A lightweight trailer-sailer with a 0.71-metre wing keel, optimized for stability and access to shallow cruising grounds
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Wing Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.31 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 680 kg of hull, so roughly 1,300 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 680 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.71 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly
Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 9 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
Comfort ratio 9
CoastalBluewater
At 2.65 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 2.65
LightHeavy
154 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
Displacement / length 154
EasygoingPowered-up
18.5 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
Sail area / displacement 18.5
TenderStiff
28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Ballast 28%
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
Draws less than ~78% of boats her size on file
Compared with 280 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
28.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.5
Displacement / length
153.8
Comfort ratio
9.3
Capsize screening
2.65
Hull speed
5.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
442
Hull
Hull type
Wing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2000
Designer
Catalina Yachts
Builder
Catalina Yachts
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Allegro (Westell)6.32 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA John Westell-designed fractional sloop with twin keels, built for performance and shoal water access since 1956
Bavaria Yachts 6066.50 mSame hull family1.0 m longerA lightweight 6.5-meter fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited coastal sailing
J Boats Tillotson Pearson J/226.86 mSame hull family1.4 m longerA high-performance fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio designed for competitive one-design racing
Ranger Yachts 226.86 mSame hull family1.4 m longerAn IOR mini-ton racer with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for competitive performance in a compact hull
Borge Bringsvaerd Bb116.18 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA Norwegian-built classic with an active class association that has raced continuously since the 1960s
