryder, et al. 1958-1986 247 sq. ft. Carl Alberg designed many sailboats in the 22-foot and 23-foot size range, all of which looked similar. The Sea Sprite was one of the first, and is distinguished from the others such as the South Coast 23, reported on page...
Does this boat look like a J to you
24' 0 24' 6 23' 0 4' 0 33' 0 Paul Yates Merit Marine 1979-1986 276 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 0 24' 6 23' 0 4' 0 33' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Paul Yates Merit Marine 1979-1986 276 sq. ft. portable portable According to one unproven but not necessarily false story, a J 24 disappeared into designer builder Paul Yates' garage in 1978, and some months later reappeared as the first Merit 25. The two designs are indeed...
Lookalike Nordica or Halman
B. Malta-Muller Exe Fibercraft 1976 -1983 182 sq. ft. 7 gal inbd only portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage B. Malta-Muller Exe Fibercraft 1976 -1983 182 sq. ft. 7 gal inbd only portable The Nordica 20 is close enough in appearance to the Halman 20 page 100 that even some owners wonder which brand they have. Still, there are differences, small though they might be. For example, the keel on the Nordica is swept back more...
Successful lightweight from Ken Fickett
20' 0 21' 6 17' 4 1' 6 5' 4 29' 6 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 0 21' 6 17' 4 1' 6 5' 4 29' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage The ad copy in 1987 said that this is a roomy small cruiser that can be easily trailerered and rigged . . . should perform well in light wind . . . built and equipped with the best materials available and modestly priced. We would argue with the word roomy and perhaps the word cruiser, but the rest sounds plausible we see her as...
Streamlined design by the Hunter Design Team
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 18' 5 20' 2 17' 2 2' 0 27' 5 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage In the late 1980s, Hunter Marine expanded their cruising boat line into smaller sizes. They also redesigned the line with a more modern look. The Hunter 18.5 was one of the first of Hunter's minicruisers to be introduced. Unique features include a very shallow two-foot draft keel with both a bulb and winglets. Best features Headroom of four feet is exceptional for a...
Centerboard version of the Seafarer K
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' 10 26' 6 20' 9 1' 9 4' 6 30' 5 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage As mentioned for her sistership, the Seafarer 24K page 254 , there are several versions of this design, including at least three different cabin layouts and two deck plans. See the latter vessel's page for details. Over the years the dimensions and weights of both keel and centerboard versions changed somewhat, according to various company sales brochures. Best...
First cruiser built at Ted Hermanns Boat Shop
22' o 23' 6 20' 0 2' 0 4' 0 29' 0 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' o 23' 6 20' 0 2' 0 4' 0 29' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Here is a masthead sloop with a hull almost as wide 9 feet and as heavy as a typical Cape Cod Catboat. She was the first fiberglass cruising sailboat built by Ted Hermann at his Seaford Harbor, Long Island Boat Shop, way back at the beginning of the fiberglass era. Best features She looks like a trim, prim, and wholesome product...
What Size Boat
What length boat you choose mainly depends on end use, the size of your pocketbook, where you plan to keep her, and how comfortable you feel about running a big boat vs. a little boat. Incidentally, a boat isn't necessarily easier to handle just because she's small. In fact, very often the opposite is true for boats up to around 30 feet in length. A well-designed boat in the 18- to 26-foot range makes an ideal adult beginner's training vessel. For kids, a smaller first boat, in the range of 8...
Early pocket cruiser from Jouet Co in France
21' 0 22' 6 19' 5 3' 2 30' 6 Jouet amp Co. Jouet amp Co. 1963-1970 229 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 21' 0 22' 6 19' 5 3' 2 30' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Jouet amp Co. Jouet amp Co. 1963-1970 229 sq. ft. portable portable This interesting French design, imported to the United States by Ersco Boats from Sartouville, France, appeared early in the era of molded fiberglass. Among the many unusual ideas incorporated in the...
Forerunner of lightweight retractable keel boats
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 21' 0 22' o 18' 6 1' 0 5' 6 28' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Roger MacGregor MacGregor Yachts 1965-1986 175 sq. ft. portable portable This design also known as the MacGregor 21 spawned a variety of similar lightweight retractable-keel boats easy to launch, easy to sail, and low in cost. Eventually MacGregor produced a whole bevy of similar designs, including the MacGregor 22, 25, and 26, and the Venture 222, 23, and 25....
This design started life teaching sailing
24' 2 24' 2 18' 0 3' 6 27' 0 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 2 24' 2 18' 0 3' 6 27' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage In 1961 Sparkman amp Stephens designed the first version of this sloop, a daysailer called the Rainbow 24, to be a tough, easy-to-sail boat for the Annapolis Sailing School which still uses them today to teach sailing . She was a safe, steady boat and purported to be uncapsizable no matter what, instilling confidence in novice sailors....
