Is this boat really a footer
22' 6" 24' 9" 21' 4" 2' 6"/5' 0" 34' 0"
Yanmar 2GM 20 18 hp 13%
Francis Sweiguth/Andrew Menger
Menger Boatworks, Wagner Boats
1990-present
12 gal.
22 gal.
Min./max. draft: Bridge clearance: Power: B/D ratio:
22' 6" 24' 9" 21' 4" 2' 6"/5' 0" 34' 0"
Yanmar 2GM 20 18 hp 13%
Designer: Builder:
Years produced: Sail area: Fuel tankage: Water tankage:
Francis Sweiguth/Andrew Menger
Menger Boatworks, Wagner Boats
1990-present
12 gal.
22 gal.
Approx. trailering wgt.: 9,500 lbs.
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 in fact the Menger 23 was so close to the Americat that the first sales brochure Menger put out was a duplicate of the Americat brochure, complete with an A22 emblem on the photos of the boat under sail and identical dimensions. The original Menger brochure claimed 5,500 pounds, about equal to the Marshall 22. But soon the father and son team had fudged a little here and there, raised the cockpit coaming, added an extra couple of portlights, and rewrote the brochure dimensions, and somehow the result became the Menger 23 (no longer the 22)—now with a whopping 1,000 lbs. more weight, at 6,500 pounds. For now we're call her a "23", though we have our suspicions from measuring her drawings that she's really 22' 4" LOD. Best features: Compared with the Marshall 22, which is reported to weigh 740 pounds less than the Menger 23, the Menger should be slower to accelerate but have an easier motion in waves. She appears to have considerably more space below than the Marshall, and has more headroom. Her layout below, with an enclosed head, also looks more appealing. Worst features: We don't see any significant problems so far.
|
Comps |
LOD |
Beam |
MinDr Displ |
Bllst | |
|
Nonsuch 22 |
22' 0" |
8' 5" |
3' 8" |
5,000 |
1,880 |
|
Marshall 22 |
22' 2" |
10' 2" |
2' 0" |
5,660 |
850 |
|
Menger Cat 23 |
22' 6" |
10' 0" |
2' 6" |
6,500 |
850 |
|
Atlantic City Catboat 24 |
24' 0" |
11' 2" |
2' 0" |
8,000 |
2,200 |
|
Avg. |
Max. |
Motion |
Space |
No. of |
Head | ||
|
SA/D |
D/L |
PHRF |
Speed |
Index |
Index |
Berths |
room |
|
16.7 |
258 |
245 |
6.1 |
21.2 |
454 |
2 |
6' 0" |
|
19.5 |
260 |
264 |
6.2 |
18.3 |
495 |
2 or 4 |
5' 2" |
|
20.0 |
299 |
NA |
6.2 |
21.4 |
526 |
3 |
6' 0" |
|
18.1 |
335 |
264 |
6.3 |
21.7 |
636 |
6 |
6' 2" |
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