Great Lakes 21
Fractional Sloop · Fin Keel · First built 1939
A 1939 Charles Hodgdon design that evolved from plank-on-frame to molded plywood to anchor active one-design racing fleets
Designed by Charles Hodgdon, built by Hodgdon Brothers.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Fin Keel
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
1.87 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
136 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
21.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Lighter than ~82% of boats her size on file
- Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file
Compared with 768 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Related models
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