A design thats not all things to all sailors
24' 3 24' 3 17' 5 3' 0 30' 6 George Stadel Allied Boats 1968-1972 264 sq. ft. portable 15 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 3 24' 3 17' 5 3' 0 30' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage George Stadel Allied Boats 1968-1972 264 sq. ft. portable 15 gal. George Stadel's design for the Greenwich 24, the smallest sailboat ever produced by Allied Boats, was sold to the new Cape Dory Company in 1972, and after the design underwent some minor modifications, became...
New Jersey designer tries his hand at sail
21' 3 22' 9 17' 10 2' 0 5' 0 33' 6 Bob O'Donnell Mark-O Custom 1982-1989 350 sq. ft. portable opt inbd 15 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 21' 3 22' 9 17' 10 2' 0 5' 0 33' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Bob O'Donnell Mark-O Custom 1982-1989 350 sq. ft. portable opt inbd 15 gal. Like her comps, the Arey's Pond Cat 21 and the Coquina Cat 21, the Atlantic City Kitty 21 or ACK can be distinguished from other more traditional cats, such as the Marshall 22...
Flicka s big sister
23' 11 27' 0 20' 10 3' 5 34' 0 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 23' 11 27' 0 20' 10 3' 5 34' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Designer Fred Bingham is the father of Bruce Bingham, who conceived and built the Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 page 120 . Father Fred started with the Flicka's hull and stretched it by four feet, without increasing the beam at all. The resulting extra space is most noticeable in the cabin. The head in the Allegra has its own compartment...
Lookalike Halman or Nordica
19' 6 21' 2 16' 6 2' 10 29' 0 Nisket amp Navin Halman Mfg. Co. 1977 -1989 182 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 19' 6 21' 2 16' 6 2' 10 29' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Nisket amp Navin Halman Mfg. Co. 1977 -1989 182 sq. ft. portable portable For comments on the similarities and differences between the Nordica 20 and the Halman 20, see the sheet on the Nordica page 117 . The Halman Manufacturing Company of Beamsville, Ontario,...
Pretty masthead sloop by Philip Rhodes
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 9 24' 9 17' 6 3' 3 30' 3 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage The first Meridians were imported from De Vries Lentsch, a well established Dutch yard. Later they were built at the Seafarer plant in Huntington, NY, on Long Island. Like many boats from the board of Philip Rhodes, she is pretty to look at, but because of her relatively narrow beam, slack bilges, and shallow ballast location, she is also relatively tender in a...
Traditional design with mixandmatch choices
24' 0 32' 0 20' 0 4' 0 37' 0 Frank Parish Aquarius Yachts 1978-1984 410 sq. ft. owner's choice 40 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 0 32' 0 20' 0 4' 0 37' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Frank Parish Aquarius Yachts 1978-1984 410 sq. ft. owner's choice 40 gal. Approx. trailering wgt. 13,400 lbs. This is a compact character boat conceived in the 1970s, but designed to look like something from the 1920s or 1930s, and having the same general...
Traditional catboat with a difference
20' 0 21' 4 17' 9 1' 10 4' 3 29' 6 Peter J. Legnos Legnos Boatbldg. Co. 1974-1986 258 sq. ft. portable or 20 gal. portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 0 21' 4 17' 9 1' 10 4' 3 29' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Peter J. Legnos Legnos Boatbldg. Co. 1974-1986 258 sq. ft. portable or 20 gal. portable Unlike most of her comps, the Mystic Catboat 20 was designed to resemble a 19th century gentleman's cruising cat rather than a traditional working cat....
A Lindenberg design similar to the Santana
22' 7 24' 2 20' 4 4' 6 34' 6 Paul Lindenberg W. D. Schock 1983-present 288 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' 7 24' 2 20' 4 4' 6 34' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Paul Lindenberg W. D. Schock 1983-present 288 sq. ft. portable portable Paul Lindenberg, a designer who specializes in lightweight racing sailboats, drew this vessel for W. D. Schock, and she was built from 1983 to 1992, and then recently reintroduced as a newly...
Evolution of a small cruiser stage two
18' 0 19' 0 16' 0 2' 3 26' 6 W. Shad Turner Laguna Yachts 1980-1983 152 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 18' 0 19' 0 16' 0 2' 3 26' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage W. Shad Turner Laguna Yachts 1980-1983 152 sq. ft. portable portable By 1980 the design trend was toward wider boats, for extra stability as well as cabin space. Laguna Yachts and Shad Turner responded by widening the six-year-old Windrose 18 previous page from seven...
