BoatsMarlin Heritage 23

Marlin Heritage 23

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1958

A Herreshoff-designed masthead sloop with a long keel, evolved from the Fish class and refined for fiberglass build

Designed by Herreshoff & A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff, built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long 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 1,744 kg of hull, so roughly 2,350 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.12 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 21 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 21
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.94
LightHeavy

354 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 354
EasygoingPowered-up

16.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.9
TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.9
Displacement / length
354.4
Comfort ratio
21.3
Capsize screening
1.94
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
458
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1958
Units built
160
Designer
Herreshoff, A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff
Builder
Cape Cod Shipbuilding

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Pacific Seacraft Dana 248.31 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA heavy-displacement W.I.B. Crealock cutter designed for offshore stability and serious coastal cruising
Bristol Yachts 247.49 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA Paul Coble-designed masthead sloop with a long keel and over 50% ballast ratio for stable coastal cruising
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