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Lady Slipper

Fractional Sloop · Long Keel w/trans. Hung Rudder · First built 1977

A Phil Bolger-designed fractional sloop with a long keel and high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance

Designed by Bolger & Phil Bolger, built by Edey.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Long Keel w/trans. Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 0.91 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 100 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 100 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 0.61 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

1.99 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.99
EasygoingPowered-up

34.7 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 34.7

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
34.7
Capsize screening
1.99
Hull
Hull type
Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1977
Units built
25
Designer
Bolger, Phil Bolger
Builder
Edey, Duff

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