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Coronado Yachts 23-2

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · 1974–1976

An Alan Payne-designed masthead sloop built for speed with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Alan Payne.

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/transom Hung Rudder

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.41 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,134 kg of hull, so roughly 1,750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,134 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 0.59 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 12 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 12
CoastalBluewater

At 2.34 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.34
LightHeavy

140 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 140
EasygoingPowered-up

19.0 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.0
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1061 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.0
Displacement / length
139.5
Comfort ratio
11.8
Capsize screening
2.34
Hull speed
6.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
566
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1974–1976
Designer
Alan Payne
Builder
Coronado Yachts

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