Canadian microcruiser for a family
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 17' 2 17' 9 15' 0 0' 8 4' 3 22' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Siren is a good design for an overnight cruiser for two adults and two small children Versus her comps, she has the lowest SA D, making for relatively good stability, but at the expense of light-air performance. And she has the lowest draft, meaning relatively easy launching and retreiving from a trailer. Best features Below she has foam flotation, a molded-in...
French import by Nautica Corp
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 8 22' 2 18' 10 2' 0 4' 3 26' 3 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage This import was built in France by M. Lanaverre, using the same high-pressure plastic molding technique he did in his successful racing 5-0-5 dinghies world champion in 1958 through 1960 . She comes with a galley area for stove and stowage and an icebox but no sink. Best features The boat has foam flotation for safety, and a well not shown in plans for an...
Draft Minimum and Maximum
Draft can vary from very shallow to very deep, as defined in Table One below. Shallow draft is important for exploring gunk-holes or for cruising shoal waters such as some of the estuaries along Long Island Sound or the Gulf of Mexico. Also, the shallower the draft, the easier it is to launch and retrieve a trailerable boat at a ramp, and the less top-heavy the load will be while traile-ring on a highway. Conversely, deep draft is important for efficient sailing close-hauled with or without...
French import with lots of headroom
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' 5 23' 8 20' 4 2' 3 4' 6 35' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Philippe Harle Jeanneau 1985-1995 243 sq. ft. portable 5 gal. This French boat came in two versions a keel-centerboarder, the statistics of which are shown above, and a fin-keeler, which draws 3' 7 and has a little less displacement 2,875 lbs., with 990 lbs. of iron ballast in the keel . At one point she was called the Tonic 24, based, we suppose, on the LOA of...
Traditional cruiser in a small package
Steve Seaton, the naval architect behind this little packet, has since been a designer of large power yachts. The craft he drew here is a well-made, pretty vessel that is capable of cruising along coasts say passages from Long Island Sound to Block Island Sound to Narragansett Bay to Buzzards Bay to Vineyard Sound to Nantucket Sound despite her modest LOD. By the way, her LOD is 20' 6, despite the sales pitch identifying her as 24 feet. The 24 refers to the LOA, which includes an anchor pulpit...
Venture on mild steroids
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 22' o 22' 11 19' 6 1' 0 5' 6 26' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Roger MacGregor MacGregor Yachts 1981-1986 178 sq. ft. portable portable If you compare the drawings of the Venture 222 page 210 , made by MacGregor between 1970 and 1980, with those of the MacGregor 22, made by the same company from 1981 to 1986, you will not find very many differences. Headroom with poptop not erected appears to be the same. Displacement...
A cat ketch daysailer with a canvas cabin
This little decked-over double-ended cat ketch is said to have its design origins in L. Francis Herreshoff's Carpenter, designed in 1929 see sailplan inset though we see only a minor resemblance. The Sea Pearl comes with a tonneau cover for the forward cockpit, which is non-self-bailing, but also can be rigged with an optional canvas cabin. A small steering cockpit aft of the mizzen is self-bailing. The base boat has a centerboard, but optional leeboards are available, as are twin lug rigs and...
Gladiator with a cabin house
24' 0 24' 0 20' 0 4' 0 33' 6 C. William Lapworth Continental Plastics 1958 -1966 298 sq. ft. portable 10 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 0 24' 0 20' 0 4' 0 33' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage C. William Lapworth Continental Plastics 1958 -1966 298 sq. ft. portable 10 gal. Sixteen-year-old Robin Lee Graham sailed Dove, a used L24 modified for ocean voyaging, starting in July, 1965, and getting most of the way around the world from California...
A furniture maker from Irmo built this boat
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 23'11 23'11 20' 10 3' 0 4' 2 34' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Stuart Windley Helms Co. 1976-1987 275 sq. ft. portable 15 gal. Jack A. Helms, a furniture maker in Irmo, SC, who also built Y-Flyers and Lightning sloops, decided to branch out into cruising sailboats, and the Helms 24 was one result. Among other models, he also produced the Helms 25, 27, 30, and 32. The Helms 24 is basically an outboard-powered boat, though a...
An updated version of the Seaward
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 21' 9 24' 6 20' 7 2' 1 30' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Nick Hake Hake Yachts 1989-2003 240 sq. ft. portable portable The Seaward 23 22 is a transformed version of the 22 reported on the previous page, though with the same waterline and the same basic hull structure. The centerboard on the 22 has been replaced with a very shallow fixed keel with wings, which, with a draft of just over two feet, is not likely to be very...
Reuben Tranes ultimate macrominimicro
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 19' 2 21' 0 18' 3 0' 9 3' 0 25' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Reuben Trane Nimble Boats 1997-1999 165 sq. ft. portable portable A flyer issued in 1997 by the Florida Bay Boat Company on its then-new Maxi-Peep explains that the forward end of the boat is identical to the 14' Peep Hen see page 51 with a galley, two 6' 3 berths and room for stowage and a porta-potti under the cockpit sole. The center cockpit is 6' 6 long with...
Evolution of a West Coast cruiser
18' 5 19' 5 15' 10 1' 0 4' 0 26' 6 W. Shad Turner Laguna Yachts 1974-1980 151 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 18' 5 19' 5 15' 10 1' 0 4' 0 26' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage W. Shad Turner Laguna Yachts 1974-1980 151 sq. ft. portable portable In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the basic concepts of fiberglass sailboat design and construction were gestating and developing, sometimes by mere luck and intuition....
A small SS design for the traditional yachtsman
23' 1 23' 1 16' 9 2' 4 5' 0 29' 8 Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 23' 1 23' 1 16' 9 2' 4 5' 0 29' 8 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage The Seafarer Kestrel started out in 1967 with slightly smaller dimensions than those shown here seven inches less LOD, three inches more LWL, one inch less beam, same minimum draft but a foot less draft with board down, seven square feet less sail area, 200 pounds less displacement, and 100 pounds less ballast but with the same...
Traditional design by Aborn Smith
20' 6 20' 6 16' 0 2' 9 28' 9 Aborn D. Smith Trump Yachts 1982-1983 218 sq. ft. portable portable Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 6 20' 6 16' 0 2' 9 28' 9 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Aborn D. Smith Trump Yachts 1982-1983 218 sq. ft. portable portable Aborn Denny Smith 1929-2007 for most of his life was not a yacht designer. At the age of 15 he was a tugboat deckhand. At 16 he joined the army and served in Japan eventually he became the owner of...
Clever design with her head in her bilge
20' 0 20' 0 15' 0 2' 9 31' 0 outboard or inboard dsl. 4 to 10 hp 32 Andrew Davidhazy Howie Craft Plastics 1966-1970 240 sq. ft. portable of 15 gal. 15 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 0 20' 0 15' 0 2' 9 31' 0 outboard or inboard dsl. 4 to 10 hp 32 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Andrew Davidhazy Howie Craft Plastics 1966-1970 240 sq. ft. portable of 15 gal. 15 gal. Hungarian naval architect Andrew Davidhazy 19112003 graduated as an engineer, and then...
Cute yawl by Ted Brewer
20' 10 25' 4 19' 9 1' 1 4' 1 28' 0 Ted Brewer Nimble Boats 1986-1991 207 sq. ft. portable 14 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 20' 10 25' 4 19' 9 1' 1 4' 1 28' 0 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Ted Brewer Nimble Boats 1986-1991 207 sq. ft. portable 14 gal. One doesn't see many yawls this small yet the yawl rig is both practical and fun to deal with. You can sail in strong winds without the main, under jib and jigger i.e., the mizzen . You can control any...
Lapworth with a raised deck
24' 0 24' 0 20' 0 4' 0 33' 6 C. William Lapworth Continental Plastics 1958 -1966 263 sq. ft. portable 10 gal. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 24' 0 24' 0 20' 0 4' 0 33' 6 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage C. William Lapworth Continental Plastics 1958 -1966 263 sq. ft. portable 10 gal. Somewhere around 1958 yacht designer William Lapworth drew two boats for the Continental Plastics Corporation of Costa Mesa, CA the Lapworth 24 or L24 and the Gladiator 24. The...
A near clone of the South Coast
Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 23' 7 23' 7 17' 9 2' 10 30' 9 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage In 1964, Carl Alberg drew plans for the South Coast 23 page 255 . Hollis Metcalf, proprietor of South Coast Seacraft, farmed out the molding to Kenner Boatworks, finishing the bare hulls at his own facility and marketing the boats countrywide. Not long afterward, the story goes, Kenner Boatworks found a leftover boat and refashioned it, by allegedly adding six...
Expanded version of the Menger
1' 10 4' 6 33' 6 outboard 4 to 6 hp, optional inbd. 21 Bill and Andrew Menger Menger Enterprises and others 1990-present 270 sq. ft. Min. max. draft Bridge clearance Power B D ratio 1' 10 4' 6 33' 6 outboard 4 to 6 hp, optional inbd. 21 Years produced Sail area Fuel tankage Water tankage Bill and Andrew Menger Menger Enterprises and others 1990-present 270 sq. ft. After a lightning fire destroyed the molds for the successful Menger 17 catboat page 42 , Bill Menger and his son designed the...